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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: AES Crypt – file encryption tool

November 9, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Security, Software

AES Crypt is file encryption software that uses the industry standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to easily and securely encrypt files.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Disk Utility

November 4, 2022 Steve Emms Software, System Software, Utilities

Apple Disk Utility is a system utility for performing disk and disk volume-related tasks on macOS. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Saving Money with Linux: Gaming

November 2, 2022 Steve Emms Games, Software

Gaming is often synonymous with guzzling electricity. We explore ways to minimise your energy footprint while still having great fun.

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Best Free and Open Source Software – October 2022 Updates

November 1, 2022 Steve Emms Software

October 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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System Administration

40 Excellent Ways to Manage Your System – Essential System Tools

October 28, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Internet, Software, System Software, Utilities

This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small, indispensable utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: Imagine – image optimization

October 28, 2022 Steve Emms Graphics, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Imagine is software to compress PNG, JPEG and WebP images. This graphical utility sports a modern interface.

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System Administration

Essential System Tools: kmon – manage Linux kernel modules

October 26, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

kmon is a text-based tool to help you manage the Linux kernel modules and to monitor the kernel activities.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel PDF Document Writer

October 24, 2022 Steve Emms Office, Software

Corel PDF Document Writer lets users convert documents, emails, images and other file types into a PDF for viewing and sharing. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: No More Secrets – data decryption effects

October 19, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

No More Secrets (nms) is a command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 thriller film Sneakers.

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Linux

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Terminal

October 17, 2022 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Apple Terminal provides a command line interface to control the UNIX-based operating system that lurks below macOS. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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