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Home Automation

12 Best Free and Open Source Solutions for Home Automation

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Home automation software lets you control and monitor common home and office appliances using a computer.

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3D Printer

14 Useful Free and Open Source Linux 3D Printer Tools

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Many desktop 3D printers use a numerically controlled programming language made up of a series of commands called G-Code.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

bigsay – display tool

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

bigsay is a high-visibility GTK4 text display tool written in the Python language.

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Documentation

binwalk – search a given binary image for embedded files

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

binwalk is a command-line utility designed for analysing binary files and firmware images.

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Selection of utilities

doot – simple dotfiles manager

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

doot is billed as a fast, simple and intuitive dotfiles manager that just gets the job done.

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Backup software

39 Best Free and Open Source Linux Backup Tools

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Linux offers a wide range of backup solutions. We take a look at the best free and open source solutions

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Tools that help you

6 Best Free and Open Source Cheatsheet Tools

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

A cheatsheet is a concise set of notes used for quick reference. We recommend the best cheatsheet tools for Linux.

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Documentation

conceal – operate the recycle bin

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

conceal is a command line recycle bin utility that follows the FreeDesktop Trash specification.

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Hard disk

Backup with these Linux DeDuplicating Encryption Tools

March 10, 2026 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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Selection of utilities

Arf – fzf Pacman wrapper and AUR helper

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Arf is an fzf Pacman wrapper and AUR helper written in Python.

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Documentation

TrID – identify file types from their binary signatures

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

TrID is a CLI utility designed to identify file types by analysing their binary signatures rather than relying on filename extensions.

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Files

Deletor – file deletion tool

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

Deletor is a file deletion tool that combines a powerful text interface with visual directory navigation, and classic command line mode.

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Selection of utilities

Firm – terminal-based work management system

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Firm is a text-based work management system for technologists.

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Home Automation

micasa – modal TUI for tracking home projects

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

micasa is a modal TUI for tracking home projects, maintenance schedules and vendor quotes.

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Graphics card image

GPU-T – graphics card information utility for Linux

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

GPU-T is a modern desktop utility built with .NET and Avalonia UI designed to provide detailed information about your video card and GPU.

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Selection of utilities

cdhist – Linux shell cd history directory stack

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cdhist is a utility which provides a Linux shell cd history directory stack.

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Batch Renamers

18 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Batch Renamers

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

This article showcases terminal based batch renamers. We only feature free and open source software.

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Selection of utilities

Launcher Studio – create and manage .desktop files

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Launcher Studio is a GTK4 desktop application for creating and managing .desktop files on Linux.

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Batch Renamers

brn2 – bulk renamer with swapping

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

brn2 is a fork of brn, a command line tool used to easily mass-rename files in your preferred text editor.

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Font Tools

FontGet – install and manage fonts from the command line

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

FontGet is a command-line utility designed to simplify discovering, installing, and managing fonts directly from the terminal.

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