A compositing window manager, or compositor, is a window manager that provides applications with an off-screen buffer for each window.
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Author: Steve Emms
6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Electronic Medical Records Software
This article focuses on software that provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR) functionality.
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Raddiola – simple radio app
Raddiola is billed as a simple radio with a clear and concise interface. Here’s our verdict.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Scan
Adobe Scan provides a portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple files formats including PDF and JPEG.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Installing Manjaro
For this article in the series, we explore installing and configuring Manjaro on the NUC 13. Manjaro is an Arch-based Linux distribution.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google News
Google News is a news aggregator service. It offers a continuous flow of links to articles from thousands of publishers and magazines.
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7 Best Free and Open Source MongoDB GUIs
MongoDB is a high performance, open source, non-relational NoSQL database written in C++. It’s at the forefront of the NoSQL database management system movement.
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libjxl – reference implementation of JPEG XL
JPEG XL is a royalty-free raster-graphics file format that supports both lossy and lossless compression.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Python Data Analysis
Here’s our verdict of the finest free and open source Python-based data analysis tools captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Gaming
For this first gaming article about the Intel NUC 13 Pro, I’m going to revisit some of the games I previously tested on the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini PC.
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19 Best Free and Open Source Linux Physics Tools
This article focuses on selecting the best open source software for physics and physics education. Hopefully there will be something for interest here for all budding physicists.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Digital Color Meter
Digital Color Meter lets you find the color value of a color on your screen. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Biology Tools
Biologists will be eager to use this biology software for research. We pick the finest free and open source biology tools for Linux.
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10 Excellent Free and Open Source Linux Relational Databases
A relational database matches data using common characteristics found within the data set. The resulting groups of data are organized and are much easier for people to understand.
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QOI – The Quite OK Image Format
QOI is an image encoder which claims to be fast 20-50 times compressing and 3-4 times faster decompressing compared to the Libpng library.
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Increasing Lab Efficiency with an Open Source LIMS
A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is a software-based laboratory and information management system that provides streamlined workflow automation and management.
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Best Free and Open Source Software October 2023 Updates
October 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: P-Cores and E-Cores
This article focuses on the two different cores present in the Intel NUC 13 Pro. They are Performance-cores (P-Cores) and Efficient-Cores (E-Cores).
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6 Best Free Linux Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software
A customer service trouble ticketing (or help desk) is an information and assistance resource that helps the resolution of computer related problems. We recommend the finest open source options.
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Crunch – lossy PNG image file optimization
Crunch is a command line executable that performs lossy optimization of one or more PNG image files with pngquant and zopflipng.
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