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How to install Abiword word processor on Ubuntu Linux

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

Abiword is a free and open source lightweight word processor for Linux. You can use abiword as alternative to Libre Office. But it uses very less resources than Libre Office. It supports OpenOffice documents, Microsoft Word documents, WordPerfect documents, Rich Text Format documents, HTML and more. Some other useful features are Mail Merge, command line support, spelling checker and Plugin support to extend its features. It is released under GNU General Public License.

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Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart Racing Game

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

Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a free and open source kart racing game for Linux, Windows and MacOS. The game characters and items are based on Sonic themed. The game is also called as SRB2Kart. It comes with more than 100 maps. The game comes in two modes Race mode and a Battle mode. Some other features are sliptide, the Drop Dash and the ability to skip on water up to two times. You can play Single Player game as Time Attack mode and Multiplayer with local players and online through LAN or Internet. It supports 16 player in Multiplayer via internet.

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Psensor System Temperature Monitor with Graphs

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

Psensor is a free and open source system temperature monitor application for Linux. Using Psensor you can monitor motherboard, CPU, NVidia and ATI/AMD GPU and Hard Disk Drives temperatures, fan speed and CPU usage details. It is a simple and easy to use tool. You can open it in anew windows or view all details from system topbar try app indicator. It is based on Psensor lm-sensors, XNVCtrl, ATI ADL SDK, hddtemp, libatasmart and udisks2.

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Hide Mounted Disk Partitions & USB from Desktop & Dock in Ubuntu

Post last modified:July 2, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

In Ubuntu the Disk Partition, other system volume and removable USB device icons will appear on the Ubuntu left dock and the desktop. If you don’t like this feature you can easily hide the icons of mounted disk partition, system volume and removable devices from Ubuntu Dock and Desktop in Ubuntu.

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Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Second Point Release

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

Canonical has released Ubuntu 20.04.2 long-term support and now it is available to download. Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS is the second point release in the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS series. And the third point release Ubuntu 20.04.3 will roll out in the summer after Ubuntu 21.04 release. LTS will provide five years free security and maintenance updates until April 2025.

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Gaphor UML SysML Modeling Software

Post last modified:February 4, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Gaphor is a free and open source UML and SysML modeling Software for Linux, Windows and MacOS. It is written in Python and released under Apache-2.0 License. Using this you can create software and system architecture and designs. It is simple and easy to use tool. It comes with graphical modeling language UML 2 data model support. You can also create very complex models quickly and visualize different aspects of a system. It also comes with plugin support to extend its features and more.

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How to install Slack for Linux on Ubuntu

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

Slack is a team communication and collaboration platform by Slack Technologies for Web, Windows, Linux and MacOS. Using slack you can do create chat rooms, private groups, and direct messaging, voice and video calls, file sharing and more. It comes in free and paid plans. The free service comes with 10,000 of your team’s most recent messages, 10 integrations with other apps like Google Drive, Office 365 and many more and free 1:1 voice and video calls between teammates. You can check the complete pricing details here.

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Royal RSS Reader Tiny Portable Windows Feed Reader

Post last modified:May 8, 2023
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Royal RSS Reader is a free feed reader for Windows. Using this little tiny RSS feed reader you can read your favorite website posts. It supports RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds. It comes with…

ClipAngel Clipboard Manager Software

Post last modified:May 8, 2023
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

ClipAngel is a free clipboard manager for Windows. Using ClipAngel you can capture many clipboard objects and select and paste one in any program. Just copy anything and you can find it in your ClipAngel application. It supports text, html,…

How to install LeoCAD on Ubuntu Linux

Post last modified:February 1, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

LeoCAD is a free and open source CAD software for Linux, Windows and MacOS. Using this LeoCAD CAD software you can create virtual LEGO models. It is released under open source GNU Public License. It completely supports and compatible with the LDraw Standard and related tools. It also supports reads and write of LDR and MPD files. It allows you to share and download models from the Internet. The current LDraw parts library in LeoCAD comes with more than 10,000 different parts.

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