kew is a music player with gapless playback. It’s written in C and published under an open source license. It was previously called cue. I review the latest release.
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20 Best Free and Open Source Python Visualization Packages
Python has a fantastic range of packages to produce mesmerizing visualizations. We recommend the best free and open source Python tools.
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tap v0.4.11 – terminal-based music player
tap is a terminal-based music player that lets you jump to any album with fuzzy-finder shortcuts. Here’s my take on v0.4.11.
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ttop – system monitoring tool
ttop is a system monitoring tool with historical snapshots and alerts. It has a top-like TUI. It’s written in Nim.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Point-of-Sale Software
Linux has a good range of open source Point-of-Sale software which can help retailers make considerable cost savings, not simply due to the lack of licensing and upgrade fees.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: BIOS
Let’s turn our attention to the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). This is firmware used to start the PC system after it is powered on.
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Loupe – image viewer
Image Viewer (Loupe) is an image viewer application written with GTK 4, Libadwaita and Rust.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Screen Sharing
Apple Screen Sharing allows you to remotely access an Apple desktop system environment. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Compositing Window Managers
A compositing window manager, or compositor, is a window manager that provides applications with an off-screen buffer for each window.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Electronic Medical Records Software
This article focuses on software that provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR) functionality.
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Raddiola – simple radio app
Raddiola is billed as a simple radio with a clear and concise interface. Here’s our verdict.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Scan
Adobe Scan provides a portable scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR) and allows you to save to multiple files formats including PDF and JPEG.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Installing Manjaro
For this article in the series, we explore installing and configuring Manjaro on the NUC 13. Manjaro is an Arch-based Linux distribution.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google News
Google News is a news aggregator service. It offers a continuous flow of links to articles from thousands of publishers and magazines.
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libjxl – reference implementation of JPEG XL
JPEG XL is a royalty-free raster-graphics file format that supports both lossy and lossless compression.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Python Data Analysis
Here’s our verdict of the finest free and open source Python-based data analysis tools captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Gaming
For this first gaming article about the Intel NUC 13 Pro, I’m going to revisit some of the games I previously tested on the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini PC.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Digital Color Meter
Digital Color Meter lets you find the color value of a color on your screen. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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10 Excellent Free and Open Source Linux Relational Databases
A relational database matches data using common characteristics found within the data set. The resulting groups of data are organized and are much easier for people to understand.
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QOI – The Quite OK Image Format
QOI is an image encoder which claims to be fast 20-50 times compressing and 3-4 times faster decompressing compared to the Libpng library.
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