Software

LyX is a free, open source and cross-platform text editor that allows text editing using LaTeX, so it inherits all its capabilities.

Shotwell is a free image viewer and organizer that is part of the GNOME desktop environment, this application is written in the language of

In this article we are going to share some of the most popular Docks that we can find for our system. We are going to start with one.

Qalculate is a free, open source, cross-platform calculator application licensed under the GNU V2 Public License that is easy to use ...

Tilda is a terminal emulator and can be compared to other popular terminal emulators like gnome-terminal (Gnome), Konsole (KDE), xterm and others

Brackets is a modern open source editor started by Adobe. The target group in which Brackets is created includes front-end developers ...

Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is an open source RSS reader that is built from the C language, this application is compatible with most of ...

Dr. Geo is a free and open source software released under the GNU GPL license, this application is geared towards interactive geometry that allows

Vim-plug is a free, open source, minimalist vim plugin manager that can install or update plugins in parallel.

Ohcount is a simple command line utility that parses source code and prints the total number lines of a source code file.

Nextcloud offers more built-in security measures than other private cloud solutions, such as two-factor authentication, force protection

Wowcup is an application written in TypeScript using oclif a Node.js Framework, this tool is based on its use on the command line ...

OpenSnitch which is a Firewall application written in Python for GNU / Linux systems that can be used to monitor applications ...

ComplexShutdown is an application written in Python that allows you to schedule shutdown, logoff, reboot, hibernation, and command execution.

Audio Recorder is an amazing audio recording program. This little tool allows the user to record audio from microphones, webcams, system sound card, media player or browser, etc. You can save the recording in various listed formats: Ogg, MP3, Flac, Wav (22kHz), Wav (44kHz), and SPX.

FreeCAD is a free and open source application of CAD (Computer-Aided Design) in 3D, that is, the design is computer-aided in three dimensions, type of parameter. FreeCAD is licensed under the LGPL.

Finding and obtaining information through files in PDF format has already become common, which, unlike a few years ago, was still rare. One of the best known software for reading and editing these is Adobe Acrobat.

Ocenaudio is a free and multiplatform application that gives us the possibility of being able to perform audio editing in it in an easy and fast way. It has a wide range of features that are useful for the novice to the more advanced user. This app is based on Ocen framework.

QEMU is a free and open source application licensed in part under the LGPL and the GNU GPL that is based on the emulation of processors based on the dynamic translation of binaries. QEMU also has virtualization capabilities within an operating system, be it GNU / Linux, Windows.

The program that we are going to talk about today is called Open Jardin which is a totally free and open source application licensed under the GNU GPL v3.0. Open Jardin is a software focused on permaculture which allows the user to manage the crops of a garden from a plan.

By default Ubuntu is fast enough, although this depends largely on the amount of RAM and the state of your hard disk, although if you use an SDD you get better efficiency. That is why this time we are going to talk about some applications that will help us to accelerate ...

Conky is a free and open source application available for Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. Conky is highly configurable and allows you to monitor some system variables including CPU status, available memory, space on the swap partition and more ...

ToutEnClic is a free and open source application developed by Alain Delgrange on the Gnu / Linux platform ...

There is a myth that using the computer, television, smartphone or any device with a screen in one place ...

This time we are going to take a look at Docker, which is a cross-platform open source application that automates the deployment of applications within software containers, providing an additional layer of abstraction and automation of Virtualization at the operating system level in Linux.

For years we have had DEB packages for Debian / Ubuntu based Linux distributions and RPM for Fedora / SUSE based Linux distributions. This form of distribution makes it easy for users of the distribution to install software, but it is not a viable option for the developer.

Apache is an open source, cross-platform HTTP web server that implements the HTTP / 1.12 protocol and the notion of virtual site. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient, and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with current HTTP standards.

In the last version of Ubuntu, to be specific the 17.10, the use of TeamViewer was limited by the graphical server of this, because as everyone will know in Ubuntu 17.10 the decision had been made to place Wayland as the main server, although also Xorg was listed as secondary and available.

