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Software to help you sleep

Linux Candy: Relaxator – relax to soothing sounds

January 20, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Relaxator is a small utility that’s designed to do one thing — listen to soothing sounds. This free and open source utility is written in Vala.

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PQMusic – minimalistic audio player

January 18, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

PQMusic is billed as a minimalistic and easy to use open source audio player written in Python. Let’s see how it fares.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk MotionBuilder

January 16, 2023 Erik Karlsson Graphics, Software

MotionBuilder is 3D character animation software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Text Editing

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple TextEdit

January 13, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Apple TextEdit is a free and open source basic word processor and text editor. We recommend the best alternatives.

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Excellent Utilities: Nushell – flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel

January 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Nushell is billed as a new type of shell. The aim is to adopt the Unix philosophy of shells where pipes connect command together.

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Excellent Utilities: Oh My Zsh – framework to manage your Zsh configuration

January 4, 2023 Erik Karlsson CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.

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Best Free and Open Source Software

Best Free and Open Source Software – December 2022 Updates

January 1, 2023 Steve Emms Software

December 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Contacts

December 28, 2022 Steve Emms Productivity, Software

Google Contacts is a contact management service. It’s available on the sidebar of Gmail, a web app, and for Android. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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WOW!

Excellent Utilities: Zellij – terminal workspace with batteries included

December 26, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Zellij is billed as “a workspace aimed at developers, ops-oriented people and anyone who loves the terminal”. It’s written in Rust.

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9 Best Free Linux e-book Tools – Updated 2022

December 24, 2022 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Linux has a good range of open source software which helps users to organize their e-book collection, catch up on a novel, or even to create and publish their own e-books.

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