Linux

How to install Beaker Browser on Ubuntu

Post last modified:April 15, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Beaker is a free and open source experimental peer-to-peer (person to person) Web browser for Linux, macOS and Windows. It is released under MIT License. It uses peer-to-peer protocol “DAT” to transfer files and websites. When you visit a dat:// website, it automatically downloads the website files and reupload (seed) to other users. It also comes with a build-in seeding menu option in address bar to easily control the seeding. The main goal of this browser is create hostless web applications. You can create and share a website from this app with a single click without any hosting server. You can also edit and view the website source code in this browser. Currently is supports DAT, HTTP, HTTPS web protocols.

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How to install Productivity Timer on Ubuntu – Time Management App

Post last modified:April 13, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Productivity Timer is a free and open source time management software for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Using this app you can manage your time effectively and give some relax to your eyes. It uses the Pomodoro Technique to improve your focus and productivity. It comes with standard 25 minutes Pomodoro timer and 5 minutes break. But you can set your own custom time, break and session rounds. Some other important features are you can set this app to always on top, show notification on desktop and full screen break. It comes with keyboard shortcuts, runs On background and dark mode support.

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How to convert your XFCE Linux OS to Windows 95 – Install Chicago95 on XFCE (Xubuntu, Fedora Xfce, etc)

Post last modified:April 12, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

If you like the old Windows 95 look and your are currently using XFCE based linux distributions like Xubuntu, Fedora xfce or any other then this is for you. Now you can completely change your xfce desktop look similar to old microsoft windows 95 using Chicago95 xfce theme. In this tutorial we will see how to do it. First go to the below Chicago95 windows 95 theme download page and download it.

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How to install Builder GNOME IDE on Ubuntu – Create GNOME based Softwares

Post last modified:September 27, 2023
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Post author:Manikandan

Builder is a free and open source IDE Integrated Development Environment for Linux OS to create GNOME-based softwares. It is released under GNU General Public License v3.0 and written in C and Python. It comes with auto-completion support, syntax highlighting…

How to configure setup and install RPM Fusion on Fedora – 3rd-party software repository for Fedora

Post last modified:April 10, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

RPM Fusion is a community-maintained 3rd party software repository for Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. RPM Fusion is a merger of Dribble, Freshrpms, and Livna. RPM Fusion comes in two versions Free and Non-free. Free repository mainly comes with open source softwares and drivers and nonfree comes with closed-source, non-free software or drivers. You can easily install and setup in Fedora via terminal.

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How to install Meteo on Ubuntu – Free weather app

Post last modified:June 19, 2021
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Post author:Manikandan

Meteo is a free and open source weather application for Linux. Using this you can view the current weather details in your location like temperature, pressure, wind speed and direction, sunrise and sunset. It also shows these details in maps. It is using OpenWeatherMap API for the weather details. It is released under GPL-3.0+ license. Some other important features in this app are see the forecast for next 18 hours or next five days, change the units to metric, imperial or british, set your city and system tray indicator support, dark theme and set the update interval.

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How to install Marker Markdown Editor on Ubuntu

Post last modified:April 8, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Marker is a free and open source markdown editor for Linux. Using this you can edit and view markdown documents and convert markdown to HTML and LaTeX. Some other useful features are mermaid diagrams support, charter for plot support and syntax highlighting support for code blocks. You can also export your document to PDF, RTF, ODT and DOCX. It also comes with custom CSS and syntax themes, build in sketch editor, TeX math support and SciDwon support. It is releasd under GNU General Public License v3.0.

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How to install ImEditor image editor on Ubuntu

Post last modified:April 7, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

ImEditor is a free and open source image editor for Linux. It is released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3 license. Using this simple and easy to use image editor you can create and edit PNG, JPEG, WEBP, BMP, and ICO files. It comes with some basic filters and you can also draw on images. It supports two modes RGB and RGBA. Some other features are history and selection feature, rotate the image and gives some image details. If tyou want to try this then follow the below installation steps.

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How to install Elisa music player on Ubuntu – Qt-based modern music player

Post last modified:April 6, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Elisa is a free and open source Qt-based music player for Linux and Windows from kde team. It is released under GNU Library General Public License, version 3. In simple and easy to use music player you can browse music by album, artist or all tracks. Here you can index your music using Baloo indexer. Some other features are playlist support, UPnP DLNA support, build-in search for songs and album. Elisa music player is a default music player for the latest Kubuntu 20.04.

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How to install Selfless Heroes on Ubuntu – Puzzle game to learn program

Post last modified:April 13, 2020
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Post author:Manikandan

Selfless Heroes is an free open source puzzles game for Windows, MacOS and Linux. In this game you need to build AI logic and solve puzzles like a game programmer.It will help to learn how to program a game logic. You can test your algorithm and optimize it.In the free version it comes with more than 63 puzzles, 5 bosses and Over 30 hours of play. Premium version also available for more level categories and additional levels. It is released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence. It is really useful game for all who love solve the puzzles.

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