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Entries Tagged as 'Cool Apps'

Quickly preview files in Ubuntu with Gloobus

September 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Gloobus is a very cool application. With Gloobus, you can quickly preview various files in Ubuntu, including TXT, PDF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, PSD, MP3, OGG, MPG, WMV, XCF, and so on.

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Quickly launch applications with Kupfer

August 21st, 2009 · 10 Comments

Kupfer is a simple launcher. It’s similar to GNOME Do. With Kupfer, you can quickly open applications, files, websites, and much more. If you don’t like Mono app GNOME Do, maybe you should try out Kupfer.

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Manage fonts in Ubuntu with Font Manager

August 19th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Font Manager is an application that allows you to easily manage fonts. With Font Manager you can preview installed fonts, activate and de-activate installed fonts, search fonts, group fonts into “Collections”, and export “Collections” to an archive.

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Record screencasts with Krut Computer Recorder

August 16th, 2009 · 6 Comments

With Krut Computer Recorder, you can record screencasts, including video, sound and selected areas of screen. Krut Computer Recorder supports Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platform.

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Take screenshots with Gscreendump

August 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Gscreendump is a feature powerful screenshot taking tool. With Gscreendump, you can take screenshots of application windows, desktop, buttons, scrollbars, selected rectangular areas of screen and webpages. In addition, Gscreendump can also manipulate screenshots via ImageMagick.

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View PDF documents with Apvlv on Ubuntu

August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Apvlv is a nifty PDF document viewer. With Apvlv, you can read PDF documents like using Vim. For Vim fans, that’s quite cool.

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JMeld - A visual diff and merge tool

October 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

JMeld is a visual diff and merge tool. JMeld is similar to Meld, but it is written in Java.

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Editra — A multi-platform text editor

August 12th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Editra is a very great multi-platform text editor. It supports Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Currently, the latest version of Editra is 0.3.38.

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How to install Launchy on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

July 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

With Launchy, you can quickly launch your programs, documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!

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CharTr - A lightweight mind-mapping tool

July 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

CharTr is a lightweight mind-mapping tool. It is based on Labyrinth 0.3 and inspired by VYM and VIM.

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