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13 Excellent Free Books to Learn Ada

February 19, 2024 Erik Karlsson Books, Programming

Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, multi-paradigm, object-oriented high-level, ALGOL-like programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages. We recommend 13 free books to learn Ada.

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45 Outstanding Linux Utilities to Maximize your Productivity

July 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Productivity, Utilities

This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential utilities. These are small, indispensable tools, useful for anyone running a Linux machine.

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SciPy – Scientific Computing Tools for Python

October 16, 2023 Eilidih Parris Scientific

SciPy (pronounced “Sigh Pie”) is a Python-based ecosystem of open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering.

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Best Poker Tools and Software

June 12, 2023 John O'Donnell Stories

We’ll discuss the poker tools that will help you improve your hand while playing this favorite game of chance.

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42 Excellent GNOME Shell Extensions

March 17, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Roundup

Add additional functionality to a GNOME desktop with these great GNOME extensions. This roundup showcases 42 cool GNOME extensions.

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Essential System Tools: Krusader – KDE file manager

January 16, 2019 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

Krusader is an advanced, twin-panel (commander-style) file manager designed for KDE Plasma. Krusader also runs on other popular Linux desktop environments such as GNOME.

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Awesome Linux Game Tools: NoiseTorch-ng

July 19, 2023 Steve Emms Games, Software, Utilities

NoiseTorch-ng is billed as an “easy to use open source application for Linux with PulseAudio or PipeWire”.

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Best Free and Open Source Music Players

RustPlayer is a local audio player and m3u8 radio player

September 2, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

RustPlayer is an audio player that plays locally hosted files. It’s also a radio player.

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System Administration

Essential System Tools: nmon – Curses based Performance Monitor

January 23, 2019 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, System Software

nmon is short for Nigel’s performance Monitor for Linux. It’s a very versatile tool that can be shaped to your exact requirements. It fully warrants its place in our Essential System Tools feature.

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Hard disk

Duplicati – store encrypted backups online

April 15, 2025 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software

Duplicati is a backup client that stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on local storage, cloud storage services and remote file servers.

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