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Adobe Photoshop

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Photoshop Express

April 19, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics, Software

Adobe Photoshop Express is a mobile app made for all-in-one photo editing and sharing. We recommend FOSS alternatives.

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PDF-Manipulation-Tools

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Fill & Sign

April 12, 2024 Steve Emms Documents, Software

Adobe Fill & Sign lets users fill out PDF documents on a smartphones and tablet and share them directly with others. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2024 Updates

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms Software

March 2024 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Podcast

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Podcasts

March 29, 2024 Luke Baker Multimedia, Software

Apple Podcasts is an audio streaming service and media player application for playing podcasts. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Google Chrome Alternatives

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Chrome

March 22, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Google Chrome is the most popular web browser. We recommend open source alternatives that help you break away from Google.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Edge

March 18, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Microsoft Edge is a proprietary cross-platform web browser. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Nyxt - Web Browser

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Safari

March 15, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Safari is a freeware graphical web browser that’s not available for Linux. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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Linux recommended software

Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2024 Updates

March 1, 2024 Steve Emms Software

February 2024 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Retro

Emulate the Acorn Electron home computer with Linux

February 24, 2024 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

Launched in August 1983, the 8-bit Acorn Electron microcomputer sported a Synterek SY6502A CPU clocked at 2MHz.

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Recording Studio

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Screencasting Software

February 21, 2024 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, typically carrying audio narration. We recommend the best free and open source screencasting tools.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Bluetooth File Exchange

February 16, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Apple Bluetooth File Exchange is a utility to view the Public folder on the device, retrieve and send files from/to the device.

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Finance

Best Free and Open Source Software – Finance

February 15, 2024 Steve Emms Financial, Software

Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering finance software, bitcoin clients, econometrics, and other financial applications.

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Retro

Emulate the Sinclair ZX80 home computer with Linux

February 13, 2024 John O'Donnell Emulators, Software

The Sinclair ZX80 was launched in January 1980. It was available in kit form for £79.95, and as a ready-built version priced at £99.95.

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Configuring music

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Audio MIDI Setup

February 10, 2024 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Audio MIDI Setup is a utility to describe the configuration of your MIDI devices. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Task Manager

Dooit – TUI to-do manager

February 6, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Reviews, Software

Dooit is billed as a todo manager that you didn’t ask for, but needed. It’s free and open source software written in Python.

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Task Manager

Aion-Task – cyclic TODO task manager

February 2, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, Software

Aion-Task is a free and open source cyclic TODO task manager.

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Linux recommended software

Best Free and Open Source Software: January 2024 Updates

February 1, 2024 Steve Emms Software

January 2024 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Best Free Window Managers

LeftWM – window manager for adventurers

February 1, 2024 Steve Emms Software

LeftWM is designed to do one thing and to do that one thing well: be a window manager.

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ONLYOFFICE Docs 8.0

Meet ONLYOFFICE Docs v8.0: fillable PDF forms, RTL support, updated ChatGPT plugin and more

January 31, 2024 Steve Emms Office, Software

A first major release in 2024 of ONLYOFFICE Docs with a bunch of new features.

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Files

Yazi – terminal file manager

January 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software

Yazi is billed as a blazingly fast TUI file manager with asynchronous support. It’s written in Rust.

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