Compressor is a video and audio media compression and encoding application for use with Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio.
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Category: Utilities
Excellent Utilities: PDF Mix Tool – perform common editing operations on PDF files
PDF Mix Tool is free and open source software that lets you perform common editing operations on PDF files.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel DVD Copy
Corel DVD Copy is simple-to-use software which allows you to copy DVDs, convert HD video, output to mobile devices, and more. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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15 Utilities, Scripts and Ways to Interrogate Your PC
There are many ways of obtaining information about the hardware you are using. The simplest and most reliable source is your system itself.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel’s Products
Corel is a Canadian software company specializing in graphics processing. What are the best open source alternatives for Corel software?
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age – simple file encryption tool by Google
age is a simple, modern and secure command-line file encryption tool written in Go. Let’s check out this open source utility written by Google
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Excellent System Utilities: Pingnoo – traceroute/ping analyser
We look at Pingnoo, an open-source cross-platform application for analysing and measuring the round trip time (latency) between two hosts.
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GPRename – GTK batch renamer for files and directories
GPRename is a complete batch renamer for files and directories. GPRename is free and open source software.
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Komikku – manga reader for GNOME
Komikku is a GTK-based manga reader for GNOME. The application is is written in Python. Komikku is free and open source software.
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Excellent Utilities: broot – next gen tree explorer and customizable launcher
broot is a utility that gives an overview of a directory, and much much more.
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pycp – cp and mv with a progressbar
pycp is an alternative to the cp and mv commands. pycp adds a progress bar. pycp is inspired by the library progressbar.
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Excellent Utilities: lsd – next gen ls command
lsd is billed as the next gen ls command. It’s free and open source software. Here’s our review of the program.
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Essential System Tools: dust – more intuitive version of du
dust gives an instant overview of which directories are using disk space. It’s name derives from the du command and that dust is written in Rust.
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lfs – list your filesystems
lfs is an open source utility that lists your file systems improving on the venerable df utility in a number of ways.
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Excellent Utilities: tldr – simplified and community-driven man pages
The tldr project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.
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vizex – visualize disk space and disk usage
vizex is a command line interface program that shows how much free disk space you have. vizex is free and open source software.
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Excellent Utilities: duf – disk usage utility
duf is a simple disk usage utility that offers a more attractive representation than the classic df utility. It’s written in Go.
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qytdl – Qt frontend for Youtube-DL
qytdl (long-form: qYoutube-DL) is a Qt frontend to Youtube-DL. Here’s our verdict on this open source program.
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Foliate – simple and modern GTK eBook viewer
Foliate is a simple and modern eBook viewer written in JavaScript. Here’s our review of this free and open source software.
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Compact Text Editors Great for Remote Editing and Much More
A text editor is software used for editing plain text files.
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