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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2023 Updates

December 1, 2023 Steve Emms Software

November 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Music Festival

tap v0.4.11 – terminal-based music player

November 24, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

tap is a terminal-based music player that lets you jump to any album with fuzzy-finder shortcuts. Here’s my take on v0.4.11.

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Remote Display

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Screen Sharing

November 17, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop, Software

Apple Screen Sharing allows you to remotely access an Apple desktop system environment. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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OCR Tools

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Scan

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, Software

Adobe Scan provides a portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple files formats including PDF and JPEG.

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Game Tools

Nexuiz – open-source first person shooter

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Software

Nexuiz is a free open-source first person shooter. Nexuiz is a fast-paced 3D deathmatch game with high-end and complex graphics effects.

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Game Tools

Full Metal Soccer – crazy football game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Software

Full Metal Soccer is a blend of first person shooter and sports game. It is a fast-paced multiplayer game in which two tank soccer teams battle each other.

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Retro

Atari800 – Atari 8-bit computer systems and 5200 game console emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Software

Atari800 is an Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator with various extensions (320kB RAM, stereo sound and more).

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File Managers

Krusader – twin panel file management software

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Software

Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE and other desktops, similar to Midnight Commander or Total Commander.

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IDE

Geany – fast and lightweight IDE

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Software

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment (IDE) based on Scintilla.

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Google Alternatives

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google News

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Google News is a news aggregator service. It offers a continuous flow of links to articles from thousands of publishers and magazines.

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