We consider popular Windows proprietary software and recommend great open source replacements that run under Linux.
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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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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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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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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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GabTag – audio tagging tool
GabTag is an audio tagging tool written in GTK 3, which makes it friendly for GTK based desktop users. GabTag is free and open source.
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Emulate the Amstrad CPC home computer with Linux
This series looks at emulating home computers. This article looks at emulating the Amstrad CPC range.
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Foliate – simple and modern GTK eBook viewer
Foliate is a simple and modern eBook viewer written in JavaScript. Here’s our review of this free and open source software.
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Run Linux on Refurbished Mini PCs – Other Factors – Part 6
This series recommends what to choose when buying a refurbished mini PC to run Linux as a desktop computer.
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Emulate the Sinclair ZX81 home computer with Linux
This series looks at emulating home computers. We start the series looking at the ZX81, a home computer produced by Sinclair Research from 1981.
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HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC – Games – Week 6
This is a weekly blog looking at the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC running Linux. We put some free games through their paces.
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Run Linux on Refurbished Mini PCs – RAM – Part 5
This series recommends what to choose when buying a refurbished mini PC to run Linux as a desktop computer.
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Run Linux on Refurbished Mini PCs – Storage – Part 4
This series recommends what to choose when buying a refurbished Mini PC to run Linux as a desktop computer.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Choose a Distro – Part 2
Which distro should you try? We offer advice for beginners to Linux.
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Compact Text Editors Great for Remote Editing and Much More
A text editor is software used for editing plain text files.
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HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC – Multiple Operating Systems – Week 5
We examine hardware virtualization, dual booting, as well as using a compatibility layer.
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Run Linux on Refurbished Mini PCs – Motherboard – Part 3
This series recommends what to choose when buying a refurbished mini PC to run Linux as a desktop computer.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Introduction
Linux for Starters is a series that offers a gentle introduction to Linux for newcomers.
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HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC – Hardware Acceleration in Firefox – Week 4
For this weekly blog we set up hardware graphics acceleration in Firefox.
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Run Linux on Refurbished Mini PCs – Processor – Part 2
This series recommends what to choose when buying a refurbished mini PC to run Linux as a desktop computer.
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