Skip to content
LinuxLinks

LinuxLinks

The Linux Portal Site

  • Home
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Series
  • Search

Category: Software

System Administration

Excellent System Utilities: Ventoy – create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files

November 2, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.

Read more
Best Free and Open Source Software

Best Free and Open Source Software – October 2020 Updates

November 1, 2020 Steve Emms Software

October 2020 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software.

Read more
asciiworld

asciiworld – world map depicted in ASCII

October 30, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software

asciiworld offers world maps depicted in ASCII. asciiworld is free and open source.

Read more
Now and Then - File managers

Now and Then: What happened to 5 promising file managers?

October 28, 2020 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Back in 2012, we carried a feature looking at 5 file managers that received little media coverage but which carried bountiful promise.

Read more
Utilities

colorls – turbocharged alternative to ls

October 26, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software

colorls is a Ruby script that enhances ls with color and font-awesome icons. colorls is free and open source software.

Read more
Linux Candy

Linux Candy: Hollywood – fill your console with Hollywood melodrama technobabble

October 23, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software

Hollywood is a 102 line script that occupies your console with tech geekery.

Read more
Now and Then - Linux Distributions

Now and Then: The Fate of 15 Linux Distributions

October 21, 2020 Steve Emms Software

What happened to 15 popular Linux distributions? Are they still going strong, are they outclassed by other distributions, or are they only remembered like fingerprints on an abandoned handrail?

Read more
mpz

mpz – open source music player

October 19, 2020 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

mpz is a music player that’s designed for large, locally stored, music collections. Here’s our review on this open source software.

Read more
Linux Candy

Linux Candy: Evolvotron – interactive generative art software

October 16, 2020 Steve Emms Graphics, Reviews, Software

Evolvotron is an interactive “generative art” application to evolve images/textures/patterns/animations.

Read more
imagededup

Image Deduplicator – find duplicate images

October 14, 2020 Steve Emms Graphics, Reviews, Software

Image Deduplicator is a Python package that simplifies the task of finding exact and near duplicates in images.

Read more
Nyxt - Web Browser

Nyxt – keyboard-oriented extensible open source web browser

October 12, 2020 Steve Emms Internet, Reviews, Software

Nyxt is a keyboard-oriented, extensible web-browser designed for power users.

Read more
Now and Then - Lean Desktop Environments

Now and Then: The Development of 6 Lean Desktop Environments

October 11, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Software

Back in early 2008, we published a feature recommending the best 6 lean desktop environments. How did they fare?

Read more
Linux Candy

Linux Candy: XDecorations – Holiday lights and more

October 9, 2020 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Software, Utilities

XDecorations is a small utility that lets you add decorations to your desktop. It’s our latest addition to the fun Linux Candy series.

Read more
Utilities

Excellent Utilities: fd – superior alternative to the venerable find

October 5, 2020 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

fd is a utility that searches for files in a directory hierarchy. Here’s our review.

Read more
Now and Then - Integrated Development Environments

Now and Then: The Fate of 5 Open Source Integrated Development Environments

October 4, 2020 Steve Emms Programming, Software

In 2014, we identified 5 promising free and open source Integrated Development Environments. How did they fare?

Read more
Best Free and Open Source Software

Best Free and Open Source Software – September 2020 Updates

October 1, 2020 Steve Emms Software

September 2020 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

Read more
System Administration

Excellent System Utilities: CPU-X – system profiler tool

September 30, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

CPU-X is a similar tool to the Windows utility CPU-Z. Unlike CPU-Z, CPU-X is free and open source Linux software. Here’s our review.

Read more
dupeGuru

dupeGuru – find duplicate files

September 28, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

dupeGuru finds duplicate files in a given set of directories and sub-directories. It recognizes duplicates by comparing MD5 signature of files followed by a byte-to-byte comparison. Here’s our review of this open source program.

Read more
Now and Then - Music Players

Now and Then: The Journey of 5 Open Source Linux Music Players

September 27, 2020 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Back in 2016, we carried a feature looking at 5 music software that were highly promising. How did this merry band of open source software fare?

Read more
Musiko

Musiko – cross-platform music player

September 25, 2020 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Musiko is a free to use, open source and cross platform music player. It supports a good range of audio formats including both lossy and lossless formats. Here’s our review.

