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Month: August 2023

Google Calendar Alternatives

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Calendar

August 17, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, Software

Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google. We recommend open source alternatives.

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Documentation Generators

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Help Viewer

August 16, 2023 Steve Emms Reviews, Software

Help Viewer is a WebKit based HTML viewer for macOS aimed at displaying help files and other documentation. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives from a Linux perspective.

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Chat

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical IRC Clients

August 16, 2023 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. We recommend the best free and open source graphical IRC clients.

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Comment

A User’s Opinion: Design Choices by Open Source Developers

August 15, 2023 James McCarthy Reviews

A reader’s view about the customer experience and open source projects.

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Dunn S River Falls Park

Linux Around The World: Jamaica

August 15, 2023 Erik Karlsson Blog

We cover user groups that are running in Jamaica. This article forms part of our Linux Around The World series.

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Emacs Software

5 Best Free and Open Source Configuration Frameworks for Emacs

August 14, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Emacs configuration frameworks take the vanilla Emacs and add their own configuration.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: talk

August 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to talk, a venerable talk client.

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Data

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Data Mining Software

August 14, 2023 Steve Emms Office, Roundup, Scientific

Data mining (also known as knowledge discovery) is the process of gathering large amounts of valid information, analyzing that information and condensing it into meaningful data.

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Fractals

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Fractal Tools

August 13, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Fractals are rooted in chaos theory, and because of their nature they are perfect for organic looking artwork and landscapes. We recommend the best Linux fractal tools.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: less

August 13, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to less. All of the tools are free and open source and sport a command-line interface.

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