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Best Free Android Apps: WhatsApp Messenger – messaging app

February 7, 2021 Eilidih Parris Android, Internet, Reviews, Software

WhatsApp Messenger is a hugely popular cross-platform messaging application for mobile devices

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HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC – Hardware Acceleration in Firefox – Week 4

April 28, 2021 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Multimedia, Reviews

For this weekly blog we set up hardware graphics acceleration in Firefox.

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Reco

Reco – audio recording app designed for elementary OS

April 9, 2021 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Reco is an audio recording app designed for elementary OS. Reco is free and open source software. Here’s our review of Reco.

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LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2018

December 24, 2018 Steve Emms Software, System Software

It’s common knowledge that Christmas is a time for merriment, goodwill to all people, and above all a time for lists. So there’s no better time to compile a roundup for the year. We’ve run through our statistics, and found our ten most well received posts that saw the highest page views this year.

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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Choose a Distro – Part 2

May 7, 2021 Steve Emms Beginners, Software

Which distro should you try? We offer advice for beginners to Linux.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: lnav – the log file navigator

April 22, 2019 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

This is the second in a new series highlighting best-of-breed utilities. We’ll be covering a wide range of utilities including tools that boost your productivity, help you manage your workflow, and lots more besides. For this article, we’ll put lnav under the spotlight.

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Annie – video downloader built with Go

August 24, 2020 Luke Baker CLI, Internet, Multimedia, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Annie is an open source video downloader. It’s written in the Go programming language. Here’s our verdict on this tool.

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Learning

Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Open Source Replacements for Proprietary Windows Desktop Software – Part 8

July 7, 2021 Steve Emms Beginners, Desktop

We consider popular Windows proprietary software and recommend great open source replacements that run under Linux.

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Now and Then - File managers

Now and Then: What happened to 5 promising file managers?

October 28, 2020 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Back in 2012, we carried a feature looking at 5 file managers that received little media coverage but which carried bountiful promise.

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Vooki

Vooki – lightweight image viewer offering fast image preview

August 17, 2020 Steve Emms Graphics, Reviews, Software, Utilities

One of our favorite adages is “A picture is worth a thousand words”. It refers to the notion that a still image can convey a complex idea. Images can portray a lot of information quickly and more efficiently than text.

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