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Footfetch – system profiling tool

January 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Footfetch is a CLI utility for viewing system information, but with a twist

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9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Caching Systems

January 11, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, System Software

Caches are employed in a variety of different ways. Here’s our recommended free and open source caching systems.

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Katifetch – system information tool

January 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Katifetch is a cross-platform system information tool (fetch) that displays system details alongside ASCII art.

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Backup software

GoBackup – backup your databases

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

GoBackup is a backup tool design for application servers, to backup your databases, files to cloud storage.

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powerstat – measures the power consumption of a laptop

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Powerstat measures the power consumption of a laptop using the ACPI battery information.

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PaaS

10 Best Free and Open Source PaaS Cloud Computing Stacks

January 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Along with Software as a Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), PaaS is a service model of cloud computing.

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PeekFetch – interactive system information

January 4, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

PeekFetch is an interactive system information TUI built with Go and Bubble Tea.

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OtoClone – automatic backup and sync utility

January 4, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

OtoClone is an automatic backup and sync utility that watches directories.

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Command Schedulers

sdtop – systemd TUI Manager

January 3, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

sdtop is a terminal-based interactive dashboard for managing and debugging systemd services on Linux.

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Metetch – system information display utility

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Metetch is a fast system information tool with a minimal aesthetic inspired by KDE Plasma and Wayland.

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Stormfetch – system profiler

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Stormfetch is a program that can read your system’s information and display it in the terminal along with the ASCII art of the Linux distro.

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Trouble Ticketing

5 Best Free Linux Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

A customer service trouble ticketing (or help desk) is an information and assistance resource that helps the resolution of computer related problems. We recommend the finest open source options.

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Point of Sale

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Point-of-Sale Software

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Linux has a good range of open source Point-of-Sale software which can help retailers make considerable cost savings, not simply due to the lack of licensing and upgrade fees.

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Web

Optimize Web Delivery with these Open Source Tools

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Web proxy software forwards HTTP requests without modifying traffic in any way. They can be configured as a transparent proxy with no client-side configuration required.

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Log Analyzers

phos – log colorizer

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

phos is a fast, portable log colorizer written in the Rust language.

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UniFetch – fork of Neofetch

December 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

UniFetch is a command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+, forked from Neofetch.

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Cloud Storage FUSE – user-space file system

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Cloud Storage FUSE is an open source FUSE adapter that lets you mount and access Cloud Storage buckets as local file systems.

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Server

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Server Provisioning Tools

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

Server provisioning is a set of actions to prepare a server, taking it from bare metal to a functioning system.

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Server

Confluent – handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Confluent is a software package to handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations.

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Cloud

Best Free and Open Source IaaS Software

December 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a service model where an organization outsources the equipment used to support storage, hardware, servers and networking components.

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