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How to Install Gifcurry on Ubuntu – Easy GIF Maker

Post last modified:September 26, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Gifcurry is a free open-source GIF and video maker for Linux, MacOS and windows. Using Gifcurry you can edit your video and gif files and save them to GIF or video. It comes with some basic editing options like crop, trim, seek, add text in your file with your favourite font, change the duration of the video or gif file. Some other important features are changing the size, you can set the FPS, tweak the color count, enable dithering and import subtitles in your file. It is available as a GUI and CLI.You need FFmpeg, GStreamer, ImageMagick, and GTK+ installed on your machine to run Gifcurry smoothly.

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How to install Dosbox-X on Ubuntu – DOS operating system emulator

Post last modified:September 25, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Dosbox-X is a free and open source emulator software to emulates a computer running a DOS operating system. using this you can run original DOS programs, DOS PC games even though your new modern computers have dropped support for DOS. It covers all pre-2000 DOS and Windows 9x based hardwares, including peripherals, motherboards, CPUs, and all other old hardwares. Dosbox-X is a fort of popular DOS emulator DOSBox.

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How to install Ascii Patrol game on Ubuntu – Best Ascii Art Game

Post last modified:September 24, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Ascii Patrol is free open source Ascii art type game for Windows, Linux, Cygwin, DOS and web browsers. It is based on 1982’s Moon Patrol arcade game. The game can run in monochrome and 16 color mode. You can control the game using arrow keys, Enter and Escape keys. Left arrow key for brake, Right key for acceleration, up key for jump, down key for crouch and enter key for fire. Ascii Patrol is simple but additive command line game for linux with good game music and sound effects. It is released under GNU General Public License v3.0 license.

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How to install sdlpop Prince of Persia game on Ubuntu – sdlpop open-source port of Prince of Persia

Post last modified:September 23, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

sdlpop is a sdlpop open-source port of popular video game Prince of Persia for linux Windows and MacOS. It is based on the disassembly of the DOS version. In this game the prince must escape from dungeons and free the princess from Jaffar within 60 minutes.For this game the keyboard controls are left, right, up, down, shift, shift+left/right, home or up+left, page up or up+right.

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How to install µPad (MicroPad) on Ubuntu – Open source note taking app

Post last modified:September 26, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

MicroPad or µPad is a free open source note taking app for Linux, windows, macOS and web. µPad comes with infinite canvas feature to organise your notes without any limits. It also comes with build in sync feature called µSync to synchronize your notes across all of your devices securely with server-side AES-256 encryption. Some other important features are Evernote Import & Markdown Import, unlimited sections, automatically link words via Hashtags, embed PDF documents in note, assign due-date, Markdown Editor and AES-256 client-side encryption.

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How to install Postman on Ubuntu – Postman API Testing and Development tool

Post last modified:September 21, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Postman is one of the best tool for API developers to test and develop APIs. It is available for Linux, Windows and MacOS. Postman provides API development tools to its users to design and mock, debug, test, document, monitor, and publish your APIs in a single software. The free version is best for individuals & small teams members. The pro version is for teams up to 50 users and it cost $8/user/month. Enterprise is $18/user/month with some advanced features and support.

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How to install Manjaro linux on Oracle virtualbox

Post last modified:September 20, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Manjaro is free open-source Linux OS based on the popular Arch Linux operating system. Arch Linux is a minimal base system and it is targeted at the proficient linux user. On the other hand Manjaro comes with variety of pre-installed…

How to install Celluloid on Ubuntu – Celluloid mpv frontend

Post last modified:September 18, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Celluloid is a free open source frontend for mpv. mpv is also a open source CLI media player based on mplayer2 and MPlayer. Celluloid interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv and it offers access to mpv’s playback capabilities. It comes with keyboard shortcuts, hidden playlist, drag and drop support, MPRIS D-Bus Interface support, Wayland support and configurable option with Extra MPV Options support. It is release under GNU General Public License.

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How to install OpenTTD on Ubuntu – Open Source remake of Transport Tycoon Deluxe – OpenTTD

Post last modified:September 18, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

OpenTTD is a free open source business simulation game for BSD, Linux and Windows based on 1994 Transport Tycoon Deluxe game. In this game players try to earn money via transporting passengers and freight by road, rail, water and air.It is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.0. The main features are in game downloading of AIs, NewGRFs, scenarios and height maps, multiplayer mode for up to 255 players in 15 companies, different configurable models for acceleration of vehicles and lots more. It adds lot of new features compared to Transport Tycoon Deluxe.

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How to Install Wine on Ubuntu – Run Windows Softwares on Ubuntu

Post last modified:January 25, 2024
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Wine is a free open source compatibility layer to run Windows applications on Linux, macOS, & BSD. Using this you can easily run your favorite windows softwares in linux system. It is not a Windows Emulator/simulator. It translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly to run and integrate Windows softwares into your Linux, macOS, & BSD OS.

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