Brave is a free and open-source web browser developed by Brave Software Inc. based on the Chromium web browser. The browser blocks ads and website trackers. In a future version of the browser, the company has proposed adopting a pay-to-surf business model. As of 2018, Brave supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. The current…
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Chrome OS What is it?
Chrome OS is an operating system designed by Google that is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface. As a result, Chrome OS primarily supports web applications. Chrome is very stable and very secure. It is perfect for an individual or group that uses Google apps or other web apps. When using Chrome OS the user…
Run Linux Apps In Chrome OS
Chrome OS is perfect for an individual or group that uses Google apps or other web apps but sometimes you may need a stand-alone application. That’s when you break out the Windows or Mac machines but maybe no longer. You can run full Linux apps inside of Chrome OS using Flatpak a software utility for software deployment, package management, and application…
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions take place between users directly, without an intermediary. These transactions are verified by network nodes through the use of cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. Bitcoin was invented by an unknown person or group…
What is a Chrome OS?
Chrome OS is an operating system designed by Google that is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface. As a result, Chrome OS primarily supports web applications The first Chrome OS laptop, known as a Chromebook, arrived in May 2011. Initial Chromebook shipments from Samsung and Acer occurred in July 2011. Chrome OS is only available pre-installed on hardware from Google…
New CloudReady – Build A Chromebook
CloudReady is an operating system built and maintained by Neverware. Based on Google’s open source Chromium OS, CloudReady uses web apps and cloud storage instead of traditional software and local storage. Neverware is a venture-backed technology company that provides a service to make old PCs and Macs run like new. In February 2015 the company…
Free Tax Software
Hardly anyone uses tax software anymore because it has to be up-to-date always. This is done much easier in the cloud so nearly everyone has move to web applications. this being the case you could still try this program: OpenTaxSolver (OTS) is a free, safe + secure program for calculating Tax Form entries and tax-owed…
Pinta, A Simple Image Editor for Linux
Pinta is an open-source, cross-platform bitmap image drawing and editing program inspired by Paint.NET, a similar image editing program which is limited to Microsoft Windows. Pinta has more features than Microsoft Paint. Compared with open-source image editor GIMP Pinta is simpler and has fewer features. READ MORE
Get Started With GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks. You can get GIMP at GIMP.ORG and Ninite. There are many resources to learn how to use GIMP including: Lynda – Get…
Paint.Net
PAINT.NET is a freeware raster graphics editor program for Microsoft Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. paint.net was originally created by Rick Brewster as a Washington State University student project, and has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paint program into an editor with support for layers, blending, transparency, and plugins. Of course…
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