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19 Useful Free and Open Source PDF Manipulation Tools

November 27, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop, Office, Roundup, Utilities

We recommend the best free and open source PDF manipulation tools offering some genuinely useful software.

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OCR Tools

Rescribe – desktop tool for performing OCR

November 27, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

Rescribe is an easy-to-use desktop tool for performing OCR on image files, PDFs and Google Books.

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Xitca-Web – HTTP library and web framework

November 27, 2024 Eilidih Parris Programming

Xitca-Web is a HTTP library and web framework written in 100% safe Rust with zero-copy serialization / deserialization support.

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Batch Renamers

Bren – bulk file renaming program for the shell

November 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Bren is a program for renaming multiple files at once. Bren is versatile and offers support for post-rename scripting with Guile,

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Silkenweb – library for building reactive web apps

November 26, 2024 Eilidih Parris Programming

Silkenweb is a library for building reactive web apps.

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DreamQuest N100 Mini PC

DreamQuest N100 Mini PC Running Linux: Benchmarks

November 26, 2024 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This article benchmarks the DreamQuest N100 Mini PC with Ubuntu 24.10.

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Linux Distributions

CROWZ – Linux distro based on Devuan

November 26, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro

CROWZ is a lightweight distro based on Devuan and uses the Calamares Installer.

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Static Site Generators

4 Best Free and Open Source Rust Static Site Generators

November 26, 2024 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers.

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Backup software

Syncthing – continuous file synchronization program

November 25, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers.

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Remote Display

13 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Servers

November 25, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article examines the best free Linux remote desktop servers.

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Desktop Environments

NsCDE – Not so Common Desktop Environment

November 25, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

NsCDE is a modern and functional CDE desktop based on the FVWM window manager.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Coding Community

November 25, 2024 John O'Donnell Blog

AI has already impacted various facets of our lives, and the online coding industry is no different.

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Mousam – weather at a glance

November 25, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, Scientific

Mousam is a GUI-based app that provides you with weather forecast information.

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Personal finance

Cosmic Money – simple personal finance manager

November 25, 2024 Steve Emms Financial

Cosmic Money is a simple and intuitive personal finance manager for the Cosmic desktop environment.

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Linux Distributions

Vendefoul Wolf – distro based on Devuan

November 25, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro

Vendefoul Wolf Linux is a distro based on Devuan and uses the Calamares Installer.

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Testing Software

hyper – protective and efficient HTTP library

November 25, 2024 Eilidih Parris Programming

hyper is billed as a protective and efficient HTTP library for all.

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Best Free Window Managers

Magpie – X11 window manager and compositor library

November 24, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Magpie is a soft-fork of GNOME’s Mutter.

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Static Site Generators

13 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript Static Site Generators

November 24, 2024 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

A static site works very well in certain use cases. For example, it’s great for documentation. And static sites can be just as engaging as dynamic sites.

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PDF

Qpdf Tools – manage PDFs

November 24, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

Qpdf Tools is an easy-to-use Qt interface for Ghostscript and QPDF. It lets you compress a PDF file, merge PDF files and more.

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Docker

Pods – manage your Podman containers

November 24, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Pods is a frontend for Podman, a tool for managing containers and images, volumes mounted into those containers.

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