

It is preinstalled on Ubuntu and most distros. Tool for scanning physical paper documents into digital files. PDFSAM is not preinstalled but available to be installed manually. You can find this tool helpful also for making digital journal which consists of PDF parts. You can use it too if you wish to separate a document into parts with range you choose. You can use this tool to join several documents with chapter order you choose. Tool for splitting and joining PDF document. Fcitx and Mozc are preinstalled on Ubuntu, but not in most distros, however they are available to install manually.

Tool for writing text not in Latin alphabet script i.e. GIMP and G'MIC are not preinstalled on Ubuntu and most distros but can be easily installed. For research example in this field, read David Revoy's interview. doing optical character recorgition (OCR) with Tesseract. from images you are researching for further processing e.g. With GIMP you can easily adjust things such as brightness, color, contrast, etc. G'MIC is tool for image processing, often paired with GIMP, which can help your research if it involves images. Inkscape is not preinstalled but available on Ubuntu and most distros to be installed manually. Tool for drawing and making illustrations.

If your research involves foreign languages, you will find this tool very helpful. StarDict is not preinstalled but available on Ubuntu and most distros to be installed manually. You can install the software and later add up dictionary files as you wish from repositories. Zotero is not preinstalled but is available as stand alone program plus Firefox and LibreOffice addons (old versions were simply an addon to Firefox).ĭictionary for almost all languages. This tool integrates well to Firefox browser and LibreOffice word processor so you can make standard paper or thesis with nice citations. Tool for managing research references, bibliography, and citations. Zotero, for example, works by "Save to Zotero" button on Firefox. The important thing is that it is used by many people including researchers and it has tremendous amount of extensions available including for research purposes. It is also preinstalled on Ubuntu and most distros. On Ubuntu and most GNU/Linux distros, this tool is preinstalled already. Zotero bibliography tool, for example, helps you creating citations and bibliographies easily on LibreOffice Writer. On other OS, this is equal to MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with abilities to write math equations, draw diagrams and flowchart, plus make database, plus many more extensions. Subscribe to UbuntuBuzz Telegram Channel to get article updates directly.
