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How to install Winstars 3 on Ubuntu – Planetarium app

Post last modified:November 18, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

Winstars 3 is a planetarium software for Linux, Windows, macOS and Android. It is completely free for Linux users and don’t need to pay for anything. But windows version is not completely free you need to pay for user’s licence to activate some program features. It comes with OpenNGC, EDD and Gaia DR2 catalogues support. Using this you can access more then 1.7 billion stars, 30,000 galaxies, nebulae and star clusters. In Winstars 3 you can control direction of observation by mouse. It comes with 3D interface and 3D outline of the planetary orbits. You can also control a large range of telescopes in this program.

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How to install nnn on Ubuntu – Terminal File Manager

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

nnn is a free and open source command line terminal file manager for Linux, macOS and BSD. It is very small buy fast and powerful terminal based file browser. you can also use this terminal file manager app as batch file renamer and disk usage analyzer. It supports plugins. Using this you can extend its features. Some of the important features are sort files by file name, modification and access time, size and extension, filter, search and Unicode support. you can also do basic functions like create, rename, duplicate files and directories in nnn terminal file manager.

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How to install htop on Ubuntu – Interactive Process Viewer and System Monitor

Post last modified:November 14, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

htop is a free and open source interactive process viewer and system monitor app for Linux. Using this text based command line system monitor app you can manage your system process easily. It supports mouse operation and vertical and horizontal scrolling. It shows full list of your system process. Using htop you can kill multiple processes at once without typing the process number. It uses different colors codes in its output. It is released under GNU General Public License, version 2.

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How to install Endless Sky on Ubuntu – Space Trading and Combat Game

Post last modified:November 13, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

Endless Sky is free and open source sandbox-style space exploration 2D space trading and combat game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The game is simple earn money and combat with pirates. You can earn money by trading goods, carrying passengers on your ship, and completing games missions. Using your earned money you can upgrade and buy your ships, attack weapons and ship engines. It is released under the GPL v3 open source license.

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How to install BZFlag on Ubuntu – Multiplayer 3D Tank Battle Game

Post last modified:November 12, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

BZFlag is a free open source first person multiplayer 3D tank battle game for Windows, macOS and Linux. In this game you can use lasers, guided missiles and super bullets to attack your enemy. it comes with Capture the Flag, Rabbit Chase, Free For All and Open FFA game play modes. Some other features are Radar and Super Flags to to boost your game play.

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How to install Goxel on Ubuntu – Open Source 3D Voxel Editor

Post last modified:November 11, 2019
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Post author:Manikandan

Goxel is a free open source 3D Voxel Editor for Linux, Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android. Using this you can create voxel graphics for your video games and more. Voxel art is created by 3D cube images. Goxel comes with unlimited scene size and undo buffer. It supports 24 bits RGB colors, Layers and export your voxel art to obj, pyl, png, magica voxel and qubicle file formats. Some other features are Ray tracing, marching Cube rendering and procedural rendering.

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

Post last modified:November 9, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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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