February 2024 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Author: Steve Emms
Graphite – 2D vector and raster editor
Graphite is a vector and raster graphics program that’s powered by a node graph compositing engine. It brings together layers with nodes.
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3 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based XMPP Clients
XMPP (also known as Jabber) is an open and free alternative to commercial messaging and chat providers. Web-based clients are featured.
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eSpeak NG – text-to-speech software
eSpeak NG (Next Generation) is a continuation of the eSpeak with more feedback from native speakers. It supports more than 100 languages and accents.
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10 Best Free Graphical Web Browsers
A web browser is the quintessential desktop application. Everyone needs one, and there is not a desktop Linux distribution around that does not make a web browser available.
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Index – Qt-based file manager
Index is a Qt-based file manager that works on desktops, Android and Plasma Mobile.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Groupware Software
Groupware software is designed to enable users to collaborate, regardless of location, via the internet or a corporate intranet.
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ungoogled-chromium – Chromium without Google web services
ungoogled-chromium is a web browser with privacy in mind. It’s a variant of Chromium that aims to retain the experience of Chrome without the Google-specific web services.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Tools for SSH Intrusion Prevention
This article recommends open source software that employ different techniques to make it harder for a server running SSH to be compromised.
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Machine Learning in Linux: ocrs – modern OCR engine
ocrs is a Rust library and CLI tool for extracting text from images, also known as OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
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