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System administration

dnsperf – measure performance of authoritative domain name services

August 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnsperf and resperf are tools that make it simple to gather accurate latency and throughput metrics for Domain Name Service (DNS).

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System administration

TinyDNS – tiny DNS server

August 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

TinyDNS is a tiny DNS server with simple JSON config written in C.

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Web Browsers

gohttpserver – HTTP static file server

August 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

gohttpserver is a HTTP static file server with a human-friendly user interface and lots of features.

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System administration

ctrld – configurable DNS forwarding proxy

August 10, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

ctrld is a highly configurable DNS forwarding proxy. All DNS protocols are supported.

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Chat

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical IRC Clients

August 9, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. We recommend the best free and open source graphical IRC clients.

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Ten Forward – control a NAT-PMP gateway

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Ten Forward requests port forwarding to your gateway. Create multiple mapping configurations, which can individually be requested.

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WebRTC

14 Best Free and Open Source Linux WebRTC Tools

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

WebRTC is real-time communication for the web, enabling video, voice, and data transfer between peers using an open standard.

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Network

astronaut – Gemini browser for the terminal

August 4, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

astronaut is a Gemini browser for the terminal. It’s written in the Go programming language.

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14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Gemini Clients

August 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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ZapZap – WhatsApp Desktop for Linux

August 3, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

ZapZap brings the WhatsApp experience on Linux closer to that of a native application.

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System administration

Digger – modern DNS lookup tool with a graphical interface

August 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Digger is a modern DNS lookup tool that provides a user-friendly graphical interface for the dig command.

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Endlessh

sshp – parallel SSH executor

August 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

sshp manages multiple ssh processes and handles coalescing the output to the terminal.

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Static Site Generators

21 Best Free and Open Source Python Static Site Generators

July 30, 2025 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers.

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WiFi

BrosTrend AX3000 WiFi Range Extender & Wi-Fi to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Review

July 29, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Internet, Reviews

The BrosTrend AX3000 is a 2 in 1 device. First, it’s a dual band Wi-Fi range extender. It also provides a Wi-Fi to Gigabit ethernet adapter.

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Wifi

10 Best Free and Open Source Wireless Security Tools

July 29, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

Wireless security is the prevention of unauthorized access or damage to computers or data using wireless networks, which include Wi-Fi networks.

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Network

asuka – Gemini browser

July 28, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

asuka is a Gemini Project client written in Rust with NCurses.

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Web Design

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Servers

July 27, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

The main function of a web server is to display website content through storing, processing and delivering webpages to users. Here’s our verdict on the best free and open source web servers.

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Network

cgmnlm – colorful Gemini line mode client

July 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

cgmnlm is a colorful Gemini line mode client which includes a CLI utility (gmni) and a line-mode browser (cgmnlm).

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Network

tinmop – client for Gemini, gopher, kami, and Mastodon

July 25, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

tinmop offers a distraction free terminal interface and a GUI for accessing the geminispace.

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System administration

octoDNS – manage DNS across multiple providers

July 23, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

octoDNS provides a set of tools and patterns that make it easy to manage your DNS records across multiple providers.

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