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How to install FreeCAD on Ubuntu – 3D Parametric Modeling and Design Software

Post last modified:October 4, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

FreeCAD is a free open source 3D Modeling and Design Software for Windows, Mac and Linux. It is Parametric Modeling software so you can easily modify the design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters. It is released under LGPL License. It uses OpenCascade, CAD kernel, Coin3D, Qt and Python. It supports plugins to add extra functionality to the software. you can import and export to STEP, IGES, OBJ, STL, DXF, SVG, STL, DAE, IFC or OFF, NASTRAN, VRML and Fcstd file format. Some other features are Sketcher, Robot simulation, macro recording & editing, Drawing sheets and runs as a command line application.

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LosslessCut Trim and Cut Video Audio Files

Post last modified:March 20, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

LosslessCut is a free simple and easy to use video editor for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Using this you can trim and cut your video files and audio files. It uses ffmpeg and it is included in this…

Vivaldi Sync released – Setup Sync in Vivaldi

Post last modified:November 30, 2017
Post category:Useful Tips
Post author:Manikandan

Vivaldi released the latest Snapshot version of Vivaldi browser, which ships with the Sync functionality.
This synchronization function is the most requested feature of Vivaldi browser. Now it is available for public testing. Currently Vivaldi sync supports the synchronizing of bookmarks and speed dials, stored webpage passwords, and autofill information, history and remote sessions, extensions, notes and some part of Vivaldi settings. Vivaldi using end-to-end encryption to protect your data. To test the sync feature download and install vivaldi from the below link. This will install the latest version of vivaldi Snapshot on your system.

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How to install Medleytext on Ubuntu – Note Taking App for Programmer

Post last modified:November 25, 2017
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Medleytext is a free note taking app for linux, mac and Windows. this note taking app provides some developer specific features for computer programmers like HTML, CSS, avaScript and Markdown language aupport in the note. Currently it supports more than…

Firefox Quantum Tips and Tricks

Post last modified:November 22, 2017
Post category:Useful Tips
Post author:Manikandan

Mozilla released Firefox Quantum on November 14, 2017. Firefox Quantum is just a another name for Firefox version 57. It comes with the new Servo rendering engine written in the Rust programming language, Stylo Quantum CSS engine, Multi-Process support, Screenshots,…

WordPress 4.9 Tipton released

Post last modified:November 16, 2017
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

WordPress 4.9 codenamed Tipton is now available for download or update from your wordpress dashboard. WordPress is a free open source content management system or blogging platform based on PHP and MySQL. This released named Tipton in honor of jazz musician and band leader Billy Tipton. What’s new in this 4.9 release?

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How to Unbrick Canvas A1 Android One – Flash Android One SPROUT4 Smartphone

Post last modified:November 16, 2017
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

In the smart phone or computer world the word “Bricked” is used when all the possible doors for communicating with your device are closed and when there is no possibility to resurrect your device or smart phone using recovery, software or flashing tools. Some reasons for phone bricking are USB disconnection while updating firmware, while installing Unofficial or custom ROM, Tweaking OS, Rooting your smartphone, and Flashing your phone with Bad Kernels.Bricking can be classified into two categories Soft Bricked and Hard Bricked.

Soft Brick:

Soft Brick is quite common and every android user should experience at least once in their life. When you press the power button if you can see anything on the screen like Startup boot loop, Directly booting to recovery, Frozen boot animation, backlight glow, or Directly boot to the Fastboot mode, then this is signs of Soft brick.The merit is it is easily fixable.

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How to install Abricotine markdown editor on Ubuntu

Post last modified:January 26, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Abricotine is a free open source markdown editor for Windows, OSX and Linux. It comes with distraction-free user interface and inline preview. With this inline preview you can preview your document content automatically within the text as you type it.…

How to install typora on Ubuntu – Real live preview markdown editor

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

Typora is a free markdown editor for linux, Windows and mac OS. It is minimalistic and distractions free editor. It comes with real live preview feature which replaces the unnecessary distractions like preview window, mode switcher, syntax symbols of markdown source code. you can mange your files with file tree panel and articles panel and you can also sync your documents using your cloud service, like Dropbox and other.

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How to install Signal Private Messenger Desktop app on Ubuntu

Post last modified:October 4, 2020
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Signal is a free Private, Secure and encrypted messaging app from Open Whisper Systems. It is available for android, ios, Mac, Windows and Linux. Using Signal chat app you can send and receive text, voice, video, document, and picture messages without any fees. It uses end-to-end encryption to protect our privacy and uses zero-knowledge privacy. And it also supports disappearing messages with time intervals for each conversation.

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