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How to install LMMS on Ubuntu – Create Music with your computer

Post last modified:November 9, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

LMMS is a free open source music production software for linux, macOS and Windows. Using this you can create music with your computer without any instruments. It comes with song editor, beat bassline editor and Piano Roll for editing patterns and melodies. It supports importing and exporting of MIDI files. It also comes with so many instrument and effect-plugins to produce good music. Another important feature is unlimited FX channels and effects with build in FX mixer . It supports SoundFont2, VST(i), LADSPA and GUS Patches.

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How to install FromScratch on Ubuntu – Auto Saving Note Taking app

Post last modified:November 8, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

FromScratch is a free open source note taking software for Windows, MacOS and Linux. You can also use this as a to do app. The main feature of FromScratch note taking app is auto saving of notes and you dont need to save your notes manually. Some other features are automatic indenting, note folding and checkboxes support. It also comes with dark mode, lite mode and portable mode. FromScratch is simple and distraction free note taking and to do app.

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How to install RawTherapee on Ubuntu – Raw image Editing tool

Post last modified:November 6, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

RawTherapee is free and Open Source image editing tool for raw image types for Windows, macOS and Linux. It is released under open source GPLv3 license and it is available in over 15 languages. Using this you can edit raw files from your digital cameras and produce great looking photos. It can help to learn professional photography easily. It comes with advanced color+detail editing, modern demosaicing algorithms and High Dynamic Range DNG.

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How to install Xournal++ on Ubuntu – Handwriting Notetaking

Post last modified:November 4, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Xournal++ is a free open source handwriting note taking application for Linux, MacOS and Windows. It comes with PDF annotation and pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets support. It is written in C++ with GTK3 and released under GNU General Public License v2.0. It also comes with Fill shape, Shape drawing, Shape resizing and rotation and Rect snapping to grid tools. It supports Plugins, audio recording and playback, Page Template, LaTeX, mage insertion, Page Preview and PDF. PNG Export option.

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How to install ImCompressor on Ubuntu – Image Compressor

Post last modified:November 2, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

ImCompressor is a free and open source image compressor for Linux. Using this you can compress JPEG and PNG image files. It comes with lossless and lossy compression modes. You can also decide whether you need image metadata details or not. It is simple and easy to use image compressor utility. It is released under open source GNU General Public License v3. It is wriiten in Python 3 and uses OptiPNG, pngquant, and Jpegoptim for compression.

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How to install OpenComic on Ubuntu – Comic and Manga Reader

Post last modified:November 1, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

OpenComic is a open source comic book and manga reader for Linux, macOS and Windows. Using this you can view and read your comic and manga files. It is released under version 3 of the GNU General Public License. It supports JPG, PNG, APNG, GIF, WEBP, SVG, BMP, ICO, PDF, RAR, ZIP, 7Z, TAR, CBR, CBZ, CB7 and CBT file formats. It comes with Manga read mode, night mode, Double page view , bookmarks support, magnifying glass support and scroll or slide reading options.

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How to install Drawing Image Editor on Ubuntu – Microsoft Paint Alternative

Post last modified:April 12, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Drawing is a free and open-source Microsoft Paint-like image editor for Linux. Using this you can do simple and quick image editing works. It comes with Pencil, Line, Arc, rectangle, circle, oval, polygon, free shape, Color picker, and Paint tools.…

How to install Parole media Player on Ubuntu

Post last modified:October 30, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Parole media Player is a free and open source media player for Linux. Parole media player is a default media player for Xfce desktop system. It is simple and easy to use GStreamer based media player. Using this you can play your local system media audio and video files, CDs, DVDs and live streams. It supports video subtitles, playlists and you can also extent it’s feature via plugins.

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How to install Fre:ac on Ubuntu – Free Audio Converter

Post last modified:October 29, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Fre:ac is a free and open source audio converter and cd ripper for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, FreeBSD and Haiku. using Fre:ac you can convert files between MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A, FLAC, WAV, AAC and Bonk formats. It also comes with the integrated CD ripper feature that supports CDDB and freedb online CD database for its tags. It supports multi-core CPUs, Unicode character and command line interface, playlists, cue sheets, chapters more than 40 UI languages support. it is released under the GNU General Public License.

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How To Fix Ubuntu Linux OS Broken Upgrade and Boot Failure

Post last modified:October 26, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

During the Ubuntu Linux OS upgrade or update process, if your system powered off because of power failure or you shutdown the power due to the system unresponsiveness, then you will face problems like boot failure, blank screen and broken Ubuntu OS. In this tutorial we will see how to fix these type of problems during Ubuntu update. Using this method you can fix the broken update without losing your data and without reinstalling your OS.

Power on your system and in the Grub boot menu select Ubuntu, if it go to the Ubuntu login screen, then press (CTRL+ALT+F1). It will open tty1 (teletypewriters) virtual terminal console. If it will not work try (CTRL+ALT+F2), (CTRL+ALT+F3), (CTRL+ALT+F4), (CTRL+ALT+F5), (CTRL+ALT+F6) and (CTRL+ALT+F7). By default in Ubuntu linux OS, there are 7 ttys.

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