“In Web 2.0 terms a ‘mashup’ is a website that combines content
from a variety of sources in order to give users an integrated
experience. You can achieve something similar using the vast
variety of hidden utilities in Linux–and you don’t even need to be
a programmer!“A number of popular Linux applications are essentially mashups
of simple command-line tools. Look behind the scenes at a program
like QDVDauthor and you’ll find that’s it’s built on a bedrock of
basic but powerful command-line applications…”