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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Mission Control

November 2, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Apple Mission Control offers a bird’s-eye view of all your open windows, desktop spaces, and apps.

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LCARS Desktop Environment – desktop experience reminiscent of a LCARS interface

October 28, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

LCARS Desktop Environment, official project name lcarsde, is a desktop environment that mimics the LCARS interface from Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Collector – drag and drop to the next level

October 11, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop, Utilities

Collector is software that lets you drag multiple files and folders on to a Collection window. It’s an alternative to Dropover for macOS.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Docks

October 9, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 11 docks that genuinely add to the desktop experience.

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Calendar

12 Best Free and Open Source GUI-Based Calendar Software

July 2, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

You don’t need a proprietary hosted solution for your calendar needs. There are open source projects offering a perfect fit.

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Search

7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Search Engines

June 23, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.

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Desktop Environments

DDE Dock – dock of Deepin Desktop Environment

June 21, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

DDE Dock is the dock of Deepin Desktop Environment. The new Dock consists of the traditional Dock and Tray (system level and program level).

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Desktop Environments

xpybar – highly extensible minimalistic dock panel

June 19, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

xpybar is a minimalistic dock panel. Its source code is designed so that all parts of it can be replaced by a configuration script.

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Desktop Environments

Crystal Dock – dock (desktop panel) for the Linux desktop

June 18, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews

Crystal Dock is a cool desktop panel with parabolic zooming effect for KDE Plasma 6.

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Application Launchers

Kando – pie menu to launch applications, simulate hotkeys, open URLs

May 28, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Kando is a highly customizable pie menu for the desktop which allows you to create your own menus and actions.

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