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Author: Steve Emms
BOSGAME VTA-439: Run VirtualBox on the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470’s Zen 5 Cores
Run VirtualBox on the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470’s Zen 5 cores with taskset and a KDE desktop entry, avoiding slower Zen 5c cores.
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SquirrelDisk – fast and attractive disk usage analyzer
SquirrelDisk is a fast open source disk usage analyzer with sunburst and treemap views, cleanup tools, SSH scanning, cloud storage and themes.
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MQTT TUI – terminal user interface for MQTT
MQTT TUI is a terminal user interface for MQTT that lets users subscribe to topics, watch incoming messages, and publish payloads.
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goimports – Fix and Format Go Imports
goimports formats Go source code while adding missing imports, removing unused imports, and organising import groups automatically.
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godap – work with LDAP directories
godap provides an interactive explorer for browsing directory objects, viewing and editing attributes, performing recursive searches.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Application Sandboxing Tools
Explore Linux application sandboxing tools for isolating software and restricting access to system resources.
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16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Dictionary Tools
We recommend the best free and open source dictionary tools.
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LazyNginx – terminal-based manager for Nginx
LazyNginx provides a keyboard-driven interface for checking service status, starting and stopping Nginx, restarting the service, and more.
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9 Best Free and Open Source LDAP Solutions
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an application protocol for accessing directory services.
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FileBrowser Quantum – feature-rich web file manager
FileBrowser Quantum is a self-hosted web file manager with advanced search, sharing, authentication, previews, access controls and WebDAV support.
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11 Useful Free and Open Source systemd CLI/TUI Configuration Tools
systemd is a Linux init system and system manager that’s used by most modern Linux distributions. We pick some useful CLI and TUI tools.
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goconst – find repeated literals that could be constants
goconst finds repeated string and numeric literals in Go source code that could be replaced by constants, with flexible filtering and output options.
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Scrivus – local-first novel-writing app
Scrivus is a local-first novel-writing app combining drafting, planning, revision, worldbuilding, manuscript organisation and export tools.
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Lingueez – desktop vocabulary trainer for language learning
Lingueez is a desktop vocabulary trainer with flashcards, translation, text-to-speech, reading tools, quizzes, progress tracking and sync.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: September 2026 Updates
September 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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LinuxLinks Policy on AI-Heavy Software Projects
We explain why AI-heavy open source projects rarely feature on LinuxLinks and the standards software must meet before we recommend it.
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14 Best Free and Open Source Linux IPTV Players
This roundup highlights the finest IPTV streaming applications for Linux. The tools support live TV, movies, and series.
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Tako – multi-transport Rust framework for network services
Tako is a Rust framework for building backend network services across HTTP, WebSocket, SSE, gRPC, TCP, UDP, Unix sockets and WebTransport.
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Zone Timeline TUI – compare time zones and working hours
Zone Timeline TUI compares time zones and working hours with interactive timelines, overlap analysis, a world map and plain-text output.
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