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How to install Fluent Reader on Ubuntu – RSS Feed Reader

Post last modified:January 24, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Fluent Reader is a free and open source RSS feed reader for Windows, MacOS and Linux. It is based on Electron and React and it is released under open source BSD 3 clause License. The user interface of Fluent reader inspired by Fluent Design System. You can import and export OPML files and Fetch articles in the background. It also comes with full dark theme mode support. You can read the feed locally in your system or sync with Feedbin or self-hosted services compatible with Fever API. Fluent Reader still in beta stage but usable.

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digiKam Professional Photo Management App – Install digiKam on Ubuntu

Post last modified:November 17, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

digiKam is a free and open source digital photo management application for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It is released under GNU General Public License. Using this app you can manage libraries containing more than 100,000 images easily. You can import your photos, raw files and videos from your digital camera. You can also do some basic editing works like processing the raw files, edit JPEGs and publish photos to social media. You can view and edit metadata, add tags, add comments, and advanced textual properties to your items. It is a KDE application.

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RSS Guard Feed Reader – How to install RSS Guard on Ubuntu

Post last modified:November 16, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

RSS Guard is a free and open source feed reader for Linux, Windows and MacOS. It is Qt based and released under open source GNU General Public License v3.0. It is lightweight feed reader. It supports RSS, RDF, ATOM and JSON feed formats. It also comes with build-in gmail plugin to send and receive mails, file downloader to download up to 6 files simultaneously, AdBlocker and command-line support. It comes with two editions with and without WebEngine. WebEngine based version comes with embedded Chromium browser and another one uses text based format to display the content.

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How to Hide full Post in WordPress RSS feed

Post last modified:November 11, 2020
Post category:Blogging Resources
Post author:Manikandan

In your WordPress site by default, it shows full post content in your RSS feed. It will help your site readers to read your post content via any RSS feed reader. But some times the website scrapers automatically fetch and scrap your post content and copy your full post articles. It will indirectly affect your google ranking. And making full text in your website feed also prevents your website RSS feed readers from visiting your website. It will decrease your website advertisement revenue.

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QGIS Geographic Information System – How to install QGIS on Ubuntu

Post last modified:November 9, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

QGIS is a free and open source Geographic Information System application for Windows, MacOS, Android and Linux. It is released under the GNU General Public License. In QGIS you can view combinations of vector and raster data in different formats. It supports PostGIS, SpatiaLite and MS SQL Spatial, Oracle Spatial,GeoPackage, ESRI Shapefile, MapInfo, SDTS, GML, GeoTIFF, ERDAS IMG, ArcInfo ASCII GRID, JPEG, PNG, WMS, WMTS, WCS, WFS, and WFS-T and ODS, XLSX. It also comes with plugin support to extend its features.

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KiCad PCB Design and Schematic Capture Software – Install KiCad EDA on Ubuntu

Post last modified:January 24, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

KiCad is a free and open source electronics design automation (EDA) application for Linux, MacOS and Linux. Using KiCad you can create professional PCB layouts and schematics for electronic circuits. You can divide large PCB designs into hierarchical subsheets and export your design to PDF, SVG, HPGL, Postscript file formats. It comes with build-in electrical rules check (ERC) to automatically verify the schematic connections and 3D PCB Viewer.

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Uno Calculator – Install Windows Calculator on Ubuntu

Post last modified:November 6, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Uno Calculator is a free and open source Calculator software based on the open source pre-installed Windows 10 Calculator application. Uno Calculator using the Uno Platform to make the Windows 10 Calculator application to work on Linux, Android, iOS, macOS and Web. It is released under Apache-2.0 license. This calculator app comes with standard, scientific, and programmer functionality. You can also converters between various units of measurement and currencies using this app.

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Quod Libet Audio Player and Tag Editor – Install Quod Libet on Ubuntu

Post last modified:April 25, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Quod Libet is a free and open source audio player, tag editor and music management software for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It is based on GTK and python and released under GNU General Public License v2.0.It uses the popular Mutagen…

How to install Free Download Manager for Linux on Ubuntu

Post last modified:January 17, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Free Download Manager FDM is a free download accelerator and manager application for Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android. Using FDM you can download BitTorrent files, Preview audio and video files before download, convert video and audio file formats after download, download files in high speed, resuming your broken downloads from where it was interrupted and schedule the downloads. It comes with traffic usage modes and multi language support and more.

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View Edit and Manage your Photo with XnView MP – Install XnView MP on Ubuntu

Post last modified:October 22, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

XnView MP is a free photo viewer, image management, image resizer application for Linux, MacOS and Windows. You can use this application as freeware for private, educational and non-profit use but you need to buy a license for commercial use. It supports more than 500 image formats including PEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, WEBP, PSD, JPEG2000, OpenEXR, camera RAW, HEIC, PDF, DNG, CR2. The XnView photo viewer comes with Thumbnail, Full Screen and FilmStrip View, SlideShow with FX support and Image Compare features.

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