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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Statistical Analysis Tools - LinuxLinks
Science really prospers and advances when individuals share the results of their experiments with others in the scientific community. There is a certain logic that scientific software should therefore be released in a freely distributable environment.
Linux is particularly strong in the field of open source statistical software. The purpose of this article is to identify software for performing statistical analysis. This type of software helps to summarize data in a shorter form, and helps scientists understand a concept or representation and make possible predictions based on this understanding.
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MyTourbook - visualize and analyze tours - LinuxLinks
MyTourbook is software which lets you visualize and analyze tours which are recorded by a GPS device, bike- or exercise computer and ergometer.
This is free and open source software.
pdfposter - print large posters on multiple sheets - LinuxLinks
pdfposter can be used to create a large poster by building it from multiple pages and/or printing it on large media. It scales and tiles PDF images/pages.
It expects as input a PDF file, normally printing on a single page. The output is again a PDF file, maybe containing multiple pages together building the poster.
The input page will be scaled to obtain the desired size.
pdfposter is similar to what poster does for PostScript files, but working with PDF.
This is free and open source software.