Category: Windows

Quickgui and Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines

Quickemu is a wrapper for the excellent QEMU that automatically “does the right thing” when creating virtual machines. No requirement for exhaustive configuration options. You decide what operating system you want to run and Quickemu takes care of the rest 🤖

  • quickget automatically downloads the upstream OS and creates the configuration 📀
  • quickemu enumerates your hardware and launches the virtual machine with the optimum configuration best suited to your computer ⚡️

The original objective of the project was to enable quick testing of Linux distributions where the virtual machines and their configuration can be stored anywhere (such as external USB storage or your home directory) and no elevated permissions are required to run the virtual machines.

Today, Quickemu includes comprehensive support for macOS, Windows, most of the BSDs, novel non-Linux operating systems such as FreeDOS, Haiku, KolibriOS, OpenIndiana, ReactOS, and more.

Quickgui is a graphical user interface for the Quickemu virtual machine manager. Quickgui enables you to create and manage virtual machines from a simple and elegant interface. Nearly 1000 operating systems supported including Windows, macOS, BSDs, and 100s of Linux distros. All with automated downloads and configuration.

Quickemu Github page and documentation
Quickgui Github page and documentation

Hangover 9.0 Released: Run Windows Apps in ARM 64

Hangover 9.0 is released, with advanced improvements to seamlessly run Windows applications on ARM64 architecture.

Source: Hangover 9.0 Released: Run Windows Apps in ARM 64 (DebugPoint)

Whishper – Open-source, local-first audio transcription and subtitling suite with a simple web UI.

Whishper Open-source, local-first audio transcription and subtitling suite with a simple web UI.

Features

Open Source – Whishper is 100% Open Source software.

Self-Hosted – Thanks to open-source technologies, Whishper can run 100% offline. Your data never leaves your computer.

Transcribe – Transcribe any media to text. Thanks to faster-whisper, transcriptions are lightning fast.

Translate – Whishper allows you to translate your transcriptions to and from more than 60 languages thanks to Argos Translate and LibreTranslate.

Subtitles – Download the transcriptions in many formats (json, txt, vtt, srt).

Subtitle editor – Easily edit your subtitles right in the Web-UI.

Whishper is a web application that runs inside a Docker container. This means that you can install it on any machine that supports Docker.

Source: Whishper

OCR PDFs with Free Open Source Tools on a Mac with a Shell Script

Linux and Windows users can also do some of this – see the opening paragraphs of the linked article for details.

Source: OCR PDFs with Free Open Source Tools on a Mac with a Shell Script – Podfeet Podcasts

The Ultimate Guide to Wake on LAN for Windows, MacOS, and Linux

What is Wake on LAN and why is it so hard?

Source: The Ultimate Guide to Wake on LAN for Windows, MacOS, and Linux | Techno Tim Documentation

Install Ubuntu on Windows Using VirtualBox [Complete Guide]

Step by step guide on how to install Ubuntu Linux on Windows using Oracle VirtualBox and start using it with additional tips.

Source: Install Ubuntu on Windows Using VirtualBox [Complete Guide] – DebugPoint.com

How to install and use the Portmaster cross-platform network monitor

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of installing and using the Portmaster network monitor so you can better manage the security of your system on a per-app basis.

Source: How to install and use the Portmaster cross-platform network monitor

How to Extract Text From Images on Windows 10/11

… to learn how to extract text from images on Windows 11, follow our guide below.

Source: How to Extract Text From Images on Windows 10/11 | Beebom

Run Windows Software On Linux With Bottles

This tutorial explains what is Bottles, how to install Bottles in Linux and how to manage and run windows software with Bottles in Linux.

Source: Run Windows Software On Linux With Bottles – OSTechNix

Czkawka – Find & Remove Duplicates, Empty, Broken Files in Linux

Czkawka is a simple, fast and easy to use software to remove unnecessary files from your machine.

Czkawka is a free and open-source software written in memory safe Rust. It works on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Due to advanced algorithms and multi-threading, it is amazingly fast!

Source: Czkawka – Find & Remove Duplicates, Empty, Broken Files in Linux | UbuntuHandbook