Java is undoubtedly a programming language that is used for various purposes and is an almost essential complement for the execution and operation of various tools, the installation of java is practically an essential task after having carried out the installation of this with a simple tutorial .

Wine is popular free and open source software that allows users to run Windows applications on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. To be a bit more technical, Wine is a compatibility layer; translates system calls from Windows to Linux.

PlayOnLinux is a free and open source graphical front-end for Wine that allows Linux users to install a large number of Windows-based computer games and applications such as Microsoft Office (2000 to 2010), Steam, Photoshop, and many other apps.

In this section we share with you some of the most used code editors in Linux that have everything you need in addition to supporting the most basic functions of a simple editor.

Nautilus undoubtedly has quite a few very good functions that keep it from being a simple file manager, in case you don't know it or you hadn't realized it and you are asking yourself what is Nautilus, well, this is the manager that you use every time you open a folder.

Due to the large number of options that FFmpeg offers us, its use can be a bit complicated for the common user, that is why today I come to share with you a great application. TraGtor is a graphical user interface (GUI) for FFmpeg.

Without a doubt LibreOffice is already packed with a ton of features and best of all it can be extended by using specific plugins, called extensions. Extensions are tools that can be added or removed independently of the main installation, and can add new ones.

After having installed LibreOffice 6, there are still some configurations to be made to have a complete installation of our preferred office suite. One of the first steps is to change the language of the application since the default language is English ...

Although most printers of any type usually bring their disk with their installation components (most for Windows), in the case of Linux it is a little different that is why I looked for information about it and found some applications that help us with that.

Many of the Linux distributions usually include a BitTorrent client within the system, so in this section we will take the opportunity to mention some of the most used BitTorrent clients.

While for Ubuntu you might think that there is no such tool, but let me say that it is not, this time I will take the opportunity to share with you some of the best alternatives to CCleaner for our Ubuntu. Unlike Windows, Linux cleans up all temporary files.

Yesterday, March 13, 2018, the new version of the Firefox browser was released, reaching version 59, with this new version new improvements are added to the browser and especially additional functions to those already known in it.

We share the following tools that you can use in Ubuntu and derivatives with which you can make backups of your system, ppa, applications and others with them. These tools will allow you to store your backups on your disk or in the cloud.

VirtualBox is a popular multiplatform virtualization tool, with which we can virtualize any operating system (guest) from our operating system (host). With the help of VirtualBox we have the ability to test any OS without having to reformat our equipment.

Audacity is a free and open source application with which we can digitally record and edit audio from our computer. This application is cross-platform so it can be used on Windows, MacOS, Linux and more.

Aircrack has a base of many auditing tools due to the large number of tools it uses. I should mention that within the chipset that work perfectly with aircrack are the Ralink.

Wireshark is a free protocol analyzer, it was known as Ethereal, Wireshark is used for the solution and analysis of networks, this program allows us to capture and view the data of a network with the possibility of being able to read the contents of the captured packets. 

The file manager provides a user interface for managing files and directories. The most common operations performed on files or groups of files include create, open, view, play, edit or print, rename, and so on.

How about dear readers, today I will take the opportunity to share with you a great download manager for our Linux terminal, it is Aria2. Aria2 is a lightweight download manager with support for HTTP / HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink.

The options to be able to access your computer remotely are many, this time we will use the tool that Google offers us with its Google Chrome web browser using an extension called Chrome Remote Desktop. Chrome Remote Desktop is completely cross-platform.

One of the enigmatic and popular Office suite has been updated to a new version, in this case we are going to talk about LibreOffice which has reached version 6.0 which represents a new step and a further advance. The Document Foundation is pleased to announce this new release.

Dstat is a versatile resource statistics tool. This tool combines the capabilities of iostat, vmstat, netstat, and ifstat. Dstat allows us to monitor system resources in real time. When you need to collect that information in real time, dstat will adjust to your needs.

