Free Internet Chess Server is a server for chess players to play against each other over the Internet.
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Excellent Utilities: tldr – simplified and community-driven man pages
The tldr project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.
Read more12 Strong Free and Open Source Chess Engines
Computer chess has been a phenomenal success, aiding chess analysis, and allowing players to play when no human opponents are available.
Read moreHaruna – video player using libmpv
Haruna is a modern-looking QML-based front-end to mpv. Here’s our review. Haruna is free and open source software.
Read morevizex – visualize disk space and disk usage
vizex is a command line interface program that shows how much free disk space you have. vizex is free and open source software.
Read moreLinux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Open Source Replacements for Proprietary Windows Desktop Software – Part 8
We consider popular Windows proprietary software and recommend great open source replacements that run under Linux.
Read moreBest Free Alternatives to YouTube
YouTube has over 2 billion monthly logged-in users with people watching over a billion hours of video a day. What open source alternatives are available?
Read more10 Best Free Linux Chess Apps (Updated 2021)
Linux chess software generally is separated into a “front end” application and a “chess engine”. There is a wide range of chess-playing software for Linux which can defeat most master players under tournament conditions.
Read moreLucas 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.
Read moreBest Free and Open Source Software – June 2021 Updates
June 2021 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
Read more15 Excellent Free and Open Source Plotting Tools
A plotting tool is computer software which helps to analyse and visualize data, often of a scientific nature. Here’s our open source recommendations.
Read moreExcellent Utilities: duf – disk usage utility
duf is a simple disk usage utility that offers a more attractive representation than the classic df utility. It’s written in Go.
Read more7 Best Free and Open Source Configuration Management Databases
We recommend the best configuration management databases.
Read moreEmulate 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.
Read moreVideomass – 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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