Most users are reluctant to try something new due to different reasons. It could either be ease of use or the fact that less people are using the same application as compared with another commercial application.
Then there’s the notion that something which is given FREE is not as good as it”s commercial counterpart!
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If you have used iTunes before and find it occupying too much space on your PC, maybe you should have a look at Clementine.
Based on the popular Linux only music player Amarok, the developers have made it multi platform.
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If you do a lot of charts, diagrams and so forth, you should be familiar with Visio.
If you don’t want to spend so much on such a program, why not try a FREE open source applications that does the same job. Continue reading
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Download link Avidemux
Download link CineLerra
Download link Kine
Download link Jahshaka
Download link Slideshow Creator
Download link LiVES
Download link Vivia
KDEnlive
Download link KDEnlive
Read the full article here
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Want to try out a Linux distro but don’t feel like switching from Windows, rebooting your computer, or installing a virtualization application like VirtualBox? MobaLiveCD is a Windows utility that lets you run any LiveCD in Windows without installing a thing. Just download and run MobaLiveCD.exe (which is a 1.4MB file), and select the ISO you want to run.
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Adam Pash of LifeHacker said: “thanks to a handful of fast and powerful application launchers, our days of digging through the Windows Start menu or hunting for a needle among an enormous haystack of applications are over.”
Read all about application launchers by Pash on LifeHacker
You can download Launchy 2.0 and earlier versions from SourceForge
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There are many good quality games that you can now play on a Tux box but if you still want to play Windows based games on your Linux machine, now you can.
According to Linux.com, “PlayOnLinux is an open source Python-scripted front end that helps you install and play tons of Windows-only games…”
All you have to do is download the archive, extract the file, and run the software by typing “./playonlinux” in a terminal.
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MakeUseOf had prepared a list of 7 FREE alternatives to Nero burner.
Read more on MakeUseOf
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The proprietary software company Trend Micro has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Barracuda Networks. They claim that Barracuda is violating their patent by distributing the free software antivirus program ClamAV.
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