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Best Free and Open Source Linux Software

April 18, 2025 Steve Emms Software

This is the largest collection of software recommendations. The collection includes hundreds of articles, with comprehensive sections on internet, graphics, games, programming, science, office, utilities, and more.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: grep

April 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.

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Google Analytics

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Analytics

April 1, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Google Analytics is an exceptional platform for both website and mobile app analytics. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2025 Updates

April 1, 2025 Steve Emms Software

March 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Find

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dd

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to dd, a popular utility to convert and copy a file.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: man

March 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

A Linux system comes with a whole collection of system reference manuals (known as man pages). There’s a man page for each command or program.

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Terminal Session Recording

ttyd shares your terminal over the web

March 29, 2025 Steve Emms Software

ttyd is a simple command-line tool for sharing terminal over the web.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: find

March 25, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to find.

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Radio

rtl-dab is a DAB receiver

March 24, 2025 Steve Emms Software

rtl-dab is a DAB/DAB+ receiver to use with rtl-sdr sticks.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig

March 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.

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