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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Xcode

July 8, 2022 Steve Emms Programming, Software

Xcode provides developers a unified workflow for user interface design, coding, testing, and debugging. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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System Administration

Essential System Tools: gWakeOnLAN – turn machines on through Wake On LAN

July 4, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

gWakeOnLAN is a small utility that lets you wake up machines using the Wake on LAN (WOL) feature. WOL lets you wake a computer from a low-power state.

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Email

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Exchange Server

July 1, 2022 Steve Emms Office, Software

Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server. It is proprietary software that’s not available for Linux. We recommend the following free and open source alternatives.

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Best Free and Open Source Software – June 2022 Updates

July 1, 2022 Steve Emms Software

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

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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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