Linux has a good range of open source archive managers. Here’s our pick.
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Category: CLI
5 Best Free and Open Source Console Web Browsers
A web browser is the quintessential desktop application. We recommend the finest free and open source console based web browsers.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools
Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux, top is a troubleshooting tool that often comes up in conversation.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Command Line Navigation Tools
Tiny but useful tools that complement the cd command. Free and open source goodness.
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TermTrack – Track satellites in your terminal
TermTrack is a terminal-based program that lets you track the orbits of artificial satellites. The program is written in Python.
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Excellent System Utilities: CPU-X – system profiler tool
CPU-X is a similar tool to the Windows utility CPU-Z. Unlike CPU-Z, CPU-X is free and open source Linux software. Here’s our review.
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Best Free and Open Source Terminal Session Recording
Console screencast software (also known as terminal recorder) lets you capture your terminal. Here’s our recommended open source software.
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Terminal Image Viewer – display images in a terminal
Terminal Image Viewer is a small program to display images in a (modern) terminal using RGB ANSI codes and unicode block graphics characters. It’s free and open source software.
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Delightful Free and Open Source ASCII Art Tools
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures put together from characters defined by the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) standard.
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9 Best Free Console-Based Diff Tools
File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result of the comparison is often known as a diff. Here’s our recommended free and open source console-based diff tools.
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