Awesome software you might not know

Listed below, are some of the software programs which are quite well known among Linux users but not so much in the Windows realm. All of them are free which you can download and install freely.

F.lux

f.lux is a free software utility that adjusts both the brightness and tint to warm up your computer display, to match your indoor lighting. Thus reducing eye strain which helps you sleep better. Once used to, it is probably going to be the program that you cannot live without. It is a lifesaver for those who staring at a bright screen late at night. If your're Linux user there is a better alternative called redshift which you can typically find in the official repositories sudo apt-get install redshift

Kodi

Formerly known as XBMC is an award-winning media center/player. The way it automatically fetches, and present information about the media content on your hard disk is out of this world. Things like downloading a subtitle for a movie is no more than two clicks away, not surprising given the highly customizable and extensible nature of the software. So why use ad bloated software like KMP, when better, cross-platform, open source alternatives like Kodi is freely available? Ubuntu-based Installation sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kodi Windows and, Mac OS X users can just download and install the binary executable from kodi.tv/download/

Rythmbox

A very easy to use, elegant music player for music management and playback. A few features to note:

   1)  Read and display tracks with meta-data
   2)  Static and automatic playlists
   3)  Retrieve information about tracks directly from the web
   4)  Extensible with Plugins
   5)  Podcasts
   6)  Embed/export cover arts
   7)  Burn Audio CDs from playlists.

Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor

Inkscape is a highly capable cross-platform scalable vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator used in various personal, as well as in professional design work.

 

Yumi

Helps turn your USB flash drive into a system rescue powerhouse by letting you boot into multiple OSs, antivirus tools, diagnostic utilities in a single USB stick. For example in a single pen drive you can include,

 1)  Ubuntu
 2)  Fedora
 3)  Kaspersky Rescue Disk
 4)  Windows 7/8/10 Installer ... just to name a few.

Gayan Sajith

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