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Category: Utilities

Virtual Keyboard

CoreKeyboard – simple virtual keyboard with word suggestions

April 29, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

CoreKeyboard is an X11 based virtual keyboard. It works on all desktop environments, platforms and all text entry widgets.

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Universal access

Speakup – screen review package

April 29, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Speakup is a screen review package. It’s present in the Linux kernel.

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Virtual Keyboard

GNOME On Screen Keyboard (GOK)

April 29, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

The GNOME desktop environment includes an on-screen keyboard.

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System Administration

Linux Assistant – tool to help you master Linux system administration

April 26, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software, Utilities

Linux Assistant is a helper tool that aims to guide you through your daily Linux usage. It performs a variety of system tasks.

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Find Duplicates

duff – command-line utility for finding duplicate files

April 24, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

duff is a command-line utility for identifying duplicates in a given set of files

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Find Duplicates

samanlainen – delete duplicate files

April 24, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

samanlainen is a CLI tool that deletes duplicate files. It’s written in the Rust programming language and published under the Apache license.

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Find

jless – command-line JSON viewer

April 22, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

jless is a command-line JSON viewer. Use it as a replacement for whatever combination of less, jq, cat, and text editor.

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Find

fx – JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) viewer

April 22, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fx is a sublime JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) viewer. There’s support for streaming and for the mouse.

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JSON Tools

gojq – Pure Go implementation of jq

April 22, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

gojq is a pure Go implementation of jq.You can also embed gojq as a library to your Go products. This is free and open source software.

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JSON Tools

jello – filter JSON and JSON lines data

April 22, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

jello is similar to jq in that it processes JSON and JSON Lines data except jello uses standard python dict and list syntax.

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JSON Tools

faq – more flexible jq

April 22, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

faq is a tool intended to be a more flexible jq, supporting additional formats. The formats are converted into JSON and processed with libjq.

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JSON Tools

unqery – command line tool for querying and transforming JSON data

April 22, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

unq is a stand-alone free and open source command-line tool for querying, transforming and analyzing JSON files using Unquery.

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JSON Tools

emuto – manipulate JSON files

April 22, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Emuto is a small language for manipulating and restructuring JSON and other data files. Emuto is inspired by jq and GraphQL.

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Small Image Tools

10 Small Image Tools that Pack a Real Punch

April 15, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Linux offers a vast collection of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the obvious to the bizarre.

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Font Tools

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Font Renderers

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This article focuses on font renderers for Linux. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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Font Tools

LibICU – libraries for Unicode and internationalization

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications.

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Font Tools

FriBidi – implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

FriBidi is the free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.

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Font Tools

Fontconfig – library for configuring and customizing font access

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide font configuration, customization and application access.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: chmod

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to chmod, software that changes file mode bits.

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Documentation

setfacl – set file access control lists

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

setfacl sets (replaces), modifies, or removes the access control list (ACL) to regular files and directories.

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