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11 Best Free and Open Source OCR Tools

April 7, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into searchable, editable documents.

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FTP Client

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux FTP Servers

April 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a time-honored method of transferring files to and from a remote network site.

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CDROM

6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Audio Grabbers

April 6, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc.

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Embroidery

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Crafting Tools

April 6, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Roundup

Handicraft is a term that describes many different types of work where practical and decorative objects are made by hand or by using only simple tools. Depending on your location, the phrase ‘arts and crafts’ may be more commonly used.

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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Screen Capture Tools for Hyprland

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor popular with Linux users wanting a desktop focused on speed, flexibility, and visual polish.

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Mailing List Managers

12 Best Free and Open Source Mailing List Managers

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

We recommend the best FOSS mailing list tools.

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Monitor Calibration

Calibrate your Monitor with these Open Source Tools

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

If you value image quality and accuracy, calibration of your monitor will be important. These tools ensure your monitor is calibrated.

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Astronomy-Juno

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Astronomical Data Analysis Tools

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Astronomy is a branch of science that deals with the study of celestial objects (including stars, planets, moons, comets, asteroids…).

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7 Best Free and Open Source Font Managers

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Need an efficient way to manage your fonts? Step forward a dedicated font manager utility.

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DJ

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Software for DJs

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

If you’re starting out as a DJ, you’ll probably want to try free software, as proprietary solutions can be very expensive. Fortunately, Linux has useful software for DJs.

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Photo Management

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Photo Management Software

April 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Photo management software is a type of computer application that helps users to organize their digital image collection.

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Project Management

7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Project Management Software

April 3, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Office, Roundup

Project management tools encompass many different types of software such as scheduling, resource allocation, collaboration software, quality management, and cost control / budget management.

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13 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Bookmark Managers

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

We focus on open source web-based bookmark managers. The featured software lets you effectively manage your bookmarks for websites.

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Webcam Tools

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Webcam Tools

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Multimedia, Roundup

Our favorite free Linux tools which enable webcams to capture images and video, and to act as a video surveillance device.

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Voice Recognition

17 Best Free Linux Speech Recognition Tools

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Speech is an increasingly popular method of interacting with electronic devices such as computers, phones, tablets, and televisions.

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Voice Recognition

20 Best Free and Open Source Linux Speech Synthesis Tools

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Speech synthesizers are text-to-speech systems used with computers. We feature the finest free and open source speech synthesizers.

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plotting-software

26 Best Free and Open Source Linux Plotting Tools

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Scientific

A plotting tool is computer software which helps to analyse and visualize data, often of a scientific nature. Here’s our verdict.

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Screen Capture

13 Best Free Linux Screen Capture GUI Tools

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

We recommend the best free and open source GUI software for taking screenshots.

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Database

16 Useful Free and Open Source Linux Column-Oriented Databases

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents, Roundup

A column-oriented database is a type of database management system that stores data on disk in columns rather than rows.

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JSON Tools

27 Best Free and Open Source JSON Tools

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a standard, popular and lightweight data text-oriented format based on JavaScript object syntax to represent structured data.

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