This list collects popular computer applications which are free software (also known as libre software) licensed under GNU GPL license. You will find here Blender 3D, VLC, WordPress, GNU OS itself and The Penguin Kernel, among others, including how to install the apps on Ubuntu. Let's share!
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Are you looking for Google Desktop in Linux? Google never release that program for Linux. Instead, we have an alternative from DocFetcher. It is a great replacement for Google Desktop with more features such as selecting what type of file to index. We can select what folder to index, what filetype, and view strings found in every file. DocFetcher can show search result in a table so you can search for a string in all PDF you have. Here we show how to install in Ubuntu and how to use it. DocFetcher official site is http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net. Thanks to qforce for providing DocFetcher.
OwnCloud has official desktop client. So, we can use that client to connect to our private OwnCloud server or another Owncloud services. For example, I use Owncloud client to connect and synchronize my files to OwnDrive Service (an OwnCloud storage service). I will show you how to install it on Ubuntu.
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| OwnCloud Desktop Client |
After we reviewed shortly about Adobe Brackets three years ago, today we have a huge list of Adobe Bracket extensions. We will explain how to install extension in Brackets in Ubuntu. I will show you both online and offline methods. I use Brackets 1.3 and Ubuntu 15.04. You can use this guide on another Ubuntu version.
HubiC is a cloud storage from OVH, a French data hosting company. HubiC claims every data will be replicated in three different OVH data centres located in France. It offers us huge cloud storage (25 GB free, and more offerings). And the most interesting thing is hubiC provides a Linux desktop client. Unfortunately, it has no GUI yet. But I will show you how to install and use it on Ubuntu 15.04. HubiC client for Linux at this date (June 28th 2015) is still in beta and it is still available only for Debian-based.
We have a number of PDF converter tools in Linux. One of them is
Investintech Able2Extract PDF Converter. Able2Extract main features are
convert a PDF document into editable format such as ODF (ODT and all) or
Microsoft Office (DOCX and all). Able2Extract can also convert a PDF
into AutoCAD (DWG, DXF) and HTML. I use Able2Extract free trial version
here. The official Able2Extract page is here.
Slack.com doesn't release an official client for Linux. But thanks to Rael Gugelmin Cunha (raelgc), he created an unofficial Slack.com client for Linux. It is ScudCloud
(not to confuse with Soundcloud). It is available for Debian, Ubuntu,
Kubuntu, Mint, Fedora, and Archlinux. I will show you how to install it
on Ubuntu and another distros.
You can boot Linux ISO directly from your HDD with grml-rescueboot utility. You don't need a CD, DVD, or USB drive anymore. You don't need to burn anything. And no need to formally configure anything. Just put an ISO then update your GRUB and it's done. Actually, grml modifies your GRUB to recognize an ISO you provide and to boot it. Finally, you can have more than one ISO to boot at any time you start your computer.
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| Boot Linux ISO Directly from The HDD |
Do you want to do programming in Linux? Probably you need C++ programming environment in Linux. Then you need a GUI programming toolkit for C++.You can choose C++ with Qt Framework programming environment in Ubuntu. I will show you how to get them all (complete with C++ library and an IDE) Ubuntu 15.04. Magically, you get them all just by installing Qt Creator.
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| Qt Creator, C++, and Qt Framework |
Do you need an IRC client inside your Firefox? Dislike to install any IRC client such as Quassel? Instead, you can use Chatzilla add-on in Firefox. You can also use Webchat service from freenode.net. I show you how to install and use Chatzilla. In the end, I show you how to use Freenode Webchat to chat in freenode. I use channel #ubuntu-indonesia @ freenode as example.
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| Chatzilla on Firefox in Ubuntu 15.04 |
Do you need to wake up at 04:00 AM in every morning? Do you need a simple alarm program so you can cook and leave the kitchen until a sound ringing? Do you want a simple Pomodoro alarm? Do you want it to run at Ubuntu startup? Do those all with Alarm Clock in Ubuntu. I will show the installation guide then how to use it by examples.
Pinta is an cross-platform image editor inspired by Paint.NET in Windows. It is lighter than GIMP, but more than Shotwell or Gwenview. Pinta is licensed under MIT license. Pinta is a software by Pinta Project (Cameron White and friends). This article will guide you how to install and use Pinta in Ubuntu. I will show you the basic usage only to crop and annotate image. I write this article based on my experiences in writing Linux tutorials.
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| Pinta In Action |
Do you want to decrease your screen brightness? Have tried all the ways but failed? Use RedshiftGUI to dim your screen. I always recommend RedshiftGUI to Indonesian Linux users as a "final combo" when installing graphics driver or upgrading Linux kernel brings nothing to their screen brightness. I will show you the steps to install, dim screen, and set RedshiftGUI to Ubuntu startup.
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| ReshiftGUI |
Do you want CPU-Z in Linux? Then see I-Nex now. I-Nex is system utility tool for Linux. It shows you all your hardware plus you operating system and kernel detailed information. I-Nex is created for Linux with Gambas 3 platform. It is licensed in GNU LGPL version 3. I-Nex is a software by Michal Glowienka. If you want to contribute, visit I-Nex on https://github.com/eloaders/I-Nex. If you want to translate I-Nex, visit https://translations.launchpad.net/i-nex.
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| I-Nex Features |
Telegram is a new chatting protocol similar to WhatsApp. Telegram is open source software licensed in GNU GPL version 3. The main great feature of Telegram that WhatsApp doesn't have is Linux desktop client. This tutorial will guide you step by step how to install it in Ubuntu.
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| Telegram Desktop for Ubuntu |
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| Merging or Splitting |
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| Virtaal in Action |
