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svu is a small helper for release scripts and workflows

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

svu provides utility commands and functions to increase specific portions of the version.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dd

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to dd, a popular utility to convert and copy a file.

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Guitar

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Guitar Tools

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This feature recommends the finest Linux applications that are targeted at guitarists. All of the software featured here is open source, free to download, and are easy to install and intuitive to use.

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concurrently lets you run multiple commands concurrently

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

concurrently is similar to the command npm run watch-js & npm run watch-less but better.

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Encrypted Files

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI File Encryption Tools

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

This roundup looks at the finest GUI-based file encryption tools. Only free and open source software is included.

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System administration

ddrescueview examines ddrescue’s mapfiles

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ddrescueview is a small tool that allows users to graphically examine ddrescue’s mapfiles in a user friendly GUI application.

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Backup software

7 Best Free and Open Source Restic Front-Ends

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Roundup, System Software

restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. We feature some useful front-ends for restic.

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Password Managers

kpcli is a command line interface to KeePass database files

March 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

kpcli is a command line interface (interactive shell) to work with KeePass 1.x or 2.x database files.

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14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based News Aggregators

March 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

A news aggregator is software which collect news, weblog posts, and other information. We recommend the best terminal-based news aggregators.

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Essential-Utilities

entr – Event Notify Test Runner

March 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

entr is a utility that runs arbitrary commands when files change.

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