The well-known Windows Shell has had a new update reaching version 6.0 so it brings new improvements and several things up its sleeve. 

FileZilla is a program for the management of FTP connections, FileZilla is multiplatform and is also available for the GNU / Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and Mac OS X operating systems, as well as being open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License.

KeePass is that it allows us to manage it in various ways, since it is not only limited to passwords for websites, but also for our Wi-Fi networks, email managers, in short, everything.

The popular multiplatform open source MPV player based on MPlayer and mplayer2, has been updated to its version 0.28.0, this multimedia player is characterized by working under the command line, in addition, the player has a video output based on OpenGL. 

As I had told you in a previous Clonezilla post, this time I will leave you a tutorial to learn how to clone our hard drive, which involves making an exact copy of everything we have stored on it.

Regarding the power to record the desktop, there are various programs that can allow us to do this work within Ubuntu, from doing it with the terminal using FFmpeg, to more sophisticated programs that allow us to edit the generated capture.

Power Saving Tool is an advanced power manager for Linux comes with default settings already optimized for battery life

Vivaldi is a cross-platform freeware web browser built on top of HTML5 and Node.js, this browser is developed by Vivaldi Technologies ...

Liferea (Linux Feed Reader) is an open Source RSS reader that is built from the C language, this application is compatible with most of ...

Lumina is a plug-in-based desktop environment for Unix operating systems. It is specifically designed as a trueos system interface

Instant messaging applications are playing an important role every time our lives, such is the case that they are not only limited only ...

In this new version of Corebird 1.7.3 we can highlight that the maximum length of tweets has been increased to 280 characters, in addition to that it also increases.

The use of web browsers is an essential part of the use of an operating system, since today almost all of us have a connection ...

Not all Ubuntu software is available within the official Ubuntu repositories, that is why we have to make use of reposi ...

We already have Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark among us, a few hours after the official release of this new version, we already started with the ...

QupZilla is a lightweight, cross-platform and open source browser, it is based on QtWebKit, the browser has all the functions of a browser.

The opera browser development team is pleased to announce the new version of Opera, in its new stable version "Opera 48" in which they are added.

Imagine is an open source image compressor that makes use of the pngquant and mozjpeg compression libraries, it is built from TypeScript

Stellarium is a free software program written in C and C ++, this software allows us to simulate a planetarium on our computer, Stellarium ...

The team that maintains the PPA “Mozilla Security Team” is pleased to announce the new final version 56.0 of the Mozilla Firefox web browser.

Ukuu is an application that takes care of this task of installing the Kernel, with it you can update the kernel on your system in a simple way.

VirtualBox allows us the possibility of creating virtual disk drives where we can install a guest operating system within the one we use ...

Blender is an open source, cross-platform program created for 3D object shaping, lighting, rendering, animation, etc. This includes ...

PHP (Personal Home Page, Hypertext Preprocessor) is a popular programming language that is served on the server side, this being one of the

Sublime Text is a full text editor that is especially attractive to programmers. Among the long list of possibilities ...

In collaboration with Facebook the GitHub team, are pleased to announce the release of Atom-IDE which is a set of optional packages for ...

Gradio is an open source application written in GTK3 designed to find and listen to Internet radio stations from Linux environments.

Claws Mail is a free, open source, GTK + based email client and news reader that is distributed under the GPL.

MConnect or better known as KDE connect is an extension designed for the Gnome Shell desktop environment which allows us to quickly see the ...

Jon Thomas has announced the official release of OpenShot Video Editor 2.4. Among the features of OpenShot 2.4 we find "stability ...

Flatpak-builder is now a standalone, open source tool for building Flatpaks from Linux apps.

uGet is an open source multiplatform download manager, written in GTK since it is a graphical interface for Curl, it has support for ...

Gimp is a program for editing digital images in bitmap form, both drawings and photographs. It is a free and free program.

Tox is a free encryption and open source messaging client that allows you to communicate securely with your family, friends, and colleagues.

Calligra Suite is an office suite as well as a graphic arts editor developed by KDE as a fork of KOffie, it is based on the KDE Platform.

