Linux

Qutebrowser Keyboard Driven Web Browser

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

QuteBrowser is a free and open source keyboard based vim like web browser for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It comes with very minimal GUI and uses pdf. js to display PDF files. It is released under GPL license and based on Python and PyQt5. It comes with privacy focus DuckDuckGo search engine by default and you can access .onion sites via tor. This browser is inspired by dwb and Vimperator. Qutebrowser uses QtWebEngine by default and install qtwebkit-plugins also. You can disable java script and use adblock.

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Interactive Graphing and Analysis with LabPlot

Post last modified:March 17, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

LabPlot is a free and open source graphing and analysis software for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Using LabPlot you can create, manage and edit plots. You can import data from spreadsheet or any other external files. You will get the final plots in several pixmap and vector graphic formats. It comes with project management, Worksheet, Latex syntax support, mathematical expressions support, linear and non-linear regression, numerical differentiation, interpolation, Fourier transform, convolution and Deconvolution of data sets, auto and cross-correlation of data sets and more.

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Remove Unnecessary Files From Computer with Czkawka

Post last modified:March 15, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

Czkawka is a free and open source computer cleaner software for Linux. MacOS and Windows. Using Czkawka you can easily remove all unwanted files from your system. It is written in rust and released under MIT License. It comes with Cache support for fast repeated scan and command-line support. Using this tool you can find duplicate files, empty folders, big and empty files, temporary files, similar images and audio files, corrupted files, invalid symbolic links and broken files. And it also comes with powerful search function.

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How to Restart Gnome Shell on Ubuntu

Post last modified:March 13, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

In Ubuntu you can restart the GNOME Shell or the GUI with using below methods. There are several different methods available in Ubuntu to restart the Gnome shell. You can do it with and without closing or shutting down all other application. It will help to recover Gnome Desktop freezes or apply the changes in system settings.

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Swifty Free Offline Password Manager

Post last modified:March 12, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

Swifty is a free and open source password manager for Linux, MacOS and Windows. Using Swifty you can store Login, password, Credit card Information, Secure sensitive notes to your local system. If you want to sync the locally stored data, then you can sync it with Google Drive. It also comes with password generation and time-based one time passwords support. It is released under GNU General Public License v3.0 and build on web technologies.

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Halo Weather App Forecast and Historic Temperature Trends

Post last modified:March 10, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

Halo is a free and open source weather app for Linux, Windows and macOS. It is released under MIT License and written in python. It is a simple clean and beautiful weather app for your desktop. It shows forecast and historic temperature trends. You can change the temperature unit in metric, scientific and Fahrenheit and also change app background image. Initially it identify your location based on your IP but you can also change the location manually via the apps setting page.

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Convert Image & Animations to Sizel ANSI Unicode Characters with Chafa

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

Chafa is a free and open source command-line image to text converter software for Linux and MacOS. It is released under LGPL-3.0 License. Using chafa you can convert any images and including animated GIFs. It also support Unicode symbols for the better output. It also supports full width character like Japanese and Korean, color modes like Truecolor, 256-color, 16-color and simple FG/BG, RGB and DIN99d color spaces, alpha transparency support, SIMD optimized and multithreaded.

You can load Glyphs from any font file supported by Freetype like TTF, OTF, PCF, etc. It currently supports modern and classic terminals and terminal emulators. For the chafa installation please follow the below steps.

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Apostrophe Markdown Editor for Linux

Post last modified:March 5, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

Apostrophe is a free and open source Markdown editor for Linux. It is a distraction free GTK+based with minimal and clean UI Markdown editor. It comes with the inline preview feature. This feature will format the markdown commands automatically and export to a good locking document. Some other important features are popover preview for images, links, footnotes and equations and export your markdown document to PDF, ODT, Word and HTML file format. It also comes in light and dark mode, focus mode, hemingway mode, spellchecking, document stats and more than 18 languages support.

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Gaia Sky Real time 3D Astronomy Visualization Software

Post last modified:February 25, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

Gaia Sky is a free and open source 3D astronomy visualization application for Linux, MacOS and Windows. Using Gaia sky you can explore our Solar System and cosmos. It also comes with VR (Virtual Reality) and command-line support. Some other features are elevation maps support, 6 stereoscopic modes, 360 mode, real-time usage in multi-projector systems and you can Record and play your camera paths.

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OpenBoard Interactive Whiteboard for Schools and Universities

Post last modified:February 24, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

OpenBoard is a free and open source teaching software for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can use this as interactive whiteboards or in a dual-screen setup with a pen-tablet display and a beamer. It is based on Open-Sankoré and released under the GPLv3 License. You can also use mouse to write and annotate.

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