where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
I learn from https://www.youtube.com/ or http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/
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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
a supplemental on-topic PSA:
Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
as one recent linux newbie, i came across this;
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
let's leave to those experts knows best.
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
let's leave to those experts knows best.
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Accepted Linux when i found MX-Linux in 2016.
Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
http://www.linuxalt.com/
lists windows {{{---}}} linux equivalents and alternatives for various software titles
example:
====== also ======
https://www.osalt.com/
worth a look, but AFAIK the sites list(s) haven't been updated since 2012
Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software
Our mission is to provide easy access to high quality open source alternatives to well-known commercial products.
lists windows {{{---}}} linux equivalents and alternatives for various software titles
example:
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Nero Burning Rom
Brasero (http://perso.orange.fr/bonfire/index.htm)
GnomeBaker (http://gnomebaker.sourceforge.net/)
Graveman! (http://graveman.tuxfamily.org/)
K3b (http://www.k3b.org/)
X-CD-Roast (http://www.xcdroast.org/)
https://www.osalt.com/
worth a look, but AFAIK the sites list(s) haven't been updated since 2012
Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software
Our mission is to provide easy access to high quality open source alternatives to well-known commercial products.
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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
https://linuxappfinder.com/alternatives
provides an "alternatives lookup" list similar to linuxalt.com
the https://linuxappfinder.com/ site also provides categorized pages of software
(its categorized lists are well-populated, but are not up-to-date)
provides an "alternatives lookup" list similar to linuxalt.com
the https://linuxappfinder.com/ site also provides categorized pages of software
(its categorized lists are well-populated, but are not up-to-date)
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Backup & Recovery
Business & Finance
Communications
Databases
Development
Editors
Education
Geography
Guides
Language
Math {----------------- example: the Education::Math subcategory page lists 17 software titles
Metapackages
Miscellaneous
Reference
Religion
Science
Tools
Games
Graphics
Internet & Networking
Multimedia
Office
Scientific & Engineering
Security
System
System Management
Utilities
Viewers
Virtualization
Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
a curated collection of "golden oldies" (gtk, fltk) gui applications
https://412collection.neocities.org/index.html
"Linux App Finder's mission is to catalog useful GNU/Linux programs and provide a great resource to discover new apps."
https://linuxappfinder.com/
the Linux Alternative Project (formerly the Linux Equivalent Project) lists Linux equivalents and alternatives to Windows software
https://www.linuxalt.com/
https://412collection.neocities.org/index.html
"Linux App Finder's mission is to catalog useful GNU/Linux programs and provide a great resource to discover new apps."
https://linuxappfinder.com/
the Linux Alternative Project (formerly the Linux Equivalent Project) lists Linux equivalents and alternatives to Windows software
https://www.linuxalt.com/
Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
https://www.ubuntupit.com/category/software/
Site contains approx 140 articles, for instance, one is titled "Free AutoCAD Alternative: Top 15 CAD Software For Linux"
Site contains approx 140 articles, for instance, one is titled "Free AutoCAD Alternative: Top 15 CAD Software For Linux"
Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
For non GUI software..
https://github.com/mayfrost/guides/blob ... NATIVES.md
https://suckless.org/rocks/
https://github.com/mayfrost/guides/blob ... NATIVES.md
https://suckless.org/rocks/
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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
Treasure trove of great ideas from Manjaro users, well worth going through the longer thread:
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/favorite-le ... apps/57320
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/favorite-le ... apps/57320
Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
At first I tried to see if there's already anything in the repos that meet my criteria search with If nothing shows up I google about it. Also, I use liferea and follow sites like tecmint, it's foss, planet debian, Linux journal, phoronix and a few others to keep on track of software and Linux related news. By the way, I think it'd be nice that MX has a rss feed to follow. Github is another good source to find out about software.
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apt search pkg_name/keyword
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