One of my favorite adages is “A picture is worth a thousand words”. It refers to the notion that a still image can convey a complex idea. Images can portray a lot of information quickly and more efficiently than text.
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8 Productive Free and Open Source Clipboard Managers
Linux has a number of proficient clipboard managers. Here’s our recommendations – all free and open source.
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9 Best Free and Open Source RAW Processing Tools
There is a good range of open source Linux software that processes RAW files. Here’s our recommendations. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for anyone who has a passion for digital photography.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Anti-Spam Tools
There are a number of techniques that help fight the tide of spam. These include whitelisting, spam buckets, Bayesian filtering, fuzzy logic techniques, and attachment scanning. Here’s our recommended free and open source anti-spam tools.
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13 Best Free Linux MySQL Tools
With the increasing popularity of MySQL, it is not surprising that developers have written useful tools which help users to monitor, query, administer, troubleshoot, and optimise MySQL databases. This article identifies 13 open source tools which help to reduce the complexity associated with the powerful database software.
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8 Best Free Linux Camera Tools
Linux offers excellent software for dealing with RAW files, for remotely operating cameras, importing and processing raw data, as well as software to read, write and edit camera metadata.
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11 Excellent Open Source Solutions for Home Automation
Home Automation software is software that lets you control and monitor common home and office appliances using a computer. Home automation used to be confined to turning on and off lights and appliances. But the possibilities are much wider letting users build a wireless network, automate TV and hi-fi, monitor pets when you are away, set up an answering system, create a weather station – integrating an abundance of different home automation technologies into one.
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