eMule download: a peer-to-peer file sharing client.

eMule is one of the biggest and most reliable peer-to-peer file sharing client around the world. It is licensed to GNU General Public License version 2.0. It is based on eDonkey network but offers more features than standard client.

Features

Free. eMule is completely free. Its licensed under GNU license and is free to use and share with your family and friends. Its free from any adware, spyware, and advertisements.

File checking. Each file is checked before downloading to ensure an error free download.

Auto priorities and source management. With auto priorities and source management, you do not need to monitor each of your downloads.

Preview facility. It allows you to preview videos or archives or any files before they are completed downloading.

Organize your downloads. You can categorically organize your downloads to types and files you download.

Search Possibilities. To find the file you want, eMule offers a wide range of search possibilities including local and global servers, web based jigle and file donkey.

Messaging. wMule comes wtih the feature of chatting with the other users connected to eMule IR client at that time.

 Download

You can download eMule from its site download eMule project.



eMule is the second largest most downloaded software on SourceForge.
Download it for free and enjoy. The official website of eMule is http://www.emule-project.net.

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Free LAN messenger: Instant Messaging Client

LAN Messenger is a free and Open Source chat messenger for communicating over a local network. It does not require a server. 

It even support File transfer, event notifications and messaging logging, personal and group messaging with encryption.

Features.

Instant Messaging. Connects and chats with user on your network.

Encrypted Features. All messages are encrypted with AES encryption with RSA as the key exchange mechanism. All your messages are secure and private.

Broadcast messages. You can broadcast any message to all the users or in a group. 

File transfer. You can exchange files through Free LAN Messenger with other users easily. 

Message Logging. Previous messages are saved and can be retrieved at any time. 

No server required. You do not need to create a server in order to chat with users. Its a serverless LAN messenger client. 

No internet Connection needed. LAN messenger works inside a local network and hence no internet connection is required. If you are connected to the LAN, you can chat with other users who are connected at that time to that Local Area Network. 

Multi Language support. It supports a list of languages. 

Cross Platform. The Free LAN Messenger is available for Windows, Linux and Mac. The interface is full integrated with the native environment of platform.

Free and Open source. The LAN messenger is completely free to use and share with your friends. 

Downloads.

You can download Free LAN Messenger at its download link Download Free LAN Messenger.

The source code is available to download. You can download the source code here. 

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Apache Open Office Download. Free replacement of MS Office

Apache Open Office previously known as OpenOffice.org OOo is a free and open source alternatives for Microsoft's costly MS-Office product. Open Office has been developed for many languages and supporting all leading operating systems and platforms. It is synchronizable with MS Office and other office products and has an additional format of exporting files in pdf formats. 

 
Features

• Available for all leading Operating Systems like Windows, Linux, Mac and Solaris. 

• Supports a large number of languages. At present, it support more than 170 different languages.

• There are many new features incorporated like New extensions and templates available, new sidebar, Color pallets and gradients, Gallery themes and enhancements, better print preview, enhanced copy/paste and drag/drop, SVG import and export enhancements, New toolbar management.

• Additional Language support has been incorporated. 

• Commercial Support available. 

• Refined the Selection Handles user interface.

• Speed of Graphics rendering has been improved.

• Graphical User Interface has been improved.

• Python support has been updated.

• Support for system C++ STL

•  Better gradient support in metafiles.

 and much more. 

Although Open source softwares are a bit on lower side with user interface, but the functionality is much better and since thousands of free minded technolgy lovers are always there to help you for free, you should at least go on and try it. 

So, if you are thinking of buying any commercial Office tools for thousands, download a free copy of Apache Open Office, use it for a month and you won't feel the need of buying. 

Download

Apache OpenOffice can be downloaded from its OpenOffice download link. 

The official website of OpenOffice is http://www.openoffice.org/.

You can download a copy from there according to your operating system and processor type, get help from them, and even learn about it through their documentation. 

If you are a developer and want to contribute in making it better, you can register with them. :)

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Free Download Manager features and download

Using Internet Download Manager IDM from sometime and your trial period is over? And you don't wanna pay for it? 

Free Download Manager is an open source software that is as competent and powerful as Internet download manager and is completely free. 

Features: Some of the features of FDM free download manager are 

• Increased download speeds: FDM splits a file into sections and download these parts depending upon their availability and server load. As a result the overall download time is much less than normal download options as given by browsers. 

• Resume supported. Your broken downloads can be resumed again. You need not to worry if your internet gets disconnected or downloading fails due to any error. 

• Traffic usage adjustment: You can limit bandwidth usage according to your preference with Free Download Manager. 

• Simultaneous download: Download more than one file simultaneously and you don't need to wait for one file to complete downloading before you start another.

