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Milky Way

KStars – desktop planetarium for KDE

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

KStars is free, open source, cross-platform Astronomy Software by KDE. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky.

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KolourPaint – free raster graphics editor by KDE

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

KolourPaint is a free, easy-to-use paint program by KDE.

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Calculators

KCalc – scientific calculator

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

KCalc provides advanced modes for scientific, statistical and numeral system calculations.

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Internet Radio

Amarok – powerful music player

October 18, 2023 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia

Amarok is an audio player for KDE offering a wealth of features, yet being intuitive to use. It has an attractive interface.

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Astrology

Skylendar – powerful and portable astrology software

October 16, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Skylendar is a Linux astrology program with Swiss Ephemeris calculations, PostgreSQL storage, multi-wheel charts and SVG export.

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PIM-Software

Kontact – integrated KDE personal information manager

October 16, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Kontact brings KDE email, contacts, calendars, to-do lists, journals and RSS feeds together in a single integrated desktop interface.

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Typing

KTouch – Touch Typing Tutor Software

October 16, 2023 Steve Emms Education

KTouch is an open source touch typing tutor for KDE. KTouch is an aid for learning how to type with speed and accuracy.

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Best Free GUI Diff Tools

Kompare – graphical difference viewer

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Kompare is a KDE graphical diff viewer for comparing files and folders, creating patches, and applying differences in a visual interface.

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Command Schedulers

KCron – graphical front end to the standard cron utility

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

KCron is a KDE graphical cron task editor for Linux, offering recurring schedules, environment settings and straightforward task management.

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Command Schedulers

KTimer – execute programs after a specified time

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

KTimer schedules commands and programs after a chosen countdown, with repeat timers, consecutive tasks and multiple jobs in a KDE interface.

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Reference Management

KBibTeX – bibliography and reference management

September 28, 2023 Steve Emms Education, GUI

KBibTeX is a KDE bibliography manager for editing BibTeX records, finding duplicates, importing references and previewing citations.

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Camera Tools

Kamera – KDE integration for gphoto2 cameras

September 22, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Kamera integrates PTP cameras with KDE applications, letting users browse and transfer files through familiar KIO-enabled desktop tools.

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Office

Calligra Suite – integrated office and graphics applications

September 13, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Office

Calligra Suite combines word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and vector graphics in a KDE productivity environment for Linux.

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Apple Calendar

Merkuro – calendar application

August 22, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

Merkuro is a calendar application that allows you to manage your tasks and events.

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ebook reader

Arianna – KDE EPUB reader and library manager

July 10, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Reviews

Arianna is a eBook reader built for the KDE Plasma desktop but, of course, runs under other desktop environments.

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Desktop

Best Free and Open Source Software – Desktop

June 3, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop, Software

Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering desktop environments, KDE plasma widgets, GNOME extensions, window managers, and docks.

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Podcast

Kasts – convergent podcast software

August 24, 2022 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Kasts is billed as a “convergent podcast application”. It is written in C++ and QML and uses the Kirigami UI Framework. It’s free and open source software.

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KDE Plasma

33 Excellent KDE Plasma Widgets (Updated 2022)

March 30, 2022 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup

KDE is one of the most popular desktop environments. It’s also one of the most configurable. KDE widgets (sometimes called Plasmoids) help to improve the user experience. Here are the widgets we love.

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Learning

Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Try Different Desktops – Part 16

September 6, 2021 Steve Emms Beginners, Software

We explore different desktop environments you can try without installing a different flavour of Ubuntu. There’s KDE, XFCE, MATE, and Budgie.

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Podcasts

Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Podcasts – Week 22

March 25, 2020 Luke Baker Blog, Desktop, Utilities

Podcasts are big business. We see celebrities, influencers, journalists, academics, one man and his dog owning a microphone and mixing desk produce regular podcast shows. How does the RPI4 fare as a podcast player?

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