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8 Best Free and Open Source Collection Managers

February 8, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

There is a wide range of collection manager software available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source options.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Zsh Configuration Frameworks

February 4, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

We highly recommend installing a framework with Zsh as it makes dealing with configuration, plugins and themes a lot more straightforward.

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Best Free and Open Source Font Managers

January 31, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

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

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5 Best Free and Open Source Font Editors

January 30, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

This article focuses on the finest font editors. Linux users may not have a plethora of fonts, but there are many lovely and usable fonts.

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8 Excellent Console Linux File Managers (Updated 2023)

January 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 high quality console based open source file managers.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Shells

January 22, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform. We recommend the finest free and open source shells.

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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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12 Best Free Vim-Like Text Editors

January 19, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Text editors remain a controversial area. Here are our recommended Vim-like text editors. They are all released under an open source license.

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12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Markdown Editors

January 17, 2023 Luke Baker Software, Utilities

Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax created by John Gruber in 2004. We feature our recommended open source Markdown editors.

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17 Best Free and Open Source Linux Compression Tools

January 15, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software available for Linux, we have compiled a list of 17 of the best free compression tools.

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