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Free Software in Review

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 26, 2023

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HandBreak: Multimedia video converter (Free software)

↺ HandBreak: Multimedia video converter (Free software)

> HandBeak is a video converter and transcode engine for macOS, Windows and Linux. It's free and open source. I have used it several times for my videos it's really easy to use has built-in preset library, supports multiple input sources and dozens of formats and quality options. macOS (Inel,

Koodo Reader: open-source ebook reader (Free app)

↺ Koodo Reader: open-source ebook reader (Free app)

> Koodo Reader is a modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux and Web

KLiK: Open-source Social Network System for Communities and Teams

↺ KLiK: Open-source Social Network System for Communities and Teams

> Klik is a PHP-based Information Pool System, also known as a social media website. It includes a complete login/registration system, user profile system, chat room, forum system, and blog/polls/event management system.

Deskreen Turns any Device With a Web Browser into a Secondary Screen

↺ Deskreen Turns any Device With a Web Browser into a Secondary Screen

> Deskreen turns any device with a web browser into a secondary screen for your computer.

mpv: a free, open source, and cross-platform media player (Free software)

↺ mpv: a free, open source, and cross-platform media player (Free software)

> mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

MiKTeX: Cross-platform LaTeX editor (Free app)

↺ MiKTeX: Cross-platform LaTeX editor (Free app)

> MikeTeX is a cross-platform LaTeX/ TeX editor which a built-in package manager that allow the user to extend the core functionalities by downloading online packages. MiKTeX is a modern TeX distribution for Windows, Linux and macOS.

LÖVE: framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua (Free app)

↺ LÖVE: framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua (Free app)

> LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.

Lynis: System Auditing Software (Free software)

↺ Lynis: System Auditing Software (Free software)

> Lynis is a battle-tested security tool for systems running Linux, macOS, or Unix-based operating system. It performs an extensive health scan of your systems to support system hardening and compliance testing. The project is open source software with the GPL license and available since 2007.

Excellent Utilities: pastel – generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors

↺ Excellent Utilities: pastel – generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors

> pastel is a command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors. This tool supports a variety of color formats and color spaces.

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program): Open-source free Photo Editor and Photoshop Alternative (Free software)

↺ GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program): Open-source free Photo Editor and Photoshop Alternative (Free software)

> GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. It is not designed to be used for drawing, though some artists and creators have used it in this way.

LibreOffice: an open-source Office Suite (Free program)

↺ LibreOffice: an open-source Office Suite (Free program)

> LibreOffice is an open-source office suite alternative to commercial office suites such as Microsoft Office, Apple Office apps, and OnlyOffice. It is the successor to OpenOffice.org suite, the primary office suite for many Linux distros.

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