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Category: Utilities

Software to help you sleep

Linux Candy: Relaxator – relax to soothing sounds

January 20, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Relaxator is a small utility that’s designed to do one thing — listen to soothing sounds. This free and open source utility is written in Vala.

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Text Editor

12 Best Free Vim-Like Text Editors

January 19, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Text editors remain a controversial area. Here are our recommended Vim-like text editors. They are all released under an open source license.

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Text Editing

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple TextEdit

January 13, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Apple TextEdit is a free and open source basic word processor and text editor. We recommend the best alternatives.

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Hard disk

Backup with these DeDuplicating Encryption Tools

January 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Making file backups is an essential activity for all users, yet many users do not take adequate steps to protect their data.

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Images of shells by the sea

Excellent Utilities: Nushell – flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel

January 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Nushell is billed as a new type of shell. The aim is to adopt the Unix philosophy of shells where pipes connect command together.

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Backup

34 Best Free Linux Backup Software (Updated 2023)

January 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Backup software is used to perform a complete back up of a file, data, database, system or server. Here’s the best open source backup software.

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Shell prompt

Excellent Utilities: Oh My Zsh – framework to manage your Zsh configuration

January 4, 2023 Erik Karlsson CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.

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Notes

24 Best Open Source Linux Note Takers

December 31, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

We have compiled this roundup of our pick of high quality note applications for organizing, sharing, and taking notes. Free and open source software only.

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WOW!

Excellent Utilities: Zellij – terminal workspace with batteries included

December 26, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Zellij is billed as “a workspace aimed at developers, ops-oriented people and anyone who loves the terminal”. It’s written in Rust.

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ebook

9 Best Free Linux e-book Tools – Updated 2022

December 24, 2022 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Linux has a good range of open source software which helps users to organize their e-book collection, catch up on a novel, or even to create and publish their own e-books.

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