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Chess

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Chess

July 1, 2022 Steve Emms Games, Software

Apple Chess is a traditional chess game played on a well rendered board with a set of realistic 3-D pieces. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Animation

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk 3ds Max

June 29, 2022 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Autodesk 3ds Max is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: Extension Manager – Browse, Install and Manage GNOME Shell Extensions

June 27, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Stories, Utilities

Extensions Manager is a small utility that lets browse and install GNOME extensions without using a web browser.

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Renderers

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Dimension

June 25, 2022 Steve Emms Graphics, Software

Adobe Dimension is a 3D rendering and design software. It’s designed to build brand visualizations, illustrations, product mockups and other creative work.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio

June 24, 2022 Steve Emms Programming, Software

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Chafa – terminal graphics image viewer

June 22, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews, Software

This review looks at a terminal-based image viewer that supports the Kitty Graphics Protocol. It’s named Chafa, shorthand for Character Art Facsimile.

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Education

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Classroom

June 20, 2022 Steve Emms Education, Software

Google Classroom is a learning platform for educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Art

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Gboard

June 18, 2022 Steve Emms Android

Gboard is a virtual keyboard app developed by Google for Android and iOS devices. We recommend free and open source alternatives.

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timg – Terminal Image and Video Viewer

June 17, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

timg is an image and video viewer with support for high resolution graphics in the terminal.

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DVDs

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel VideoStudio MyDVD

June 15, 2022 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Corel VideoStudio MyDVD is proprietary DVD authoring software. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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Austria

viu – Terminal Image Viewer with Kitty Graphics Protocol support

June 13, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews, Software

viu is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal.

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Learning

Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Extend your Desktop – Part 22

June 8, 2022 Steve Emms Beginners, Software

We look at a couple of ways you can extend your GNOME desktop. We first cover extensions before moving on to exploring themes.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Skype

June 6, 2022 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Skype provides VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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System Administration

Essential System Tools: btop++ – resource monitor

June 3, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, System Software, Utilities

btop++ is an alternative to top. It’s a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

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Best Free and Open Source Software

Best Free and Open Source Software – May 2022 Updates

June 2, 2022 Steve Emms Software

May 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: horcrux – file splitter with encryption and redundancy

June 1, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

horcrux is an open source tool that’s designed to split files and keep them secure with encryption.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: Whoogle Search – self-hosted metasearch engine

May 30, 2022 Steve Emms Internet, Reviews, Software

Whoogle Search is a privacy-focused search engine. It displays the same results as Google Search but without ads/sponsored content, JavaScript, cookies, or tracking.

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Mailing List Managers

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Mail

May 28, 2022 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Apple provides its Mail app free with every Mac. But if you move over to Linux, you’ll need a different email client.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: projectM – music visualizer originally based on Milkdrop

May 27, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

projectM is a music visualizer originally based on Milkdrop. The software enters our Linux Candy series.

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3D Rendering

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk Maya

May 25, 2022 Steve Emms Graphics, Multimedia, Software

Autodesk Maya creates assets for interactive 3D applications (including video games), animated films, TV series, and visual effects. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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