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  • Need To Secure Your Public Cloud? Icon
    Need To Secure Your Public Cloud?

    Built for Developers, DevOps and Engineering Teams

    View all cloud assets of AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes, Digital Ocean in one place. Automates security misconfigurations of assets with guidance to resolve them. Covers far beyond basic checklists. It automatically evaluates the security misconfigs of the assets & provides step-by-step guidance to resolve them
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    Powerful small business accounting software

    For small businesses looking for desktop accounting software

    With AccountEdge, business owners can organize, process, and report on their financial information so they can focus on their business. Features include: accounting, integrated payroll, sales and purchases, contact management, inventory tracking, time billing, and more.
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    OpenMandriva Lx

    OpenMandriva Lx

    Easy, yet powerful, GNU/Linux distribution

    OpenMandriva Lx is a unique and independent distribution and direct descendant of Mandriva Linux. It comes from a 100% community-driven association that believes in the values of free software & collaboration and whose founding values are development, equality, co-operation, openness, freedom, group achievement, independence, and solidarity. Source code: Software: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaSoftware Packages: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation Build system: https://abf.openmandriva.org/ Contact: * Chat - https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/team/chat * Forum - https://forum.openmandriva.org Issue tracking and feature requests: * Issue Tracking - https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/distribution/issues Donate - https://liberapay.com/OpenMandriva
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    Downloads: 565 This Week
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    Ultimate Edition

    Ultimate Edition

    An Ubuntu remix for both new and experienced Linux sophisticates

    Ultimate Edition Linux, previously "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition". We cater to a large base of *nix users including, but certainly not limited to gamers & low resource computers. We have a Ultimate Edition for virtually any user.
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    Downloads: 409 This Week
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    gImageReader

    gImageReader

    A graphical frontend to tesseract-ocr

    gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to tesseract. Features include: - Import PDF documents and images from disk, scanning devices, clipboard and screenshots - Process multiple images and documents in one go - Manual or automatic recognition area definition - Recognize to plain text or to hOCR documents - Recognized text displayed directly next to the image - Post-process the recognized text, including spellchecking - Generate PDF documents from hOCR documents **Note**: This page is only a mirror for the downloads. Development is happening on github at https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader, release binaries are also posted there.
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    Downloads: 195 This Week
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    KShutdown

    KShutdown

    A graphical shutdown utility for Linux and Windows

    KShutdown is a graphical shutdown utility for Linux and Windows. It allows you to turn off or suspend a computer at a specified time. It features various time and delay options, command-line support, and notifications.
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    Downloads: 78 This Week
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    JobNimbus Construction Software

    For Roofers, Remodelers, Contractors, Home Service Industry

    Track leads, jobs, and tasks from one easy to use software. You can access your information wherever you are, get everyone on the same page, and grow your business.
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    K3b is a highly usable and very userfriendly cd writing program.
    Downloads: 70 This Week
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    Hannah Montana Linux HML
    A LINUX designed for Hannah Montana fans
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    Downloads: 60 This Week
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    Smb4K

    Smb4K

    Advanced Network Neighborhood Browser and Samba Share Mounting Utility

    Smb4K is an advanced network neighborhood browser and Samba share mounting utility. It is based on the KDE Frameworks 5 and Samba's client library (libsmbclient). It scans your network neighborhood for all available workgroups, servers and shares and can mount all desired shares to your local file system. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL v2+). Linux, FreeBSD and its derivatives e. g. GhostBSD and TrueOS), NetBSD and DragonFly BSD are officially supported.
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    Downloads: 42 This Week
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    KittenTricks

    KittenTricks

    React Native starter kit with over 40 screens and themes

    This perfect starter kit is an app based on React Native and UI Kitten library with Light and Dark themes support. It’s completely free and Open Source. Compose the application from available screens, add backend integration and you will end up with A-grade cross-platform mobile application. The themes can be changed in the runtime, without any need of reloading the application. A React Native framework for creating stunning cross-platform mobile applications. Design system-based, UI Kitten brings your product from an MVP to the final product version. Forever open source and free! Unlock the true power of the theming system by switching between Light and Dark themes in the runtime. Drive diversity by creating as many themes as needed without changing the source code of the components.
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    KolourPaint is a free, easy-to-use paint program for KDE. The official website is [www.kolourpaint.org].
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    Downloads: 128 This Week
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    Let your volunteer coordinators do their best work.

