June 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Category: Software
Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Chess
Apple Chess is a traditional chess game played on a well rendered board with a set of realistic 3-D pieces. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Action-Adventure Games
The action-adventure genre is a video game genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk 3ds Max is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Excellent Utilities: Extension Manager – Browse, Install and Manage GNOME Shell Extensions
Extensions Manager is a small utility that lets browse and install GNOME extensions without using a web browser.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Role-Playing Games
A role-playing game (RPG) is a genre of video game where the gamer controls a fictional character (or characters) that undertakes a quest in an imaginary world
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Dimension
Adobe Dimension is a 3D rendering and design software. It’s designed to build brand visualizations, illustrations, product mockups and other creative work.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Board Games
We have always had a fascination with board games, in part because they are a device of social interaction, they challenge the mind and, most importantly, they are great fun to play.
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Chafa – terminal graphics image viewer
This review looks at a terminal-based image viewer that supports the Kitty Graphics Protocol. It’s named Chafa, shorthand for Character Art Facsimile.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a learning platform for educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source ASCII Games
There are no fancy graphics here, just great gameplay coupled with the urge of always having just one more play.
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timg – Terminal Image and Video Viewer
timg is an image and video viewer with support for high resolution graphics in the terminal.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel VideoStudio MyDVD
Corel VideoStudio MyDVD is proprietary DVD authoring software. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Card Games
Here are our picks of the best card games. We only advocate open source games here.
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viu – Terminal Image Viewer with Kitty Graphics Protocol support
viu is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal.
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10 Free and Open Source Game Engines
Game engines offer huge benefits to game developers. The main functionality they provide is the library of core functions used in a computer game.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Rhythm Games
A rhythm game is a music-themed action video game that challenges a player’s sense of rhythm. Free and open source games are covered.
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Surge XT – virtual synthesizer
Surge XT is a hybrid polyphonic synthesizer which supports MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) and runs as an LV2 plugin, or as a VST.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Extend your Desktop – Part 22
We look at a couple of ways you can extend your GNOME desktop. We first cover extensions before moving on to exploring themes.
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