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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Fonts

August 18, 2023 Steve Emms Reviews, Utilities

Google Fonts is a font and web font service. It offers font families and an interactive web directory. We recommend open source alternatives.

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Coding

5 Best Free and Open Source Python Shells

August 18, 2023 Steve Emms Languages, Programming, Roundup

There are some excellent alternative Python shells that extend on the basic shell. They each offer a good interactive Python experience.

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Optimize Web Delivery with these Open Source Tools

August 17, 2023 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Web proxy software forwards HTTP requests without modifying traffic in any way. They can be configured as a transparent proxy with no client-side configuration required.

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Documentation Generators

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Help Viewer

August 16, 2023 Steve Emms Reviews, Software

Help Viewer is a WebKit based HTML viewer for macOS aimed at displaying help files and other documentation. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives from a Linux perspective.

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Comment

A User’s Opinion: Design Choices by Open Source Developers

August 15, 2023 James McCarthy Reviews

A reader’s view about the customer experience and open source projects.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: talk

August 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to talk, a venerable talk client.

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Fractals

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Fractal Tools

August 13, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Fractals are rooted in chaos theory, and because of their nature they are perfect for organic looking artwork and landscapes. We recommend the best Linux fractal tools.

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Updating Recommended Linux Software: Our Plans

August 12, 2023 Steve Emms Software

We share our plans regarding updates to our recommended free and open source Linux software.

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Best Free and Open Source Compression Tools

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: compress

August 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to compress, a utility that reduces the size of files.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Neovim GUIs

August 12, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Neovim’s RPC support lets developers create new front-ends (GUIs) for Neovim that are outside of the terminal. We make our recommendations.

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