We consider popular Windows proprietary software and recommend great open source replacements that run under Linux.
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Excellent Free Books to Learn PostScript
PostScript is an interpreted, stack-based language similar to Forth but with strong dynamic typing, data structures inspired by those found in Lisp, scoped memory and garbage collection.
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Best Free Alternatives to YouTube
YouTube has over 2 billion monthly logged-in users with people watching over a billion hours of video a day. What open source alternatives are available?
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Lucas Chess – play and train chess
Lucas Chess is a chess GUI. It lets you play against lots of chess engines and train to improve your game.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – June 2021 Updates
June 2021 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Installing Software – Part 7
We show you how easy it is to install software in Linux. This article is part of our Linux for Starters series.
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Best Free Alternatives to Google Public DNS
A DNS, short for domain name system, is used to resolve a particular domain name to its IP equivalent. Here’s alternatives to Google’s DNS.
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Excellent Utilities: duf – disk usage utility
duf is a simple disk usage utility that offers a more attractive representation than the classic df utility. It’s written in Go.
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Emulate the Atari ST home computer with Linux
The Atari ST was a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation. We recommend open source emulators for the Atari ST.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Navigating the Desktop – Part 6
This article guides you around the desktop in Ubuntu. It’s part of our Linux for Starters series teaching you all the basics.
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Best Free Android Apps: Pure Writer – plain text editor
Pure Writer is a plain text editor. The editor is designed to be minimalistic and tries to help the writer focus on writing content.
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Videomass – cross-platform GUI for FFmpeg and youtube-dl
Videomass is a cross-platform GUI for FFmpeg and youtube-dl. Here’s our verdict on this open source program.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – 8 Things to do after installing Ubuntu – Part 5
After installing Ubuntu 21.04, you’re ready to use your new system. But there are some additional steps we recommend you do.
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Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn V
V is a statically typed compiled programming language designed for building maintainable software.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Earth Pro
Google Earth Pro lets you fly anywhere to see satellite imagery, 3D buildings, 3D trees, terrain, Street View, planets and much more. Here our recommended open source alternatives.
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Best Free Android Apps: Tusky – lightweight client for Mastodon
Tusky is a lightweight open source Android client for Mastodon, a free and open-source social network server.
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Linux Candy: Fondo – wallpaper tool
Fondo lets you quickly find beautiful wallpapers from Unsplash. Enjoy your new wallpaper with a single click.
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Emulate the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer with Linux
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. The name highlighted the machine’s color capabilities.
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Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn Imba
Imba is a friendly full-stack programming language for the web that compiles to performant JavaScript. Here’s our recommended tutorials.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Drive
In this series, we’ll explore how you can migrate from Google without missing out on anything. We’ll recommend open source solutions.
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