There are many ways of obtaining information about the hardware you are using. The simplest and most reliable source is your system itself.
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Category: CLI
Getting Started with Docker: Dry – interactive CLI for Docker containers
Dry is a terminal application to manage and monitor Docker containers. It’s free and open source software.
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age – simple file encryption tool by Google
age is a simple, modern and secure command-line file encryption tool written in Go. Let’s check out this open source utility written by Google
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Essential System Tools: Czkawka – data cleaner
Czkawka is a free and open source multi functional program to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images, and more.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Managing Users – Part 15
We investigate how to manage users using both the GUI and the command-line. This article is part of the Linux for Starters Guide.
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Excellent Utilities: broot – next gen tree explorer and customizable launcher
broot is a utility that gives an overview of a directory, and much much more.
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pycp – cp and mv with a progressbar
pycp is an alternative to the cp and mv commands. pycp adds a progress bar. pycp is inspired by the library progressbar.
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Excellent Utilities: lsd – next gen ls command
lsd is billed as the next gen ls command. It’s free and open source software. Here’s our review of the program.
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Essential System Tools: dust – more intuitive version of du
dust gives an instant overview of which directories are using disk space. It’s name derives from the du command and that dust is written in Rust.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Manipulating Files – Part 13
This article explains the fundamentals of manipulating files from the shell. We explore cp, mv, rm and mkdir using Ubuntu 21.04.
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lfs – list your filesystems
lfs is an open source utility that lists your file systems improving on the venerable df utility in a number of ways.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Understanding the File System – Part 12
Ubuntu has a very different file system compared to Windows. It’s organized in a completely different way designed to offer more security.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Files and Permissions – Part 10
In this article we’ll take you through the basics of files and permissions. We’ll use the ls command. Part of the Linux for Starters series.
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Excellent Utilities: tldr – simplified and community-driven man pages
The tldr project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Get Started with the Terminal – Part 9
What’s a shell? What’s a terminal? The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform.
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Excellent Utilities: duf – disk usage utility
duf is a simple disk usage utility that offers a more attractive representation than the classic df utility. It’s written in Go.
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Compact Text Editors Great for Remote Editing and Much More
A text editor is software used for editing plain text files.
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mmtc – minimal mpd terminal client
mmtc is billed as a minimal MPD terminal client that aims to be simple yet highly configurable.
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vimpc – vi/vim inspired client for mpd
vimpc is a vi/vim inspired client for the Music Player Daemon (mpd). vimpc is free and open source software.
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Linux Candy: cornyjokes – corny jokes for the terminal
Harmless fun with corny jokes in your terminal. Part of the Linux Candy series.
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