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Sticky Notes

13 Best Free and Open Source Sticky Note Applications

March 30, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A sticky note (often known as a Post-it Note) is a small piece of paper with a strip of glue on its back. Here’s our verdict.

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Glyphr Studio – web-based font editor

March 30, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities, Web Apps

Glyphr Studio is a web-based font editor aimed at typeface design beginners and hobbyists.

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Art

31 Delightful Free and Open Source ASCII Art Tools

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures.

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Monitor System

11 Best Free and Open Source GUI Tools for System Resources Monitoring in Linux

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

The tools featured in this roundup are targeted at a desktop user who wants to monitor resources being used on their machine.

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Fontra – browser-based font editor

March 27, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities, Web Apps

Fontra uses a JavaScript client running in the browser together with a Python server running locally or remotely.

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Stamps

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Collection Managers

March 27, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

There is a wide range of collection manager software available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source options.

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Graphics card image

10 Best Free and Open Source NVIDIA GPU Monitoring Tools

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

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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Selection of utilities

APTUI – TUI package manager for APT-based distros

March 25, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

APTUI is a terminal user interface (TUI) written in Go for managing APT packages.

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Monitor System

Usage – analyse your system

March 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Usage is a lightweight system monitoring application designed to provide a simple and accessible overview of system resource consumption.

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File Managers

17 Best Free and Open Source Linux File Managers

March 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A file manager is software which provides a user interface to assist in the organisation of files. It helps users manage their files.

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Images of shells by the sea

30 Best Free and Open Source Linux Shells

March 24, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform. We recommend the finest free and open source shells.

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Find Duplicates

19 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on free and open source command-line tools that help you find and remove duplicate files.

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Mail Notification

Mail Notification Tools: 8 Best Free and Open Source Software

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Utilities

Email is arguably one of the most popular and useful functions of a Linux system. Keep abreast of new emails without interruption.

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Find Duplicates

Periscope – organize storage and safely remove redundant files

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Periscope is a command-line duplicate file finder that helps you organize storage and safely remove redundant files without losing data.

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Find Duplicates

Go Find Duplicates – scans directories for duplicate files and directories

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Go Find Duplicates is a command-line utility that scans directories for duplicate files and directories.

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4 Best Free and Open Source Linux Magnifying Tools

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on screen magnification accessibility tools.

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Emacs Software

10 Best Free and Open Source Emacs-Like Text Editors

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

The original program was written in 1976 as a set of macros for an existing text editor called TECO.

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Images of shells by the sea

PowerShell – cross-platform automation and configuration framework

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration framework that combines an interactive command-line shell, a scripting language, and more.

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taws – terminal user interface for Amazon Web Services

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI, Utilities

taws is a terminal user interface for Amazon Web Services that lets you browse, inspect, and manage cloud resources from inside the terminal.

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Images

Image Compare – comparing images side by side

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Image Compare is a Linux desktop application for comparing images side by side with tools that help inspect differences in layout, colour handling, and scaling.

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