Anaconda is the installation program used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and some other distributions.
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Category: System Software
Calamares – installer framework
Calamares is an installer framework. By design it is very customizable, in order to satisfy a wide variety of needs and use cases.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: fdisk
This article spotlights alternative tools to fdisk, a utility that lets you manipulate the disk partition table.
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JFS – Journaled File System
The Journaled File System (JFS) is a journaling file system that was open-sourced by IBM in 1999.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Incident Response Tools
Incident response tools enable you to respond to critical issues before they impact your business. We recommend open source solutions.
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FIR – cybersecurity incident management platform
FIR (Fast Incident Response) is an cybersecurity incident management platform designed with agility and speed in mind.
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Velociraptor – endpoint visibility and collection tool
Velociraptor is an advanced digital forensic and incident response tool that enhances your visibility into your endpoints.
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Top 13 Web Server Performance Testing Tools
Web server benchmarking is a way of determining the performance of a web server. Here’s our recommended open source solutions.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Tools to Search the Filesystem
Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.
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Flatseal – graphical utility to review and modify permissions from Flatpak applications
Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications.
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Warehouse – useful Flatpak tool
Warehouse is a versatile toolbox for managing flatpak user data, viewing flatpak app info, and batch managing installed flatpaks.
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Essential System Tools: HyFetch – neofetch with LGBTQ+ pride flags
HyFetch is a fork of neofetch that displays distro ASCII art in LGBTQ+ pride colours. It’s written in Python.
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rdiff-backup – reverse differential backup tool
rdiff-backup is a command-line reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally. This is free and open source software written in Python.
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7 Best Free and Open Source UPnP Media Servers
A music streamer lets you share your music, photos and videos with your network. Here’s the best free and open source music streamers.
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luckyBackup – backup & sync tool
luckyBackup is an application that backs-up and/or synchronizes any directories with the power of rsync. It’s free and open source software.
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syncBackup – backup and mirror your drives
syncBackup is software which lets you backup and mirror your drives. It’s a front-end for the hugely popular rsync utility.
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5 Best Open Source Firewall Distributions
Security is paramount. Security involves defense in depth. Approaching security one step at a time, with consistency and rigour, you can mitigate threats.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Encrypted FUSE-Based File Systems
Here’s our verdict on the popular encrypted FUSE-based file systems.
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KBackup – back up your data in a simple, user friendly way
KBackup is an application which lets you back up your data in a simple, user friendly way. The program is designed to be used by non-computer experts.
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One-Click-Backup – Qt-based simple backup software
One-Click-Backup is a simple program to backup folders to an external location.
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