Linux

OpenCPN Open Source Chart Plotter and Ship GPS Navigation Application

Post last modified:October 19, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

OpenCPN is a free and open source chart plotter and marine GPS navigation application for Linux, Windows and MacOS. You can download pre-configured charts, create routes, track your ship and it comes with with build-in route and mark manager, collision alerting, weather routing plugin, Waypoint navigation, Autopilot output support. Currently it supports Worldwide standard S57 and encrypted S63 vector chart, BSB v3 and MBTiles chartsets. You can also extend its features via plugins.

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How to Install Official Spotify for Linux on Ubuntu

Post last modified:October 18, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Spotify is a music streaming service and offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts, including more than 70 million songs. It is available as basic freemium and paid subscriptions model. You can download install the Spotify client on Windows, macOS, and Linux, iOS and Android. In this article we will see how to install it on your Ubuntu Linux distribution.

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AppImagePool AppImageHub Client for Linux

Post last modified:October 16, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

AppImagePool is a free and open source AppImageHub Client for Linux. Using AppImagePool, you can easily download, install, upgrade, downgrade and manage software in portable AppImage file format. AppImageHub is a free AppImage catalog website and not providing any AppImage hosting. So without any extra-server involvement you can download AppImages files directly from author’s source. You can search software by using categories, view version history and it supports multi download support. It is written in Dart and using flutter and released under GNU General Public License v3.0.

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Create Fonts with Open Source FontForge Font Editor

Post last modified:October 13, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

FontForge is a free and open source font editor for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X .Using FontForge font editor, you can create, convert and edit fonts. Currently it supports OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats. It is also available in command line mode. You can download FontForge from the below download link. For the Linux installation steps please follow below articles.

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Create Font from Image Letters with Glyphtracer

Post last modified:October 12, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Glyphtracer is a free and open source font creator application for Linux, Windows and MacOS. It is written in python and released under GNU General Public License. Using Glyphtracer you can convert images of letters to a font. Actually it recognizes all letters in a image and lets the user tag each letter to a Unicode code point and converts the images to vector and writes them to a FontForge’s data format. Note that it only processes 1 bit images.

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LibreSprite Animated Sprite Editor and Pixel Art Tool

Post last modified:October 11, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

LibreSprite is a free and open source animated Sprite and pixel editor application for Linux, Windows and MacOS. Using LibreSprite you can create 2D retro style sprite and pixel art graphics for video and games. it comes with real time animation previews, onion skinning and you can edit multiple sprites at once. Some other useful features are build-in palettes editor and layers & frames support, tiled drawing mode and you can also import and export sprite sheets. It is released under GNU General Public License v2.0.

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Rnote Handwritten Note Taking Application

Post last modified:October 9, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

Rnote is a free and open source note taking software for Linux. It is written in Rust and released under GNU General Public License v3.0. It is a vector based note taking application for handwritten notes. You can also to annotate documents and pictures. It comes with marker, brush and shaper tools, eraser and selector. You can import images and export files as SVG, set the sheet format, draw with mouse and dark mode support.

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Manage your Database with Open Source SQuirreL SQL Client Software

Post last modified:October 7, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

SQuirreL SQL Client is a free and open source database management application for Windows, MacOS and Linux. It supports JDBC compliant databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and SQLite. Using this you can browse the data in database tables and run SQL commands. It is written in Java and released under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Some of the important features are build-in SQL editor with code completion, graph support, syntax highlighting and abbreviations, SQL Script and SQL bookmarks support. You can also extend its features using plugins.

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Pensela Screen Annotation Application

Post last modified:October 6, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

Pensela is a free and open source annotation software for Linux, Windows and MacOS. Using Pensela, you can annotation and take screenshot in the same tool. It comes with many annotation options like drawing circle, square, triangle shapes, arrow mark, correct or wrong signs. You can also add text, change color, highlight text and take screen shot with the build-in screenshot button. It is released under ISC License.

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Sequeler – Open Source SQL Client for Linux

Post last modified:October 5, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Sequeler is a free and open source SQL client for Linux. It is built in Vala and Gtk and released under GNU General Public License v3.0. Using Sequeler you can connect to your local and remote databases, run SQL command in a buil-in SQL text editor directly and get the database table data, structure and relations. It supports SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases. Some other important features are connect over SSH tunnel, save connections, multiple custom SQL Queries, keyboard shortcuts and dark mode support.

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