    For non-profit organizations requiring a software solution to keep track of volunteers

    Stop messing with tools that aren’t designed to amplify volunteer programs. With VolunteerMatters, it’s a delight to manage everything in one place.
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    KDE-Services

    KDE-Services

    Full features for Dolphin's right click menu on KDE [4.x|5.x]

    This program extends the features of the Dolphin's (File Manager) right click contextual menu on KDE [4.x|5.x] graphical environment. Specially designed for OS based on Red Hat.
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    Downloads: 23 This Week
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    Wally is a Qt4 wallpaper / background changer, using multiple sources like files, folders, FTP remote folders, Flickr, Panoramio, Ipernity, Photobucket, Buzznet, Picasa, Smugmug, Google, Vladstudio and deviantART images.
    Downloads: 15 This Week
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    A program for creating Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagrams of software. The project web site is located at https://uml.sourceforge.io/ For reporting bugs, see https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&product=umbrello The development of this project is located at https://invent.kde.org/sdk/umbrello Available in every Linux distro, on MacOSX and Windows.
    Downloads: 68 This Week
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    Iconset for KDE constructed from rad-e8.com icons as well as originals.
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    Downloads: 44 This Week
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    To be a central repository for all open source Tamil Linux projects
    Downloads: 24 This Week
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    andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7; 32-bit versions only). It is not just for development and runs almost all Linux applications without modification.
    Downloads: 17 This Week
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    This is a set of improved artwiz fonts. They are compatible with the latest fontconfig/Xft-2.0. Thus artwiz fonts work with gtk2/kde3 applications. Multiple encodings are available.
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    Downloads: 36 This Week
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    SyncWall

    SyncWall

    wallpaper manager with synchronization features

    SyncWall is quite a basic wallpaper changer with a special feature, it is the ability to synchronize wallpaper change between several workstations with a basic (and unsecured) client/server protocol. Each workstation must share the same pool of files, there is no FTP or Internet download. Because SyncWall is written with Qt, SyncWall runs on Windows and Linux (MacOSX isn't tested yet).
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    Downloads: 15 This Week
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    KRadio

    KRadio

    The KDE Frameworks 5 Internet/AM/FM Radio App

    KRadio is an Internet and/or AM/FM radio application for KDE Frameworks 5. It has support for V4L and V4L2 radio devices, internet radio, RDS, lirc remote control, MP3 and Ogg/Vorbis recording, TimeShift playing, alarms and much more. Try out!
    Downloads: 9 This Week
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    GRUB2 Editor

    GRUB2 Editor

    A KDE Control Module for configuring the GRUB2 bootloader.

    Smoothly integrated in KDE System Settings, it is the central place for managing your GRUB2 configuration.
    Downloads: 25 This Week
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    PAHE OS - Linux

    PAHE OS - Linux

    A superior alternative to PCLinuxOS!

    PAHE OS Preserve the Legacy! Hello, we are PAHE OS, and we are in a rebranding period due to issues with the SimbiOS brand. We have used this name for 13 years, and we are now moving to a new phase of our operating system, with no changes to the system, only the name. PAHE OS is a Linux distribution designed for average users. It is based on PCLinuxOS and uses the KDE graphical environment to provide a simple and efficient experience. Let's explore its key features. PCLinuxOS is known for its stability and user-friendliness, making it a solid foundation for our distribution. It offers regular updates and an active community. The KDE Plasma is the highlight of this distribution. It features a modern, user-friendly, and highly customizable interface, making the user experience pleasant and intuitive. Our distribution includes essential applications such as a web browser, office suite, multimedia players, and system tools to meet daily needs.
    Downloads: 13 This Week
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    rekonq is a lightweight, WebKit based web browser for KDE
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    A Lrc files editor using Amarok as a player.
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    Downloads: 22 This Week
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    Tapper

    Keyboard layout switcher for X Widow System and Wayland

    Тapper — keyboard layout switcher for X Window System and Wayland. Tapper runs in background, when an assigned key is tapped, Tapper activates the corresponding keyboard layout. "Tap" means that a single key is pressed and quickly released, so (1) no other keys are pressed at this time, and (2) period between pressing and releasing is shorter than keyboard repeat delay (usually it is 0.5 s, but it depends on desktop settings). Tapper key feature is using modifier keys for switching keyboard layouts without losing modifier's functionality. Tapper works for GNOME, GNOME Classic, Cinnamon, i3, KDE, LXDE, LXQt, Mate, Ubuntu, Xfce desktops. There are prebult RPM packages for Fedora, Mageia, OpenMandriva, openSUSE, source tarball for configure && make is also available. Tapper is free software.
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    khtml2png is a command line program to create PNG images out of webpages. Despite the name, it can also produce JPEG images.
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    BlackScreen

    BlackScreen

    An Open Source Prank Application!

