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4 guides tagged #free-software.
A developer toolchain is not a favourites list. It is one editor, one database client, one terminal, one API client — and the argument for each is what it replaces, not what it adds.
10 min read · 8 apps covered · windows
Every free design tool is pitched as an alternative to something expensive. The useful question is narrower: which file format are you producing, and which of these five was built for it?
8 min read · 5 apps covered · windows
Almost every Android video player claims to play everything. The difference is what happens when a file has Dolby Vision, an ASS subtitle track or DTS audio — that is where seven of these eight actually separate.
10 min read · 8 apps covered · android
A good utility fills a hole Windows left open. A bad one invents a problem so it can sell you the fix. The difference is easy to see once you know which category a tool belongs to.
10 min read · 7 apps covered · windows