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rxfetch – minimal but geeky fetch utility

December 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

rxfetch is a custom system fetching tool written in a Bash script.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Disk Cleanup

December 30, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Microsoft Disk Cleanup is a computer maintenance utility designed to free up disk space. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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screenFetch – Bash information tool

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

screenFetch is a handy Bash script that can be used to generate one of those nifty terminal theme information and ASCII distribution logos.

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Front-end Frameworks

10 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Front-End Frameworks

December 14, 2024 Eilidih Parris Internet, Programming, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

CSS frameworks represent the building blocks of many diverse web projects. We cover extremely lightweight front-end frameworks and boilerplates.

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Backup

autorestic – easy backup CLI for restic

December 9, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

autorestic is a wrapper around the restic backup program. The restic cli can be a bit overwhelming and difficult to manage

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System

Subiquity – installer framework for Ubuntu

December 3, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Subiquity is also the back end for the Ubuntu Desktop installer.

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auto-cpufreq – automatic CPU speed and power optimizer

November 30, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

auto-cpufreq is an automatic CPU and power optimizer actively monitoring laptop battery state, CPU usage, CPU temperature, and system load.

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cpupower – Linux kernel tool

November 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

cpupower is a kernel tool which examines and tunes power saving related of your processor. It shows and set processor power related values.

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Backup software

YARsync – Yet Another Rsync

November 29, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

YARsync – Yet Another Rsync is a file synchronization and backup tool written in Python.

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Syncthing – continuous file synchronization program

November 25, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers.

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Music

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Music Servers

November 24, 2024 Luke Baker Multimedia, Roundup, System Software

We present the finest free and open source music servers.

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Laptop

system76-power – utility for managing graphics and power profiles

November 19, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

system76-power offers power profile management for Linux.

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asusctl – control aspects of ASUS laptops

November 15, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

asusctl is a control daemon, CLI tools, and a collection of crates for interacting with ASUS ROG laptops and other laptops.

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Lightweight Alternatives to WordPress

6 Free and Open Source Lightweight Alternatives to WordPress

November 7, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

There are many good content management systems that you may not have heard of that are perfectly suited for small projects.

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Security

12 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Tools

November 3, 2024 Steve Emms Roundup, Security, System Software

We recommend free and open source firewall tools.

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cpupower-gui – tool to set CPU frequency limits

October 29, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software

cpupower-gui is a GUI utility to set CPU frequency limits. It’s free and open source software written in Python.

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thermald – thermal daemon for Intel Architecture

October 28, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

thermald is a daemon used to prevent the overheating of platforms. It monitors temperature and applies compensation using cooling methods.

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power-profiles-daemon – makes power profiles handling available over D-Bus

October 26, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

power-profiles-daemon offers to modify system behaviour based upon user-selected power profiles.

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CPUFreq – system monitor and power manager

October 24, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

CPUFreq is a lightweight CPU scaling monitor and a powerful CPU management tool using standard cpufreq kernel modules

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TuneD – daemon for monitoring and adaptive tuning of system devices

October 23, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

TuneD is a system tuning service for Linux.

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