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Video editing

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Pinnacle Studio

February 3, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Corel Pinnacle is a full-featured, near-pro-level video editing application without a steep learning curve. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Revisited: termusic – terminal-based music player

February 1, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

termusic has added gapless playback and podcast support. Here’s our verdict on this terminal-based music player.

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Free and open source software

Best Free and Open Source Software – January 2023 Updates

January 31, 2023 Steve Emms Software

January 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Aqualung – advanced music player

January 30, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Aqualung is billed as an advanced music player that plays audio CDs, internet radio streams and podcasts as well as soundfiles. Here’s our review.

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Humour

Linux Candy: pyjokes – one line jokes for programmers

January 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software

pyjokes is a terminal based program that tells one line jokes for programmers.

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System Administration

Essential System Utilities: WTF – terminal dashboard

January 23, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, System Software

WTF (also known as ‘wtfutil’) is billed as “the personal information dashboard for your terminal”.

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Software to help you sleep

Linux Candy: Relaxator – relax to soothing sounds

January 20, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Relaxator is a small utility that’s designed to do one thing — listen to soothing sounds. This free and open source utility is written in Vala.

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PQMusic – minimalistic audio player

January 18, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

PQMusic is billed as a minimalistic and easy to use open source audio player written in Python. Let’s see how it fares.

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3D character animation

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk MotionBuilder

January 16, 2023 Erik Karlsson Graphics, Software

MotionBuilder is 3D character animation software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Text Editing

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple TextEdit

January 13, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Apple TextEdit is a free and open source basic word processor and text editor. We recommend the best alternatives.

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Images of shells by the sea

Excellent Utilities: Nushell – flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel

January 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Nushell is billed as a new type of shell. The aim is to adopt the Unix philosophy of shells where pipes connect command together.

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Backup

34 Best Free Linux Backup Software (Updated 2023)

January 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, System Software, Utilities

Backup software is used to perform a complete back up of a file, data, database, system or server. Here’s the best open source backup software.

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Document viewer

Best Free Android Apps: KOReader – document viewer

January 6, 2023 Eilidih Parris Android

KOReader is a document viewer for a wide variety of file formats. It’s available for Linux, Android, and E Ink devices.

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Shell prompt

Excellent Utilities: Oh My Zsh – framework to manage your Zsh configuration

January 4, 2023 Erik Karlsson CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.

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Best Free and Open Source Software

Best Free and Open Source Software – December 2022 Updates

January 1, 2023 Steve Emms Software

December 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Book

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Contacts

December 28, 2022 Steve Emms Productivity, Software

Google Contacts is a contact management service. It’s available on the sidebar of Gmail, a web app, and for Android. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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WOW!

Excellent Utilities: Zellij – terminal workspace with batteries included

December 26, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Zellij is billed as “a workspace aimed at developers, ops-oriented people and anyone who loves the terminal”. It’s written in Rust.

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ebook

9 Best Free Linux e-book Tools – Updated 2022

December 24, 2022 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Linux has a good range of open source software which helps users to organize their e-book collection, catch up on a novel, or even to create and publish their own e-books.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: Rnote – sketch and take handwritten notes

December 23, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Rnote is a vector-based drawing app for sketching, handwritten notes and to annotate documents and pictures. Here’s our review.

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LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2022

December 22, 2022 Steve Emms Software, System Software

We’ve trawled through our statistics and found our ten most well received posts/series that saw the highest page views for 2022.

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