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Topgrade – system specific update tool

January 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Topgrade detects which tools you use and runs the appropriate commands to update them.

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Archey 4 – simple system information tool

January 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Archey is a simple system information tool written in Python.

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rtfetch – Neofetch but in Rust

January 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

rtfetch is a command-line system information tool. It’s a clone of neofetch but written in Rust.

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NerdFetch – fetch script using Nerdfonts

January 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, System Software

NerdFetch is a simple shell script which fetches information about your system.

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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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