This is the ninth in our series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series examines both graphical and text based open source utilities. Nmap is widely regarded as the de facto standard tool for network exploration and security auditing.
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How to build your private cloud office using virtual app appliances
Appliances, as a form of distribution, have already been launched for ONLYOFFICE-Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE-ownCloud combos, and here we explain how to install the system with seamless collaborative editing and secure file sharing in your IT environment.
Read moreResponsive Design and Fluid Grids with these Lightweight Frameworks
A framework for the quick development of websites is a structure of files and folders of standardized code (HTML, CSS, JS documents, and more) which can be used as a reference to help approach and resolve new problems of a similar nature. By providing a common structure, frameworks offer developers the opportunity to reuse code and avoid starting projects from scratch.
Read morePersepolis Download Manager: Impressive Python frontend for aria2
Persepolis Download Manager is a handy open source download manager written in Python and PyQt. It’s a graphical frontend for aria2 aiming to make downloads both easier and faster.
Read moreAria2 WebUI: Clean Web Frontend for aria2
Aria2 WebUI is an open source web frontend for aria2. The software bills itself as the finest interface to interact with aria2. That’s a lofty goal considering the competition from the likes of uGet Download Manager (which offers an aria2 plugin).
Read moreNewsboat: A Snazzy Text-Based RSS Feed Reader
Newsboat is a sleek, open source RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console. It’s a fork of Newsbeuter. RSS and Atom are a number of widely-used XML formats to transmit, publish and syndicate articles, typically news or blog articles.
Newsboat is designed to be used on text terminals on Unix or Unix-like systems. It’s entirely controlled by the keyboard.
Read morePick of the Bunch: Console Internet Applications
A console application is computer software which is able to be used via a text-only computer interface, the command line interface, or a text-based interface included within a graphical user interface operating system, such as a terminal emulator (such as GNOME Terminal or the aforementioned Terminator). Whereas a graphical user interface application generally involves using the mouse and keyboard (or touch control), with a console application the primary (and often only) input method is the keyboard.
Read moreNewsBlur – personal news reader
NewsBlur is a personal news reader that brings people together to talk about the world.
Read moreThe Old Reader – RSS reader
The Old Reader allows users to browse their daily dose of content with that very special bit shared by friends, with notes and comments.
Read moreInoReader – RSS/Atom Reader
InoReader is a light and fast RSS/Atom Reader inspired by the now defunct Google Reader.
Read moreFeedspot – social feed reader
Feedspot is a social feed reader. It compiles news feeds from a variety of online sources based on topic or websites.
Read moreOpenStack – cloud computing project
OpenStack is a free and open source cloud computing project to provide an infrastructure as a service (IaaS).
Read moreTop 5 Lightweight Web Servers
There is a good range of lightweight web servers released under an open source license. To provide an insight in the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 5 high quality open source lightweight web servers. Hopefully there will be something of interest here for anyone who wants to run a web server.
Read moreFeedly – be in the know
Feedly is a news aggregator application for various Web browsers and mobile devices running iOS and Android.
Read moreSylpheed – lightweight and user-friendly e-mail client
Sylpheed is a simple, lightweight and featureful e-mail client based on the GTK+ GUI toolkit. Sylpheed uses a 3-paned display.
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