We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig
This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.
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25 Strong Free and Open Source Chess Engines
Computer chess has been a phenomenal success, aiding chess analysis, and allowing players to play when no human opponents are available.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: August 2025 Updates
August 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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rqlite – distributed database built on SQLite
rqlite combines the simplicity of SQLite with a fault-tolerant, highly available system.
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Stimulator keeps your computer awake
Stimulator prevents the desktop environment (DE) from sleeping. It should work regardless of the used DE thanks to the Inhibit portal.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: July 2025 Updates
July 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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wemake-python-styleguide – Python linter
wemake-python-styleguide is a flake8 plugin, the only one you will need as your ruff companion.
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CuteCom – graphical serial terminal
CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal that’s aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.
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filepack – file hashing and verification
filepack is a command-line file hashing and verification utility written in Rust.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: June 2025 Updates
June 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Firebase
Google Firebase is a platform developed by Google for creating mobile and web applications. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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Best Free and Open Source Software: May 2025 Updates
May 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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extundelete recovers deleted files from ext3 or ext4 partitions
extundelete is designed to undelete files from an unmounted partition to a separate (mounted) partition.
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DistroShelf is a GUI for Distrobox containers
DistroShelf is a graphical interface for managing Distrobox containers on Linux. It lets you create and manage containers.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Windows Journal
Windows Journal is a note-taking application that allows users to create and organize handwritten notes and drawings
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Typewriter – create documents with typst
Typewriter lets you create documents with typst, a new markup-based typesetting system that is powerful and easy to learn.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: April 2025 Updates
April 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Forms is a web-based application that lets you design and analyse online forms, surveys, quizzes, and polls.
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Galene is an easy to deploy videoconference server
Galene (or Galène) is a videoconference server (an “SFU”) that is easy to deploy and that requires very moderate server resources.
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