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Encrypted Files

rcryptfs – encrypted filesystem project

July 10, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

rcryptfs is an experimental encrypted filesystem project. It can read and write encrypted repositories using common gocryptfs settings.

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Security

8 Best Free and Open Source Web Application Firewalls

July 8, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security, System Software

A web application firewall (WAF) is a type of application firewall that lets you see and analyze HTTP traffic to and from a web application. We recommend our favourite WAFs.

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Load Balancing

18 Best Free and Open Source Load Balancers

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

Load balancing is defined as the methodical and efficient distribution of network or application traffic across multiple servers. Here’s our verdict on the best ones for Linux.

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Data Tools

18 Best Free and Open Source Linux Data Recovery Tools

July 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

The software featured in this article are high quality standalone Linux tools which help you to recover data in a range of circumstances.

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

8 Best Free and Open Source Tools for SSH Intrusion Prevention

July 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

This article recommends open source software that employ different techniques to make it harder for a server running SSH to be compromised.

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Data Tools

RecoverPy – terminal-based data recovery tool

July 3, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

RecoverPy is a data recovery tool that searches raw block devices for byte patterns and lets you inspect and extract recoverable content.

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Backup

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Simple Backup Software

June 29, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

We recommend home users install software that hides the complexity of doing backups. Here’s our verdict on open source solutions.

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Software

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Caching Systems

June 29, 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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Cloud

9 Best Free and Open Source Google Drive Clients

June 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 6 high quality open source Google Drive clients.

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Data Tools

OpenSuperClone – powerful data recovery utility for Linux

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

OpenSuperClone offers advanced drive cloning and extraction features for recovering data from failing storage media.

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PaaS

16 Best Free and Open Source PaaS Cloud Computing Stacks

June 27, 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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Log Analyzers

9 Best Free and Open Source Console Log File Analyzers

June 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software

Almost everything that happens on a Linux system is logged in some way. We feature the finest open source console-based log file analyzers.

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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

40 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux System Profilers

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, TUI

A system profiler is a utility that presents information about the hardware attached to a computer.

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Monitor System

reqlog – search, track and stream logs

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

reqlog is a CLI tool for searching, tracing, and streaming logs across local files, Docker containers, and remote Linux hosts over SSH.

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Command Schedulers

14 Best Free and Open Source CLI Command Schedulers

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

The software utility cron also known as cron job is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. But there are other high quality CLI command schedulers.

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Command Schedulers

Dkron – distributed job scheduling system

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

Dkron coordinates scheduled jobs across Linux clusters using leader failover, node targeting, retries, execution history, and an HTTP API.

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Command Schedulers

Dagu – lightweight workflow orchestration engine

June 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software, Utilities

Dagu orchestrates scheduled workflows with YAML definitions, retries, workers, a web interface, and file-backed execution history.

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Command Schedulers

Chadburn – modern job scheduler for Docker environments

June 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

Chadburn is designed as an alternative to cron and focuses on running scheduled tasks inside containers.

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Trouble Ticketing

9 Best Free Linux Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software

June 18, 2026 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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Trouble Ticketing

Frappe Helpdesk – customer service and ticket management

June 18, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Frappe Helpdesk manages customer tickets with an agent portal, SLA policies, assignment rules, saved replies and a knowledge base.

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