Tech Remedy

Free is an amazing word! I decided to compile a list of 100+ of the very best free applications for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Not all of the apps listed work on all platforms…so make sure to look into it on your own. This list is broken down into 11 pages. Each page accounts for a software category. Feel free to leave additional free programs that you like in the comments!

Categories:

• Web Browsers
• Anti-Virus/Security
• Graphics/Photos
• Media Players/Converters/Streamers
• Bit Torrent Clients
• Programming/Development
• FTP/SCP/SSH
• System Tools
• Chat/Messengers/Social
• Archive Management
• Productivity

Linux is powerful. VERY powerful. The limits are unknown! What is the most effective use of this power you ask? Well, synthesizing a guitar tuner with the command line of course! Here’s how it’s done:

Step 1. Install SoX using a package manager or downloading the source here.

Step 2. Start simple. Let’s start with the following command which will give you an A:

play -n synth sine 220

To stop the tone, use your break key. Usually Ctrl – C.

Step 3. Step it up a notch. Now, let’s try a nice one liner that will give you each of the notes from the low E to the high E and then stop:

for n in E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4; do play -n synth 4 pluck $n repeat 2; done

Well, there you have it! Let me know in the comments section if you come up with any other cool uses for SoX!