This series recommends what to choose when buying a refurbished mini PC to run Linux as a desktop computer.
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LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2018
It’s common knowledge that Christmas is a time for merriment, goodwill to all people, and above all a time for lists. So there’s no better time to compile a roundup for the year. We’ve run through our statistics, and found our ten most well received posts that saw the highest page views this year.
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Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn Eiffel
Eiffel is an object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer and Eiffel Software. Here’s our recommended free tutorials to learn Eiffel.
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HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC – Hardware Acceleration in Firefox – Week 4
For this weekly blog we set up hardware graphics acceleration in Firefox.
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Best Free Android Apps: WhatsApp Messenger – messaging app
WhatsApp Messenger is a hugely popular cross-platform messaging application for mobile devices
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – 8 Things to do after installing Ubuntu – Part 5
After installing Ubuntu 21.04, you’re ready to use your new system. But there are some additional steps we recommend you do.
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Reco – audio recording app designed for elementary OS
Reco is an audio recording app designed for elementary OS. Reco is free and open source software. Here’s our review of Reco.
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Excellent Utilities: lnav – the log file navigator
This is the second in a new series highlighting best-of-breed utilities. We’ll be covering a wide range of utilities including tools that boost your productivity, help you manage your workflow, and lots more besides. For this article, we’ll put lnav under the spotlight.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Choose a Distro – Part 2
Which distro should you try? We offer advice for beginners to Linux.
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Annie – video downloader built with Go
Annie is an open source video downloader. It’s written in the Go programming language. Here’s our verdict on this tool.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Open Source Replacements for Proprietary Windows Desktop Software – Part 8
We consider popular Windows proprietary software and recommend great open source replacements that run under Linux.
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Now and Then: What happened to 5 promising file managers?
Back in 2012, we carried a feature looking at 5 file managers that received little media coverage but which carried bountiful promise.
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Vooki – lightweight image viewer offering fast image preview
One of our favorite adages is “A picture is worth a thousand words”. It refers to the notion that a still image can convey a complex idea. Images can portray a lot of information quickly and more efficiently than text.
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ExifCleaner – image metadata tool
ExifCleaner lets you remove privacy-invading information from your photos. It’s a cross-platform tool that runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
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Now and Then: The Fate of 5 Open Source Integrated Development Environments
In 2014, we identified 5 promising free and open source Integrated Development Environments. How did they fare?
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