    BlackScreen is a cross platform application that makes your monitor look black, no desktop, icons, or even your cursor. It's a great way to prank your family, and friends. Go ahead, and give it a try, just don't get the crap beat out of you :)
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Open Source KDE Software Guide

KDE is an open source software project, which stands for ‘K Desktop Environment’. It is a suite of graphical applications, libraries and development tools that are designed to work together to create a complete computing environment. KDE has been around since 1996, making it one of the oldest open source projects.

The main goal of KDE is to enable users to access their content without any barriers or restrictions across any device they may use. This includes desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones–you name it. KDE provides tools that make creating and customizing these devices easy and hassle-free. The idea behind this concept is to provide an environment where users can enjoy all the features available in the desktop world regardless of the hardware they use daily.

At its core is a comprehensive set of software and tools written in C++ that allows developers from all over the world to collaborate on projects such as widgets, applications, games and utilities for your computer or mobile device. With regular releases at least once per year with major updates every 2-3 years and dozens of package updates monthly, you can rest assured you are always running up-to-date versions with all the latest bug fixes and new features each time you update your system.

When using these programs within KDE there are certain conventions that come along with them such as how windows operate (windows size & position) along with what type of interface they have (Windows/Mac/Linux). These conventions help ensure usability across different platforms while still allowing customization due to components like themes, widgets etc. Additionally some programs utilize technologies like Plasma Workspaces & Qt Quick so developers can build highly interactive user interfaces quickly and easily using JavaScript or QML programming languages respectively giving them even more control over look & feel when designing apps for virtual reality devices such as headmounted displays. Many other features like multi language support for international users make it very convenient when accessing content from around world or working in groups differently located areas simultaneously sharing data resources between teams who speak different languages locally but have same requirements globally.

In short K Desktop Environment is an open source application platform developed by volunteers from all over world supported by vast community dedicated making sure everyone's needs covered through donations contributions both code user feedback aiming provide best possible experience anyone could ever want digital age today.

What Features Does Open Source KDE Software Provide?

KDE (K Desktop Environment) Software is an open source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It includes a range of features that provide users with a modern desktop experience, such as:

  • Customizable Look and Feel: KDE’s graphical interface can be fully customized with different backgrounds, icon sets, window styles, and more. Users can also customize how the various menus in the environment are organized.
  • Built-in Widgets: KDE comes with a number of built-in widgets which allow users to interact with their computer in much more intuitive ways than traditional “point-and-click” interfaces permit. These widgets include things like clocks, calendars, calculators, task lists, weather forecasts and much more.
  • Drag & Drop Interface: KDE allows users to easily move files between different directories or applications using drag & drop actions on the desktop. This makes it easier to manage large collections of data without needing to use a separate file manager application.
  • Application Integration: KDE offers tighter integration across applications by making them share common user interface elements like icons and buttons. This makes it easier for users to find what they need quickly because they don’t have to learn new user interfaces when switching between applications or functions.
  • Cryptographic Facilities: KDE provides extensive support for encryption via its built-in components called KGPG and KWalletManager which enable secure storage of passwords for authentication purposes as well as encrypting/decrypting sensitive data files on demand.

Types of Open Source KDE Software

  • Desktop Environments: KDE provides a comprehensive suite of desktop environments for users to choose from. These usually come with a window manager, panels, widgets, and other tools for organizing your workspace.
  • Application Suites: KDE offers application suites that include productivity tools such as word processors, spreadsheets, presentation programs and more. There are additionally games, graphics editors and web browsers available in the suites.
  • Office Applications: For business users or professionals who need additional power and versatility from their office applications, KDE provides open source alternatives to popular commercial software packages. This includes platforms like KO/Pi which provide a complete office suite experience as well as standalone applications that handle specific tasks like document editing or spreadsheets.
  • Development Tools: Developers looking for IDE-like support can find it in the form of KDevelop which is a feature rich environment designed specifically for C++ and Qt development. Additionally there are text editors such as Kate with syntax highlighting support along with other development packages like Anjuta built to help code quickly.
  • Multimedia Tools: KDE offers various tools related to multimedia creation such as photo management applications and audio/video editing centers like Kdenlive which enables basic video production without needing expensive dedicated software. Additionally several plug-ins exist for common programs like GIMP or Inkscape that allow you to use these applications from within the KDE ecosystem too.

What Are the Advantages Provided by Open Source KDE Software?

