OTHEROPERATING SYSTEMS What’snewforLinuxandmacOS
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MX Linuxisg ainingin popu larity and thenewest release,
code-namedPatito Feo(Span ishfor uglyduckling ), is a
leap forward. BasedonDebian10(Buster), theOSfeatures
Linuxkerne l4.19, hasastylishXfce desktopenvironment,
comeswith thelatest versions of Firefox, Thunderbird,
LibreOffice, GIMP and more,and includesnew wallpaper.
Usersofpreviousversions of MX Linuxwill have toperform
afresh in stallasitdoesn’t allowfor an in-place upgrade.
LINUXDISTRO
MXLinux19‘Patito Feo’
mxlinux.org
Minrequirements:512MBofRAM,5GB free hard-drive
space File size:1.4GB
If you’ve updatedyourMac to thelatest versionofApple’s
OS,you’llknowiTuneshas beenreplaced with separate
apps,and Aperture and iPhoto no longerwork. Retroactive,
from third-partydeveloperTyshawn Cormie r, is aclever
solution that reverses thesituation and allows iTunes,
Apertureand iPhoto to run in Catalina.OnceRetroactive is
up and running(the websiteprovidesinstructions), choose
theapp yourequireand it wi ll be modified to work.
SYSTEMTOOL
Retroactive
bit.ly/retromac 489
Minrequirements:macOS 10.15Catalina
File size:3.9MB
FastStonePhotoResizer
http://www.faststone.org
Minrequirements:Windows 7 /8.1/1 0
Filesize: 1 .7MB
Ifyouneedtoreducethesizeofsomephotosfor
sharingviaemailoruploadingtotheweb,
FastStonePhotoResizeristheperfecttoolfor
thejob.Thisfreeprogramcanbatch-resize
multipleimagesatonceandletsyouspecifya
newwidthand/orheight,orpickastandardsize.
Youcanchoosetoresizeyourphotosinpixels,
percentageorprintsize,andtherearealso
smart-croppingandsmart-fillingoptions.Aswell
asresizingphotos,FastStonecanalsoconvert
them,renamethemandapplyvariouseffects,
anditsupportsallthemainimageformats.
BatchImage
Resizer
binarymark.com
Minrequirements:
Windows 7 /8.1/1 0
Filesize: 1 MB
Thisprogramsounds
impressive–quicklyresize,
crop,rotateandfliplotsof
imagesinjustafewclicks,
andaccessmorethan 130
tools–butoneglanceatits
hideouswebsiteshouldbe
enoughtoputyouoff
downloadingit.Ifnot,then
itsheftyaskingpriceof
£31. 99 (reducedfrom
£64.99)willdefinitelysend
yourunningfortheexit.
Install this program... ...Not this one
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Theaimofthisgameistodoyourtaxes.
No,wait!It’sactuallymorefunthanit
sounds.You’refacedwithapileof
papersandmustsortthetax-related
itemsfromthejunkbyswipingleftor
right.Attheendofeachday,you’llbe
givenascoreandcanmoveon.The
gamedoesn’tgoquitehowyoumight
expect,though,soprepareyourselffor
someweirdness.
GAME
AGameAboutLiterally
DoingYourTaxes
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Minrequirements:Windows 7 /8.1/10or
macOS Filesize: 5 2.6MB