Xtreme Download Manager, better known as XDman, is an open source download manager programmed in java for Linux-based systems.

Today we will talk about Green Recorder, a program to record the desktop, it is open source, simple and easy to use, programmed in Python, GTK + 3.-

Cysboard is an open source monitoring system similar to Conky, the application is written in C ++, HTML and CSS by the developer Michael Osei

GParted is a partition editor, the application allows us to create, delete, resize, inspect and copy partitions, as well as systems

A few weeks have passed since version 1.14 of Visual Studio Code, a Microsoft code editor, was officially released.

The Wine development team has announced the release of the new development version 2.14 which includes several improvements and some new features.

Caprine is an open source, cross-platform Facebook Messenger application built with Electron. Caprine builds the web platform.

Surfing the net I found a script called Ubuod, which is perfect according to my needs, as it is a post-installation script

WildBeast is a multi-functional Discord bot designed to take tasks from server moderation to community fun.

Suricata is a high performance IDS, IPS and network security network engine, developed by the OISF, this is a multiplatform open source application

Discord is a free software VoIP application designed for gaming communities, which allows voice and text chat between players with a large ...

Nuvola Player is an online music player focused on various music streaming services such as Google Play Music. Spotify, among others.

Installing the proprietary Nvidia video drivers can be a bit tricky for users who are new to Ubuntu or even ...

Atom is an open source multiplatform code editor, focused on application development created by the Github development group.

VirtualBox which is a multiplatform virtualization tool, which gives us the possibility to create virtual disk drives ...

Tor is an independent and multiplatform web browser, it is based on Firefox and has been updated in its seventh version, more stable and with more improvements.

Clementine is a modern cross-platform open source music player, created as a fork of Amarok. Clementine focuses on a fast interface

ClipGrab is a cross-platform open source software created to download videos from the most popular video websites like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion.

OpenShot is a popular free open source video editor written in Python, GTK, and the MLT framework, created with the goal of being easy to use.

Brightness Controller is a free open source application that allows us to control the brightness of our monitors including also the control

All versions of Samba as of 3.5.0 were vulnerable to a remote code execution flaw, which is why they have now been updated.

KDE Connect Indicator has received a new update that will allow you to send SMS messages from the Ubuntu desktop using Google contacts.

The Wine program emulator has been updated to Wine 2.7 with bug fixes and improved support for Windows games and apps.

The Linux Kernel of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10 has received a major security update that fixes a serious vulnerability.

LibreOffice 5.4 will debut at the end of July with a more responsive design, higher performance and several new options in its main components.

Do you want to enjoy a Mac image on your PC with Linux operating system? GNOME OSX could be the theme you were looking for.

If you don't like Thunderbird and are looking for a good email client, Kube is a KDE-based one that you should give a try.

Ktube Media Downloader is an application that allows you to download videos from the famous YouTube portal, in multiple formats and qualities.

Writefull is an interesting tool for all writers. A tool that will allow us to correct our texts as well as learn languages ​​...

Small article on how to install Wine 2, the new version of the most famous Linux emulator on our Ubuntu system or on derived distributions ...

The Nylas N1 email client is renamed again and is once again free in its standard license that includes many functions.

The Go For It! It allows us to manage our time efficiently thanks to a stopwatch where we can assign periods.

The Spotify client on Linux receives a small change in its interface to make the whole application more clean.

The NoNotifications application reaches version 0.9 with new functions to be able to disable system notifications.

We present a client application to manage the Reddit portal and follow its topics, vote, follow up and much more.

We know in this article some of the lightest web browsers for the Linux environment where light is not at odds with powerful.

If you use Plank, you will have found that it is difficult to find a theme that you like visually. If so, these three topics may interest you.

Simple Weather Indicator, a small but powerful weather application, has launched its own repository that will allow us to access updates sooner.

We present the FocusWriter program whose objective is to reduce the distractions that we may have at the desk and maximize our productivity.