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Category: Utilities
Haystack – graphical editor for openQA needles
Haystack is a GNOME editor for openQA needles, letting testers select local screenshot repositories and mark areas for visual matching.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Script Writing Tools
Script writing is the art and craft of writing scripts for the general public. The script can take the form of musicals, plays, novels, films, television programmes, and more.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Hard Disk Utilities for System Tweakers
We showcase the finest open source tools to diagnose the health of a hard disk and improve its performance.
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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux System Cleaning Tools
There are a number of open source applications for Linux which help to keep the operating system working like new.
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TextShine – graphical text transformation utility
TextShine transforms text with built-in actions, custom workflows, regular expressions, batch processing, spell checking and clipboard use.
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14 Best Free and Open Source NVIDIA GPU Monitoring Tools
nvidia-smi is a basic monitoring and management tool for NVIDIA graphics card. We explore other useful NVIDIA GPU monitoring tools.
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27 Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to the Top Utility
top is a small, venerable utility that offers a dynamic real-time view of a running system. We identify alternatives to top that offer more control in managing processes on a running system.
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Redumper GUI – graphical front end for optical disc dumping
Redumper GUI is a graphical front end for optical disc dumping, offering drive detection, sector monitoring and recovery options.
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46 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Image Viewers
Images are part of every day internet usage. We recommend the finest free and open source graphical image viewers available for Linux.
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Popsicle – flash disk images to multiple USB drives
Popsicle writes disk images to multiple USB drives in parallel, with a COSMIC interface, checksum verification, and command-line support.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Default Application and MIME Association Tools
Manage Linux default applications, MIME types and file associations with free and open source graphical, terminal and command-line tools.
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mochad – TCP gateway daemon for X10 home automation
mochad is a Linux TCP gateway for X10 CM15A, CM15Pro and CM19A controllers, enabling network control, RF monitoring and power-line commands.
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36 Sparkling Free and Open Source CLI Linux Time Trackers
All of the time trackers featured in this roundup are console applications, using a command-line interface.
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qps – Qt process viewer and manager
Qps is a Qt-based process viewer with tree displays, sortable columns, priority controls and detailed inspection of running tasks.
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COSMIC System Monitor – graphical system resource monitor
COSMIC System Monitor tracks CPU, memory, GPU, disk and network activity with live charts, process lists and application controls.
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bootvine – live systemd boot and shutdown visualisation
bootvine visualises systemd startup and shutdown jobs in a live console tree with service timings, dependency context, and failure details.
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BingWallE – collect Bing and Windows Spotlight wallpapers
BingWallE collects Bing daily and Windows Spotlight wallpapers, with gallery previews, high-resolution downloads and editable photo tags.
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Tennis – stylish terminal viewer for CSV, JSON and SQLite data
Tennis displays CSV, TSV, JSON and SQLite data as colourful terminal tables with automatic layouts, sorting, filtering, and previews.
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Stacer (fork) – Linux system optimizer and monitoring tool
Stacer is a Qt-based Linux system optimiser with resource graphs, service and process controls, startup management and system cleaning.
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