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Utilities & Operating Systems

Aptoide – An Alternative to Google Play Store

Aptoide is a free platform that distributes applications for the Android operating system. It is essentially an application through which users can search, download, and install programs for their Android devices. In addition to the Android version, it also exists as a website. It is a very popular application that has been around since 2009. […]Read More

Utilities & Operating Systems

dnGrep – Advanced File and Folder Search Tool

dnGrep is a free open-source application for quickly searching large amounts of text in files, logs, and databases. It is specifically designed for the Windows operating system. The name of the program is a combination of the letters “dn” and “Grep”. “Grep” refers to the Unix text search tool – grep (global regular expression print). […]Read More

Utilities & Operating Systems

Material Files – Simple and Elegant File Manager

Material Files is a free and open-source file manager for Android. The author of this application says that despite the existence of a large number of file managers, he was not satisfied, primarily with their appearance, so he created his open-source file manager, respecting Material Design principles in detail. There was another reason: he did […]Read More

Utilities & Operating Systems

PlayOnLinux – Running Windows Programs and Games on Linux

Most people are accustomed to commercial operating systems like Windows and macOS. Operating systems serve to support programs. An operating system needs to “know” everything about the hardware, but programs do not. There are different types of programs. System programs enable the operating system to function properly. Development programs are used for programming. However, the […]Read More

Utilities & Operating Systems

Gparted

What is Gparted? GParted, short for GNOME Partition Editor, is the official GNOME application for managing disk partitions. (GNOME is an open-source desktop environment for Unix and similar operating systems, e.g., Linux). It’s a completely free program. GParted belongs to the group of programs that provide a comfortable graphical interface for commands that were once […]Read More

Utilities & Operating Systems

balenaEtcher

Flashing disks creates installation disks for operating systems, updates devices, or saves data.. Flashing is applied to SD memory cards, USB sticks, or Solid State Drives (SSD). It used to be a delicate task often performed from the command line with uncertain outcomes. Average users sought help from experts. A single typo could erase a system […]Read More