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Top 3 Open Source Math Software & Matlab Alternatives

Perhaps you have heard about Matlab, and how great it can be used for mathematics, modeling, computing and simulation tasks. It is indeed a great software, but it has one deadly flow: It is proprietary, and requires a very expensive license to use it. That’s why, open source alternatives emerged to take the place of […]
November 15, 2021November 15, 2021
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5 Lightweight Linux Distributions to Revive Old Computers

Many users may have a set of old computers laying around, which they have accumulated over the years. Instead of throwing them at the trash, you should know that you can revive these old computers with lightweight Linux distributions. There are Linux distributions for everything. Enterprise Linux distributions to empower the infrastructure of businesses. Average […]
November 12, 2021November 12, 2021
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Things To Do After Installing Fedora 36

Fedora releases a new version in approximately every 6 months. Each now version is supported with updates for 13 months in total. The distribution is a good place to get the latest stable software and technologies consistently. Things to do After Installing Fedora 36 The latest stable version is currently Fedora 36, you can download […]
November 4, 2021June 14, 2022
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Mark Text is a Minimal Open Source Markdown Editor

If you heavily practice writing, then you should definitely give Markdown a try in general. It is a very neat syntax language that will help you take your texts to the next level, especially if you were a developer looking to write documentation or articles for your projects. Office suites such as LibreOffice may be […]
October 26, 2021October 30, 2021
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FOSS Torrents Is Your Gate For Linux Distributions Torrents

Torrents are very common between users downloading a Linux distribution. Typically, a Linux distribution’s ISO size varies between 1GB and 4.9GB, with 2.5GB being the average. Hence, normal HTTP connection could take a long time to finish downloading it. Torrents on the other hand are much faster, because users are downloading from their peers, who […]
October 12, 2021December 14, 2021
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Open Source Tax Software For Filling US Taxes

Open source software can be useful for all types of tasks, even filling tax forms if you are a US resident. Taxes in the United States are a little bit complicated compared to other countries, and there are federal taxes and state taxes, and one will need to fill many different forms – depending on […]
October 8, 2021October 8, 2021
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Onyx Boox Note 3 Is A Powerful Android Ebook Reader

Ebook readers have been on a steady rise in recent years, with people moving away from traditional book reading into the digitalized experience for many reasons: Saving budget & space, getting more comfort while reading for long hours and also unlocking access to better features than the normal reading process (E.g note taking, sharing, highlighting, […]
September 8, 2021February 1, 2022
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20 GNOME Extensions To Perfectly Balance GNOME 40

GNOME 40 was released a few months ago with many new features and a revamped desktop experience. Many Linux distributions like Arch and Fedora already have it in their official repositories, while others like Ubuntu are about to get it in the upcoming releases. In any case, you may feel somehow limited by the default […]
September 4, 2021March 15, 2022
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Top 5 Best Open Source Survey Software

Open source survey software are survey creation tools that allow you to host your own instance of them wherever you want, mainly because they are licensed under an open source license. They can be a good alternative to proprietary solutions like Google Forms and others, because you don’t have to sign up for any company’s […]
August 22, 2021January 22, 2022
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elementaryOS 6 Odin Is Beautiful, Yet Could Be Better

elementaryOS 6 Odin was released few days ago, with many interesting features. The distribution is based on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, and hence, is going to receive updates for few more years. The main highlights in the new release can be listed as: Having an AppCenter that only displays applications made for elementaryOS, all of them […]
August 14, 2021August 14, 2021
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5 Popular Free And Open Source Project Management Tools

Managing a project of any type is not an easy task. It involves resources planning, task assignment, following schedules and assuring everyone sticks to the deadline. Remote work became much more interesting after the COVID-19 crisis, which made it hard for project managers to coordinate and manage team members all over the world. This is […]
July 31, 2021July 31, 2021
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Audacity Developers Apologize, Revise Controversial Privacy Policy

20 days ago, FOSS Post was one of the first media outlets to publish about the new privacy policy for Audacity; a popular open source audio editor. In the old privacy policy, broad and unlimited legal contexts were introduced for data-collection, which unleashed a huge backlash from the community. Later on, angry users and developers […]
July 22, 2021July 22, 2021
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Firefox May Have Lost Up to 12% Of Its Users So Far In 2021

Firefox is the default web browser installed on most Linux distributions. It is a well-known browser by Mozilla that respects user privacy by design, and currently remains the only major web browser pushing for open web standards and community interest rather than giant corporations like Google, Microsoft or Apple. The existence of Firefox is important […]
July 20, 2021July 20, 2021
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5 Popular Free and Open Source EMR Software

Health institutes over the world are using EMR systems to carry on their critical daily tasks. There are lots of choices out there, but of course, many of them come with a heavy price to pay since they are proprietary. Nonetheless, there are many good open source EMR software that meet international standards and can […]
July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

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