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Thursday, February 23, 2012

23 Linux applications that will improve your life

There are linux applications for everything from domestic use, school, military, etc etc. But today we’re going to name a few programs to improve your life in many ways.
I will appoint 2 or 3 applications for every improvement that can help you get linux but the reality is that the number of existing programs that meet this objective are a lot more than I can get to name this post, including many more of which get to know someday.

Improve your financial situation

1 - Buddi . Designed for home users with little or no accounting experience. Offers options that most people need while maintaining a clean and simple interface.
2 - jGnash . A double-entry program for household finances. Manages investments, supports multiple currencies and can import data from Microsoft Money.

Lose Weight

3 - Cronometer . If you have a calorie-reduced diet this application can help you keep track of what you consume, and give you some data about your health.
4 - SportsTracker . If you are preparing for a sporting event or just want to cultivate the habit of healthy living based on this application exercises can help you plan and track your progress. You can count calories burned with each exercise, the time that you ran or biked, etc..
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5 -  TurtleSport . It is quite similar to the above but need a Garmin to get the info of where you’ve been to generate reports. You can also integrate with Google Earth or Google Maps.
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Quitting

6 - QuitCount - This application helps you stay motivated to quit. You only have to indicate the day you stopped smoking and the application will indicate the amount of money you’ve saved, the tar has not entered your body and how long you’ve added to your expectation of life.
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Eliminate bad habits with the pc

7 - KeePass . If you have the bad habit of using the same key for all or forgotten passwords can be removed with this application. Used to safely store the keys of web sites and applications you use. The keys are stored unlocked encryptadas and a master key.
8 - BleachBit . How long have you performed the last basic maintenance on your pc?With this program you will be able to accelerate a bit and get the pc disk space due to deletion of temporary files, cookies, cache cleaning, etc..
9 - Areca Backup . Do not make backups of your files is one of the worst habits, and probably the most repeated. With Areca this task becomes easier. It also offers other options such as file compression, encryption and more.

Starting your own business

10 - Apache OFBiz . Apache Open for Business Project provides much of the software you need for a business. ERP, CRM, e-commerce, assistance, and more outlets.
11 - PrestaShop . Mounts a virtual store and start your online business. It is very easy to use and more than 100,000 sites currently use it.

Organize

12 - yEd . Create flowcharts and organizational tree. Not open source but free. If they want something they can still use open source Dia.
13 - VUE . Used to create mental maps to organize ideas, brainstorm, plan activities or taking notes.
14 - GanttProject . As the name suggests is to create Gantt charts so that planning, organizing and managing large projects of all kinds.

Make better use of your time

15 - eHour . Used to control how long you use in assignments and projects. It is ideal for consultants and freelancers.
16 - Makagiga . It’s an application similar to the popular RedNoteBook that allows annotations and keeping track of upcoming events. It has calendar, text editor, image viewer, reader feeds, list, etc..

Get a new hobby

17 - Stellarium . If you want to learn something about astronomy this program can show how the stars are arranged at any time anywhere in the world. Is also used by many planetariums.
18 - Sweet Home 3D . This program helps you create and display home designs in 2D and 3D.
19 - ScoreDate . The application name is not indicative of what he does. This application helps both beginners and more avanzandos to read music, notes, etc.. Has training and exercises that range from the basics.
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Learning a new language

20 - jVLT . It is a Java application to learn the vocabulary of other languages. It also serves to make small tests to see how much has been learned.

Improve your mind

21 - Brain Workshop . It is an exercise program that applies dual n-back to increase fluid intelligence by training working memory. This is no joke but there are many studies that show how this type of exercise fail to increase the IQ of people. 
Being more spiritual
22 - CoolReader . Of course we know that reading is very beneficial for the mind, there’s no doubt. CoolReader And you can read thousands of ebooks in many formats found on the web.
23 - Pauker . It helps you to memorize what you want. Use a card and you can put whatever you want them to remember it easier. It also brings many predefined sets of cards. And with exercises that help you improve your memory short, super short and long term.
How many of these applications already use? How much will you start using?

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