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Bonsai Promises to Make Syncing Gnome Devices Easier

02.01.2020

Red Hat developer, Christian Hergert has been working on a GNOME desktop syncing project with lots of promise.

Figure 1: If you launch Geeqie from a terminal window, the program automatically displays the photos from the current directory.

LINUX VOICE: Organize your photo collection with Geeqie Art Sorted free

The image viewer Geeqie is used to view and sort image collections. The tool supports numerous formats, reads metadata, and – among other things – displays the location where you took the picture on a map.

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Video surveillance with the Raspberry Pi

NEWS: Eye in the Pi free

Set up a professional video surveillance system armed with motionEyeOS and a Raspberry Pi.

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Figure 1: Amarok’s context pane in the center of the window is awkward when creating playlists.

Clementine

A New Music Player in Debian 10

10.12.2019

Transitioning from Amarok to Clementine in Debian 10 is relatively painless, thanks to Clementine's straightforward interface and improved features.

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Figure 4: With nine weights, Lato is suitable for a wide variety of uses.

Useful and Innovative Free Fonts

Open Source Fonts

25.11.2019

If you are looking for a replacement for a proprietary font, open source fonts offer plenty of options.

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Sort and organize media files with Mediapurge

IN-DEPTH: Distribution Point free

If you have a download folder full of photos and music, Mediapurge can help you sort files and even remove duplicates, but beware of its quirks.

audio , media sharing , sound , Video

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Figure 1: Searching for music revealed 15 applications whose name contained that string.

A command-line search tool for AppImage, Flatpak, and Snap

LINUX VOICE: Rich Harvest free

If you are looking for an application in AppImage, Flatpak, or Snap app stores, Chob lets you perform a keyword-based search from the command line.

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Figure 1: On the left below Options, you will find additional settings for the selected tool (e.g., a brush's stroke width).

Animate drawings with Pencil2D

LINUX VOICE: Tutorial – Pencil2D free

Pencil2D, an easy-to-use painting and 2D animation program, lets you create small animations quickly. Despite the simple user interface, you might need a little help getting started.

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