This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential utilities. These are small, indispensable tools, useful for anyone running a Linux machine.
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Category: Desktop
Best Free and Open Source Software – Desktop
Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering desktop environments, KDE plasma widgets, GNOME extensions, window managers, and docks.
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daedalOS – desktop environment in the web browser
daedalOS takes a different approach to the traditional desktop environment such as GNOME and KDE. The aim of the daedalOS project is to make a web-based desktop environment that’s suitable for everyday use.
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36 Excellent GNOME Desktop Extensions (Updated 2022)
Add additional functionality to a GNOME desktop with these great GNOME extensions. This roundup showcases 36 excellent GNOME extensions.
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33 Excellent KDE Plasma Widgets (Updated 2022)
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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24 Great KDE Plasma 5.24 Themes
When it comes to customization, arguably no other desktop comes anywhere close to KDE Plasma 5. Here’s 24 Plasma themes that have garnished our attention.
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Linux Candy: Rusty Aquarium – monitoring by visualization
Rusty Aquarium is a utility that’s billed as a “monitoring visualization as an aquarium” program.
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10 Useful Free and Open Source PDF Manipulation Tools
In this Group Test we review 10 small tools that manipulate PDF files in some way or another. All of the tools are published under an open source license.
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7 Best Free Linux Desktop Search Engines
Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.
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Excellent Utilities: Deskreen – live streaming desktop to a web browser
Deskreen turns any device with a web browser into a secondary screen for your computer.
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