  1. Cost Savings: Open source KDE software is free to download and use, which allows users to save money that would have been spent on commercial software.
  2. Customization: The open-source nature of KDE software gives users the freedom to customize their applications as they see fit. This could mean customizing for specific languages, user needs or even creating new applications from scratch.
  3. Community Support: Being an open source project, there is a large community of developers who are willing and able to provide support for problems related to KDE software.
  4. Regular Updates: As the project is constantly evolving, users can be sure that they will always be using up-to-date versions with bug fixes and new features.
  5. Flexibility: Thanks to its modular design, KDE software can easily be adapted and extended by adding additional modules or changing existing ones – something that's not possible with proprietary alternatives.
  6. Security: Since most of the code is freely available for viewing/contribution by anyone in the community, security issues are quickly addressed before they become major problems.

What Types of Users Use Open Source KDE Software?

  • Hobbyist User: A hobbyist user is someone who utilizes open source KDE software for fun and leisure, such as digital art creation, music production and gaming.
  • Professional User: Professionals may use open source KDE software in their everyday work, such as web or software development, data analysis and scientific visualization.
  • Educational User: Schools and universities can benefit from using open source KDE software for educational purposes, such as creating interactive lessons for students or conducting experiments in the lab.
  • Enterprise User: Large companies may take advantage of open source KDE software to increase their productivity and efficiency with features like system management tools and document editing capabilities.
  • Corporate User: Businesses large and small that want to leverage the power of a desktop operating system can find solutions within the open source KDE environment to help meet their needs.
  • Government/Non-Profit Organization User: Governments or non-profit organizations may need to utilize specialized solutions that are specifically designed for their specific needs; these users will have access to many powerful multimedia tools on an easy-to-use platform through the use of open source KDE software.

How Much Does Open Source KDE Software Cost?

Open source KDE software is available for free and does not cost anything. Open source software is free to use and share, and the source code can be adapted to fit specific needs. KDE software is developed by a global community of volunteers who give their time and energy to make these open source products better. With this in mind, you don't have to pay money for an open source KDE product - it's completely free.

At the same time, you are encouraged to support the community by donating your time or money if you choose. Donations help defray costs associated with hosting servers, maintaining web sites, organizing events such as conferences and workshops, developing new features or expanding existing ones, producing documentation and translations as well as other initiatives of the community. This way you can show appreciation for the work that has gone into making these products available for everyone.

In conclusion, if you're looking for great open-source software that's both powerful and easy-to-use at no cost then look no further than KDE Software.

What Software Can Integrate With Open Source KDE Software?

Open source KDE software can integrate with a variety of different types of software, such as desktop publishing tools, office productivity programs, web browsers, audio and video players, and games. It is also compatible with programming languages like C++, Java, Perl and Python. Additionally it can be integrated with databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL. All these software types provide access to the KDE components for customising the look and feel of applications running on KDE desktops.

Trends Related to Open Source KDE Software

  1. Open source KDE software is becoming increasingly popular, as it is an affordable and customizable alternative to proprietary software.
  2. It has a large and growing user base, with people from all over the world using it to fulfill their computing needs.
  3. KDE is actively developed by a dedicated community of volunteers, who are constantly working to improve the software and make it more user-friendly.
  4. Many businesses and organizations are beginning to adopt KDE as their go-to platform, recognizing its advantages over proprietary software solutions.
  5. KDE is being used as the foundation for a variety of specialized applications, such as web browsers, multimedia players, and office suites.
  6. It is also being used by developers to create powerful plugins and add-ons for existing applications.
  7. The growth of open source development in general has been good news for KDE, as it allows developers to freely share their work with others and build on each other’s contributions.
  8. The major distributions of Linux have embraced KDE as an official desktop environment, which has further bolstered its popularity.

How To Get Started With Open Source KDE Software

  1. Getting started with open source KDE software is relatively straightforward. To begin, users should first visit the KDE homepage (www.kde.org). Here they will find a range of options to download an operating system or a standalone KDE application for their specific computer platform.
  2. Once an operating system and/or application has been downloaded, the user should then install it onto their machine either through a graphical installer or via a terminal command line. Users unfamiliar with the installation process are recommended to consult one of the many helpful tutorials available online, such as those published by OCS-Mag blog or LinuxBSDos website.
  3. Once installed, users can then explore the unique features of each individual program at their own pace by taking advantage of its built in help menus which provide quick access to useful information about commands and functions that may be unfamiliar in the early stages of usage. Additionally, webinars, tutorials and support forums hosted on the official KDE website offer further advice from experienced users free of charge.
  4. Finally and perhaps most importantly for new users; joining community networks like Reddit's /r/KDE subreddit helps keep people informed about latest news from developers as well as general tips from other enthusiasts who can provide invaluable explanations regarding all aspects of using open source KDE software-- ranging from how to customise existing settings through installing new applications all the way up to creating your own apps.