Final Term is billed as a new breed of terminal emulator. Final Term is an open source terminal emulator written solely in Vala, an object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code. Final Term’s source code is
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Exciting New Terminal Emulators
A terminal emulator is computer software which emulates a dumb video terminal within some other display architecture. A terminal emulator allows the user to access a console and all its applications such as command line interfaces (CLI) and text user
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Open Source Alternatives to LastPass
We all face information overload. Whether you conduct business online, read for your job, or just read for pleasure, the internet is a vast source of information. Retaining that information on a long-term basis can be difficult. However, it is essential to recall certain items of information immediately. Passwords are one such example.
Read moreGnomeBaker – CD/DVD burning software
GnomeBaker is a free CD/DVD authoring application for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. GnomeBaker features an intuitive interface. It is part of the GNOME desktop environment. Features include: Create data CDs. Blank rewritable disks. Burn DVDs. Burn data cds
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5 Magnificent Linux Music Streamers
Digital streams almost totally command my music listening these days. Over the years I have amassed a large collection of CDs at considerable expense; most of them now sit neglected gathering dust. Almost all music streaming services fall short of the audio quality of CDs, but their popularity has more to do with sheer convenience than high-fidelity sound reproduction.
Read moreScreenCloud – makes screenshot sharing easy
ScreenCloud is an easy to use open source screenshot tool. With this software, users can take a screenshot using one of the 3 hotkeys or simply click the ScreenCloud tray icon. Users can choose where you want to save the
Read moreHotShots – screenshot and annotation tool
HotShots is an application for capturing screens and saving them in a variety of image formats as well as adding annotations and graphical data (arrows, lines, texts, …). You can also upload your creations to the web (FTP/some web services).
Read moreXnConvert – batch image processing, image convertor, image resizer
XnConvert is a powerful and free cross-platform batch image processor, allowing you to combine over 80 actions. It has an easy-to-learn interface, supports more than 500 formats. It uses the batch processing module of XnViewMP. Features include: Compatible with more
Read moreGoogle Desktop **AWOL**
Google Desktop was a computer program with desktop search capabilities, created by Google for Linux, Apple Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows systems. It allowed text searches of a user’s email messages, computer files, music, photos, chats, Web pages viewed,
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Low-Spec Hardware? Try these Desktop Environments
Popular Linux distributions for beginners typically default to one of two desktop environments, KDE or GNOME. Both of these environments provide users with an intuitive and attractive desktop, as well as offering all the applications users love, ranging from multimedia software, games, administration programs, network tools, educational applications, utilities, artwork, web development tools and more. However, these two desktops focus more on providing users with a modern computing environment with all the bells and whistles, rather than minimising the amount of system resources they use.
Read moreLXQt – lightweight Qt desktop environment
LXQt is billed as an advanced, easy-to-use, and fast desktop environment based on Qt technologies. It is the product of the merge between the LXDE-Qt and the Razor-qt projects. The idea of pooling resources between the two projects is to
Read morePDFedit – a PDF editor
PDFedit allows users complete control of editing PDF documents. It’s primary created for simple editing and manipulation of documents in PDF format. There is a graphical and command line interface available. The software lets you change either raw PDF objects
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Pick of the Bunch: Console Internet Applications
A console application is computer software which is able to be used via a text-only computer interface, the command line interface, or a text-based interface included within a graphical user interface operating system, such as a terminal emulator (such as GNOME Terminal or the aforementioned Terminator). Whereas a graphical user interface application generally involves using the mouse and keyboard (or touch control), with a console application the primary (and often only) input method is the keyboard.
Read moreUbuntu Internet Browser – web browser
Ubuntu Web Browser is a lightweight open source web browser tailored for Ubuntu, based on the Oxide browser engine and using the Ubuntu UI components. It is the default web browser for Ubuntu Phone OS. Features include: Private mode. Good
Read moreLiri – material design web browser
Liri is an open-source, cross-platform and material-design Chrome based web browser. The purpose of this web browser is to build a minimalist-looking modern web browser with the power of Chromium under the bonnet. But it removes lots of unnecessary features
Read morePromising Web Browsers
The web browser market is dominated by a few mature heavyweights: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari. But they are not for everyone. And there are a myriad of other web browsers that are worth investigating. With a
Read moreBreach – modular web browser
Breach is an open source modular browser written entirely in JavaScript. Breach’s functionality is provided by interchangeable modules. In essence, Breach does not expose any internal functionalities but an API for developers to build modules that can be added, removed,
Read moreDooscape – web browser
Dooscape is an open source web browser written with the Qt framework and using WebKit as the web engine. It is different to other web browsers with its interface, modern appearance, and innovative features. Features include: Simple and clean interface
Read moreFifth – web browser
Fifth is a Linux-only open source browser that offers the best features from Opera, as well as a few unique features that are aimed for Linux power users. It’s based on a custom WebKit port to FLTK. Fifth gives you
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5 Best Open Source Board Games to Play Online
I had a panache for abstract strategy games such as chess and draughts, as well as word games. I can still never resist a game of Escape from Colditz, a strategy card and dice-based board game, or Risk; two timeless multi-player strategy board games. But Catan remains my favourite board game.
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