Best Free and Open Source Software
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7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Search Engines - LinuxLinks
One of the key benefits of this type of software is that it allows the user to locate data stored on their hard disk almost instantaneously. They are designed to be fast. They are not integrated with a different application, such as a file manager.
Such software performs in a similar way to Windows Search and Spotlight in Mac OS X. All of the applications featured in this article are released under a freely distributable license.
Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart.
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Friction - motion graphics software for vector and raster animations - LinuxLinks
Friction is a powerful and versatile motion graphics application that allows you to create stunning vector and raster animations for web and video platforms. Friction provides a scalable, high-performance GPU/CPU vector and raster pipeline developed in C++, using Skia and the Qt framework.
This is a fork of enve.
Friction is free and open source software.
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Events - adaptive calendar app for GNOME and Phosh - LinuxLinks
Events (previously known as Karlender) is a mobile-friendly calendar app.
It uses libadwaita and can access Calendars using CalDAV.
This is free and open source software.
vimv - mass rename files using Vim - LinuxLinks
vimv is a terminal-based file rename utility that lets you easily mass rename files using Vim.
This is free and open source software.