Read more

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 … 37 38 39 40 41 … 52 Next Posts»

Best Free Software

Document Management Systems
Documents
Web Browsers
Internet
Education
Education
Internet Radio
Audio
YouTube Tools
Video
Paint Palette
Graphics
System Administration
Admin
Docks
Desktop
Productivity
Productivity
Genome Browsers - Web Based
Science
Games
Games
Vulnerability detection
Security
Replacements for du
Utilities
Object Relational Mapping
Coding
Stockmarket
Finance
Web Delivery
Web Apps
Crafting
Other
Programming Books
Books

Data Science

Data ScienceTake our free interactive courses in data science. There are courses for Python using pandas and plotnine and R using ggplot2.

Get up to speed in 20 minutes. No programming knowledge is required.

Recent Comments

  • Kolran on Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates
  • Desmond D on Receiver – Linux tool to enjoy 30,000+ verified radio stations
  • Steve Emms on jdvrif – hide files within a JPG cover image
  • Nick Cleasby on jdvrif – hide files within a JPG cover image
  • Ben on Receiver – Linux tool to enjoy 30,000+ verified radio stations
  • Desmond D on 4 Best Free and Open Source Shutdown Timers
  • joemaro on 4 Best Free and Open Source Shutdown Timers
  • Steve Emms on rainy – neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool
  • Torin Doyle on rainy – neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool
  • Steve Emms on Gazelle – minimal NetworkManager TUI

Programming Books

Read our curated lists of great free programming books. Learn Java, C, Python, C++, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and many more languages.

Alternatively, check out our series of great free programming tutorials.

Feedback

Help expand our coverage of Linux software by completing our:

  • Open-source software form
  • Linux distro form

Your feedback is very much appreciated. Complete our contact form.

Support Us


Donate
to LinuxLinks

Thank you for supporting LinuxLinks. If you like our site, the best way to ensure it remains available is to make a donation.

Small Devices

We’re publishing a series of articles for each of these Linux-based phones, Mini PCs, SBCs, and NAS devices.

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus laptop
BOSGAME M6 HX370 – AMD
BOSGAME M4 Plus – AMD
Minisforum AI X1 Pro – AMD
Minisforum UM890 Pro – AMD
Volla Phone Quintus with UT (ARM)
HP ProBook 440 G8 Refurb – Intel
ASRock NUC BOX-255H – Intel
Aiffro K100 All-SSD NAS – Intel
Orange Pi 6 Plus (ARM)
Orange Pi R2S (RISC-V)
Orange Pi RV2 (RISC-V)
Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Max (ARM)
Raspberry Pi 5 (ARM)

Other SBC series are available on our Series landing page.

Replace Proprietary Software

Migrate from large multinational software companies and embrace free and open source solutions.

Google
Google
Microsoft
Microsoft
Apple
Apple
Adobe
Adobe
IBM
IBM
Autodesk
Autodesk
Oracle
Oracle
Atlassian
Atlassian
Corel
Corel
Cisco
Cisco
Intuit
Intuit
SAS
SAS
Progress
Progress
Salesforce
Salesforce
Citrix
Citrix

Reviews

ReviewsWe’ve written tons of in-depth and completely impartial reviews of open source software. Read our reviews.

New to Linux?

NewbieBegin your Linux journey with our easy-to-understand guide designed for newcomers.

Mega Compilations

100 GUI Apps
100 TUI Apps
100 CLI Apps

Recent Posts

  • 8 Best Free and Open Source Network Intrusion Detection Systems
  • ComiGo – web-based comic book reader
  • 18 Best Free and Open Source Build Systems
  • omm – keyboard-driven task manager
  • 10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Speed Reading Tools
  • Sitra – get fonts from online sources
  • 16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Email Clients
  • todlog – task and log manager
  • 15 Top Free and Open Source PHP Web Frameworks
  • xdg-mime – query information about file type

Desktops

9 Best Desktops
24 KDE Themes
33 KDE Widgets
42 GNOME Extensions
Pantheon, Trinity, LXDE

Archives

Related

Contact us
Link us
FAQ
Comment FAQ
ForFOSS.com
OSSBlog.org
Privacy Policy

© LinuxLinks 1998-2026: Designed by LinuxLinks.