Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Author: Steve Emms
Chafa – terminal graphics image viewer
This review looks at a terminal-based image viewer that supports the Kitty Graphics Protocol. It’s named Chafa, shorthand for Character Art Facsimile.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a learning platform for educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Gboard
Gboard is a virtual keyboard app developed by Google for Android and iOS devices. We recommend free and open source alternatives.
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timg – Terminal Image and Video Viewer
timg is an image and video viewer with support for high resolution graphics in the terminal.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel VideoStudio MyDVD
Corel VideoStudio MyDVD is proprietary DVD authoring software. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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viu – Terminal Image Viewer with Kitty Graphics Protocol support
viu is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Extend your Desktop – Part 22
We look at a couple of ways you can extend your GNOME desktop. We first cover extensions before moving on to exploring themes.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Skype
Skype provides VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Essential System Tools: btop++ – resource monitor
btop++ is an alternative to top. It’s a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – May 2022 Updates
May 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Excellent Utilities: horcrux – file splitter with encryption and redundancy
horcrux is an open source tool that’s designed to split files and keep them secure with encryption.
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Excellent Utilities: Whoogle Search – self-hosted metasearch engine
Whoogle Search is a privacy-focused search engine. It displays the same results as Google Search but without ads/sponsored content, JavaScript, cookies, or tracking.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Mail
Apple provides its Mail app free with every Mac. But if you move over to Linux, you’ll need a different email client.
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Linux Candy: projectM – music visualizer originally based on Milkdrop
projectM is a music visualizer originally based on Milkdrop. The software enters our Linux Candy series.
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