• Available in different languages. Free download manager supports about 30 languages including Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Croatian, Korean, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese Traditional, Chinese, Czech, German, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Uzbek, Greek, Vietnamese, Slovenian, Persian. 

• Other features like site explorer which lets you browse the structure of a site and download folders accordingly, HTML spider for downloading a complete web page or files with some preferred extensions from a website, file manager and scheduler for automatic handling of downloads.

• Free download Manager is also available in portable version. 

Downloads:

Free Download Manager 3.8 Download Here.  
You can download source code if FDM here.

There is a lite version you can download which has less features but requires less memory and resources. You can download it Free download manager lite version free download.

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Top 5 Linux Distributions Download Links.

Here are the download pages for 5 of the most used Linux distributions.



Fedora

Fedora Download Page. 


Ubuntu

Ubuntu Download Home page. 


linux Mint.

Linux Mint Download Page. 


debian

Debian Download Page.


open SUSE

Open suse download. 

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Useful keyboard shortcuts for Ubuntu.

 

Key Board shortcuts are an efficient way of doing things fastly. Getting familiarizes with them reduces a lot of time for a geek. Here's some of the most used shortcuts for Ubuntu.

Desktop shortcuts.

Alt + F4                     Close the current window.
Alt + F2                     Display command window.
Alt + Tab                   Switch between the windows.
Ctrl + Alt + L             Lock the screen.
Ctrl + Super + D         Hide all windows and show the desktop.
Ctrl + Alt + Delete     Log out.


Common editing shortcuts.

Ctrl + A     Select All. Texts or Items.
Ctrl + X     Cut Selected texts or items and put them into clipboard.
Ctrl + C     Copy selected items or texts to clipboard.
Ctrl + V     Paste the contents of the clipboards.
Ctrl + Z     Undo the last action/step.


Navigate Windows. 

Alt + F4                 Close the current windows.

Ctrl + Super + ↓     Restore a maximized windows to its original state. 
Alt + F7                 Move the current window. Press alt + f7 and then use the arrow keys to move the window. 
Alt + F8.               Resize the current window. Press alt + f7 and then use the arrow keys to move the window.
Ctrl + Super + ↑     Maximize the window.
Alt + Space           Pop up the window menu as if you have right click on title bar. 


Capturing from the screen. 

Print Screen (prt sc)      Take a screenshot of the screen. 
Alt + Print Screen.         Take a screenshot of a window. 
Shift + Print Screen.      Take a screenshot of an area of the screen. 

Note. Super Key is the key on the left side of the keyboard with a windows logo on it. 


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LibreOffice 4. Best Alternative to MS Office.

 LibreOffice 4 is the most recent and stable version released of LibreOffice with new features and several important changes and updates. Its an office suite free to use and with source code availability. There is a large number of LibreOffice users across the world and its available for all leading platforms be it Windows, Linux, Mac. 




LibreOffice is considered among the tenchos, the best open source and free Office suite. Here's why. 

• Free and open source.
• Availability for over 30 languages.
• Stable since its been in development phase since 20 years. 
• Users involvement in its development and testing. 
• Simple to use and powerful user interface. 
• Easy import of office documents from MS Office, or OpenOffice. 

What's included in the LibreOffice 4 Suite: 

• Writer. Its a word processor. With features like auto-completion, auto-spelling check and auto formatting, its no less than its competitors in the market. Its powerful enough to handle desktop publishing and creating brochures and newsletters.

•  Calc. Analyzing data and presenting it to charts and pie diagrams is its main function. With the capability of importing data from Oracle, SQL databases, its much more powerful than you can think and with full documentation and help, you will not find it any difficult to work with it. 

• Impress. Its the fastest and easiest way of creating presentation. With a rich set of in built multimedia animation and effects will let you create something that's different and more attractive in comparison to MS Office. 

• Draw. Its a drawing tool. You can draw anything from a plane simple line diagram to 3D diagrams. its strength depends on the purpose of your use. 

• Base. Its the front end database tool which gives you the option of either integrating your existing database structures with LibreOffice components or creating a stand alone interface to the database.  Queries and Databases from Ms Access to SQL, PostgreSQL can be easily imported. Supports a wide range of Databases. Most of them are in-built. If not, they can easily be integrated. 

• Math. Its an equation editor used to create complex mathematical formulas in standard notations. 

So, you wanna give it a try? 

You can download LibreOffice versions according to your system, versions you want, and languages you are most friendly with. 

LibreOffice_4 Download. (Main website).
It comes with direct downloads, or through torrents. There is an option of downloading it as a portable software without the need to install.
If you are an existing MS Office user, giving it a try is not a bad idea.

Source Code:  You can download LibreOffice Source Code here. 

System Requirement:   
System requirements for Windows, Linux, Mac OS. 

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