Linux offers a gamut of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. In our eyes, it’s the breadth of these tools that help to make Linux a compelling operating system.
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Category: Utilities
Glyphana – search and discover Unicode glyphs
Glyphana is a graphical Unicode character map for finding, inspecting and collecting individual glyphs.
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14 Best Free and Open Source OCR Tools
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into searchable, editable documents.
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AX-ZSH – modular Zsh configuration system
AX-ZSH is a modular Zsh configuration framework with plugin management, caching, themes, upgrades and integration with Oh My Zsh plugins.
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Zephyr – lightweight modular Zsh framework
Zephyr is a lightweight, modular Zsh framework with independent plugins for completion, history, prompts, editing and shell configuration.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Podcast Tools
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 16 high quality open source GUI podcast tools. They offer an excellent way to manage and download podcasts.
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12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Image Compression Tools
Data compression is the process of storing data in a format that uses less space than the original representation would use.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Font Managers
Need an efficient way to manage your fonts? Step forward a dedicated font manager utility.
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17 Best Free and Open Source Linux File Managers
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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Brasero – simple CD/DVD mastering tool for GNOME
Brasero is a simple CD/DVD mastering tool for GNOME with support for data and audio discs, copying, disc images and multisession burning.
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K3b – full-featured optical disc burning and ripping application
K3b is a full-featured graphical application for burning, copying and ripping CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs under Linux.
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Mintstick – create and format USB sticks
Mintstick is a graphical Linux utility for writing ISO and IMG files to USB sticks, formatting drives and verifying ISO images.
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Calibrate your Monitor with these Open Source Tools
If you value image quality and accuracy, calibration of your monitor will be important. These tools ensure your monitor is calibrated.
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Fedora Media Writer – create bootable USB installation media
Fedora Media Writer downloads, verifies and writes Fedora images and other ISO files to bootable USB drives.
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16 Best Free Linux Screen Capture GUI Tools
We recommend the best free and open source GUI software for taking screenshots.
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ISO Image Writer – write ISO images to USB drives
ISO Image Writer is a KDE utility for writing ISO images to USB drives with integrated checksum and digital signature verification.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Font Editors
This article focuses on the finest font editors. Linux users may not have a plethora of fonts, but there are many lovely and usable fonts.
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colord – manage, install and generate colour profiles
colord is a system service for managing, installing and generating colour profiles.
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ZFontManager – cross-platform font manager
ZFontManager is a cross-platform font manager for previewing, organising, installing and controlling fonts.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: chmod
This article spotlights alternative tools to chmod, software that changes file mode bits.
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