If you're a fan of Tropico, good news: there are other games out there which are similar to the style of gameplay of Tropico 6 or its predecessors. Here are the best games like Tropico. Most of these (but not all!) are strategy based city building games, although the word "city" is used loosely here to mean anything from a city to a country.
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Read moreFree alternatives to Microsoft Excel which can still read Excel files
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Microsoft Excel is a pretty good spreadsheet and graphing program, but its subscription can be costly. If that's a concern for you, there's a solution: there are several free, legal Excel alternatives which can read and write files in Excel format. This means that if you have existing Excel files, there's no worries - these free spreadsheet programs still work with your existing Excel files.
Read moreThe Firefox browser is able to fill out forms for you automatically, including your passwords. This illustrated tutorial shows you how to set up autofill for Firefox. We also explain the risks of autofill and when you should and shouldn't use it.
Read moreFree alternatives to MS Word - for Windows, Mac and Linux
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Yes, there are free, legal alternatives to MS Word available. Best of all, they can read from MS Word format and write to that format also. So you still have the ability to read, edit and save your existing Word documents when you use these free word processing programs.
This is ideal if you've recently gotten a new computer but understandably don't want to pay a monthly subscription fee to install and use MS Office. That's right, you can get the same word processing functionality for free.
Read moreHow to edit files in the Webmin file manager (illustrated)
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Yes, you can edit files directly from the Webmin file manager. It's not immediately intuitive how to do it though, so here is an illustrated tutorial.
If you're familiar with cPanel or another Linux server control panel for VPS, Webmin's interface isn't quite as clear but rest assured it's easily possible to edit files in Webmin. You won't need to download and upload files or install any additional software on your server.
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