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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Hyper-V

May 14, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Hyper-V is a Type 1 hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems running Windows. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Configuration Management

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Configuration Management Software

May 14, 2024 Steve Emms Programming, Software, System Software

Configuration management software are the tools of choice for many system administrators and devops professionals. Here’s our verdict.

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Configuration Management

Rex – friendly automation framework

May 10, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Rex (Remote execution) is billed as the friendly automation framework written in Perl.

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Backup software

FreeFileSync – folder comparison and synchronization software

May 9, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software

FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization application that creates and manages backup copies of files.

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Configuration Management

7 Best Free and Open Source Configuration Management Databases

May 7, 2024 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

We recommend the best configuration management databases.

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Inventory Management

ObStack – fully dynamically configure data object types

May 5, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

ObStack is a tool allowing a user to fully dynamically configure data object types, and manage the objects and data as suited.

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System Administration

Linux Assistant – tool to help you master Linux system administration

April 26, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software, Utilities

Linux Assistant is a helper tool that aims to guide you through your daily Linux usage. It performs a variety of system tasks.

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Backup

Foxclone – image backup, restore and clone tool

April 25, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Foxclone is a Linux based image backup, restore and clone tool using a simple point and click interface.

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SSD

FSArchiver – disk cloning utility

April 24, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

FSArchiver is a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a filesystem to a compressed archive file.

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Backup software

Grsync – graphical user interface for rsync

April 18, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software

Grsync is a graphical frontend for rsync. This GTK tool is designed to provide the most commonly used rsync options.

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