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Powerful NotePad Replacer for MS Windows – Metapad

September 25, 2012January 8, 2012 by Gayan
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If you’re a MS Windows user then you really don’t need an introduction to “Notepad”. It’s the default text editor in Windows and well, it’s pretty decent for its job. But if you need a more powerful alternative luckily Windows …

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Simple Batch Image Resizer for Ubuntu Linux & Windows – “sir”

September 25, 2012January 1, 2012 by Gayan
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These days finding a batch image resizer is easy. If you want a powerful one than Converseen is one of the best tools. But if you don’t want a lot of features and quite happy with a simple tool with …

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User Privacy Emphasized, Secure & Open source Web Browser – Dooble

September 22, 2012December 27, 2011 by Gayan
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Google Chrome and Opera are two web browsers that load fast and have minimalist, user friendly interfaces. Since I’m an open source geek I don’t like Opera that much because it is not an open-source web browser. Some of its …

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Checksum Verifier for Ubuntu Linux – HashCalc

September 22, 2012December 26, 2011 by Gayan
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Because in GNU/Linux Hashsum or checksum calculating tools usually come installed with the OS, if you know your way around the command-line then calculating or verifying a file’s integrity isn’t that difficult. By since I just wrote about a Checksum …

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LightWeight Cross-Platform Audio Player – Esperanza

September 22, 2012December 23, 2011 by Gayan
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I don’t think anyone would need an introduction to Xmms. But if you don’t know what that is then in simple terms, many years ago when the Winamp was a big hit, Xmms was the Win-Amp alternative to GNU/Linux users. …

Read moreLightWeight Cross-Platform Audio Player – Esperanza

Keyboard Based Fast PDF Viewer for Ubuntu Linux & Windows – MuPDF

September 24, 2012December 21, 2011 by Gayan
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For all those who use Ubuntu and don’t like the default built in document viewer (called “Evince”, errrr ;-)) there are a lot of other alternatives that you can try. If you’re looking for a fast loading one then ePDF …

Read moreKeyboard Based Fast PDF Viewer for Ubuntu Linux & Windows – MuPDF

Excellent Free Download Manager for Windows – GetGo!

May 17, 2013December 20, 2011 by Gayan
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It’s true that any web browser comes with a simple download manager of its own. But most of the time it’s pretty much useless for the serious downloaders :). Usually they can’t resume, schedule or most importantly they can’t give …

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Qt Based LightWeight Web Browser – Arora!

September 22, 2012December 19, 2011 by Gayan
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Lately I’ve been a bit dissatisfied with Firefox’s startup times and been drifting towards web browsers that use the Apple’s WebKit engine as it’s proven to be faster than most other engines (including the ‘Gecko’ of Firefox). So I came …

Read moreQt Based LightWeight Web Browser – Arora!

Free Office Suite for Kids – OOo4Kids!

September 22, 2012December 12, 2011 by Gayan
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As a parent if you’re looking for an office suite that’s especially designed for kids (age 7-14), with simplified menus, icons, tool-bars etc then OOo4Kids is an excellent software that’s absolutely free and can be used in MS Windows, GNU/Linux …

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Best Free Encryption Software – TrueCrypt

September 22, 2012December 9, 2011 by Gayan
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Data encryption is one of the best ways of protecting your sensitive data from data thefts and other security vulnerabilities. And normally data encryption can be divided into two main categories. Either into Hardware encryption (independent of the OS because …

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Free Slideshow Creator for Ubuntu Linux & Windows – PhotoFilmStrip!

September 22, 2012November 29, 2011 by Gayan
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If have a big image collection then one of the best ways to enjoy them is to create a slideshow. And every slideshow is sort of a “movie” (since videos are nothing but fast moving pictures) but unlike with a …

Read moreFree Slideshow Creator for Ubuntu Linux & Windows – PhotoFilmStrip!

Best Code Editor for Programmers – UltraEdit!

September 22, 2012November 26, 2011 by Gayan
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Programmers have specific needs so even the most powerful text editor might not meet their requirements (such as syntax highlighting and various computer language support). If you’re a programmer who’s looking for a free tool then Notepad++ is pretty darn …

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