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Tag: Utilities
16 Best Free and Open Source Image Viewers
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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10 Best Linux Font Tools (Updated 2020)
To provide an insight into the software that is available, we have compiled a list of 10 top font software. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for users who want to mange the fonts on their computer. We give our highest recommendation to Fontmatrix and FontForge.
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LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2019
We’ve run through our statistics, and found our ten most well received posts/series that saw the highest page views for 2019.
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8 Best Free Linux Clocks
In this article we pick the finest analog clock, timezone clocks, and alarm clocks that are available for Linux. They are all small, well-crafted, unobtrusive utilities that are released under an open source license, and add the perfect finishing touch to a well designed desktop environment.
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Essential Utilities: Reclaiming Disk Space
Linux offers an unsurpassed breadth of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. These tools help make Linux a compelling operating system.
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Best Free Linux Screen Capture Tools (Updated 2019)
Linux has a good selection of versatile open source screenshot programs, both graphical and console based. Our longstanding favorite was Shutter. Although the software is still under development, the software has only received bug fixes in recent years.
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Essential System Tools: ps_mem – accurately report memory usage of programs
This is the first in a series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series will examine both graphical and text based open source utilities. The first tool under the spotlight is ps_mem, a small utility that reliably reports how much memory is consumed by an application.
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Linux Humor on the Command-line
The desktop is full of eye candy. It enhances the visual experience and, in some cases, can also increase functionality of software. But it also makes software fun. Working on the command-line does not have to be always serious. If you want some fun on the command-line, there are lots of commands to raise a smile.
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Calibrate your Monitor with these Open Source Tools
What is seen on your display and what the image should look like can be two quite different things. If you value image quality and accuracy, calibration of your monitor will be important. Anyone involved in digital photography, graphic design or artwork will recognize the importance that their monitor is producing the best results, showing true colors and black levels.
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