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rxfetch – minimal but geeky fetch utility

December 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

rxfetch is a custom system fetching tool written in a Bash script.

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transgender – minimalistic terminal file explorer

December 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

transgender is a minimalistic TUI file explorer with minimal dependencies, written by a Ranger hater.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Disk Cleanup

December 30, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Microsoft Disk Cleanup is a computer maintenance utility designed to free up disk space. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Web Content Management Systems

6 Best Free and Open Source JavaScript-Based Web Content Management Systems

December 30, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Here are our favorite JavaScript-based web content management systems. They are all free and open source software.

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gg – TUI for small offline games

December 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Games

gg is a small collection of games that you can play in your terminal.

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screenFetch – Bash information tool

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

screenFetch is a handy Bash script that can be used to generate one of those nifty terminal theme information and ASCII distribution logos.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tar

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We showcase free and open source alternatives to tar, the most widely used archiving utility in Linux systems.

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File Managers

fex – command-line file explorer prioritizing quick navigation

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

fex is a command-line file explorer inspired by Vim, exa and fzf, built with quick exploration and navigation in mind.

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stagen – wlroots-based wayland compositor

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

stagen is a simple experimental wlroots-based wayland compositor.

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Files

11 Best Free and Open Source non-GTK non-Qt File Managers

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

There are many graphical non-Qt and non-Gtk file managers available. This article examines 11 such file managers.

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tere – terminal file explorer

December 28, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

tere is a terminal file explorer. It is a faster alternative to using cd and ls to browse folders in your terminal.

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TreeTag – personal data manager

December 28, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

TreeTag is a personal data manager. It stores information in a hierarchy and automatically positions items in the tree based on field values

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File Managers

Treemacs – tree layout file explorer for Emacs

December 28, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

Treemacs is a file and project explorer similar to NeoTree or vim’s NerdTree, but largely inspired by the Project Explorer in Eclipse.

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vim-tree – use tree for quick navigation

December 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

vim-tree integrates good old tree into Vim and Nvim for all common operating systems.

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Web Content Management Systems

12 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript-Based Web Content Management Systems

December 27, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Here are our favorite TypeScript-based web content management systems. They are all free and open source software.

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Logseq – privacy-first platform for knowledge management and collaboration

December 26, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

logseq is a privacy-first, open-source knowledge management and note-taking software designed to enhance productivity

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Season’s Greetings from LinuxLinks

December 25, 2024 Steve Emms Blog

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at LinuxLinks.

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Help The Site: Suggest an Open Source Program

December 24, 2024 Steve Emms Software

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Calendar

December 23, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

Microsoft Calendar is a personal calendar application which offers synchronization with various calendar services. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Hop – terminal based file explorer

December 23, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

Hop is a terminal based file explorer designed to be fast, simple and user friendly. Hop runs on any operating system.

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