September 2023 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 Adobe Fresco
Adobe Fresco is a vector and raster drawing and painting app. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Linux Candy: pscircle visualizes Linux processes in a form of radial tree
pscircle is a different take on the venerable ps command. It visualizes Linux processes in a form of radial tree.
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USBImager – cross-platform disk image writer
USBImager is a very simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Shortcuts
Apple Shortcuts is a visual scripting application which It allows users to create macros for executing specific tasks on their device(s). We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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s-tui is a terminal-based stress test and monitoring tool
Stress-Terminal UI, s-tui, is a monitoring tool for your CPU’s temperature, frequency, power and utilization
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Bulky is a simple tool to bulk rename files and directories
Bulky is GUI software that lets you rename files and directories. While it’s developed by Mint it’s not tied to any Linux distro or desktop.
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girouette – terminal-based weather app
girouette is terminal-based software which displays the current weather. It sources its data from OpenWeather.
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tstock – generate stock charts in the terminal
tstock is a command-line tool which generates stock charts in the terminal. It’s written in Python and published under an open source license.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Distraction-Free Tools for Writers
Here are the finest distraction-free applications to help you focus on writing without interruption.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel WordPerfect Office
Corel WordPerfect Office is an all-in-one office suite.
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Stonks – terminal based stock visualizer and tracker
Stonks is a terminal based stock visualizer and tracker that displays realtime stocks in graph format. It’s written in Go.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: vi
This article spotlights alternative tools to vi, a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Docs Editors
Google Docs Editors is a freeware web-based productivity office suite within Google Drive service. What are the best open source alternatives?
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple ColorSync Utility
ColorSync Utility is a tool that lets you change a device’s colour profile. It’s proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best alternatives.
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Machine Learning in Linux: Speech Note
Speech Note lets you take, read and translate notes in multiple languages. It uses Speech to Text, Text to Speech and Machine Translation.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: uname
This article spotlights alternative tools to uname, a command-line utility that prints system information.
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22 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Window Managers
Stacking window managers (also known as floating window managers) draw all windows in a specific order, allowing them to overlap.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: who
This article spotlights alternative tools to who, a command that shows who is logged on to the system.
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