Best free and open source alternatives to Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning for burning, copying, ripping and authoring optical discs on Linux.
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Category: GUI
Software-Defined Radio: 21 Best Free Tools for Linux
This roundup looks at the finest software-defined radio tools for Linux including apps that let you listen to DAB and DAB+ broadcasts.
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PowerDevil – power management service for KDE Plasma
PowerDevil is the power management service used by KDE Plasma. It works behind Plasma’s Power Management settings and coordinates desktop behaviour.
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Parental Controls – local parental controls for supervised accounts
BigLinux Parental Controls is a GTK4 suite for supervised accounts, app restrictions, web filtering and screen-time limits.
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Power Options – Linux GUI power management
Power Options provides graphical power management with flexible profiles and extensive controls for CPU, GPU, PCI, USB and more.
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kleiner-brauhelfer – brewing assistant for hobby brewers
kleiner-brauhelfer is a Qt-based brewing assistant for creating and managing beer batches, recipes, ingredients, fermentation and equipment.
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Hello Contest – amateur radio contest logger
Hello Contest is an amateur radio contest logger with fast keyboard entry, scoring, QTC support, CW macros, spots and Hamlib integration.
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Pardus Parental Control – manage application, website and session restrictions
Pardus Parental Control is a GTK4 parental control tool for restricting applications, websites and session time on Linux.
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CatRadio – graphical ham radio control software
CatRadio is a graphical ham radio control application using Qt and Hamlib, with VFO controls, meters, rig settings and remote operation.
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Episteme Reader – privacy-focused document and e-book reader
Episteme Reader is a privacy-focused e-book and document reader with broad format support, PDF annotation, library tools and offline use.
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Cheese Paper – text editor for writing long-form prose
Cheese Paper is a free and open source text editor for long-form prose with scenes, notes, Markdown files, and story export.
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deepin Log Viewer – graphical system log viewer
deepin Log Viewer is a graphical Linux tool for searching, filtering, viewing, refreshing and exporting system and application logs.
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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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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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gap – simple native graphical text diff utility
gap is a native graphical diff utility for Linux with file and directory comparison, inner diffs, configurable views and Git integration.
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meld-rs – visual diff and merge tool
meld-rs is a Rust and GTK 4 visual diff and merge tool with file and directory comparison, three-way merging and VCS integration.
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5 Useful Free and Open Source Distrobox GUI Tools
Distrobox is software which creates and manages container-based development environments without root privileges.
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Ketchup – native Pomodoro timer for KDE
Ketchup is a native KDE Pomodoro timer with configurable focus and break periods, custom alarm sounds and automatic period switching.
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Ratio – WCAG colour contrast checker
Ratio is a colour-contrast checker that validates foreground and background combinations against key WCAG accessibility requirements.
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