Linux offers an unsurpassed breadth of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. These tools help make Linux a compelling operating system.
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Category: Utilities
mirro-rs – mirrorlist manager for Arch Linux systems
mirro-rs provides a TUI to help you better visualise managing your mirrorlist.
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process-mem – display memory used by processes
process-mem is a command-line tool to display process(es) memory usage. The utility shows RSS< VNS, SHR, slib, and more.
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24 Best Free and Open Source Clipboard Managers
Linux has a number of proficient clipboard managers. We make our recommendations – all free and open source.
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Clipvault – clipboard history manager for Wayland
Clipvault is a clipboard history manager for Wayland, inspired by cliphist. It’s written in the Rust language.
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alram – alarm for RAM
Alram is an alarm for RAM. It’s designed to help when available memory is below threshold, with optional task killer.
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GhostMirror – mirror analyzer for Arch Linux
GhostMirror compares the mirror databases with the local database and provides a detailed description of the status.
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UnifiedPush – decentralized push notification system
UnifiedPush is a decentralized push notification system that lets you choose the service you want to use.
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yabd – yet another brightness daemon
yabd is a simple (~300 lines of python) daemon that sets the brightness of the screen depending on ambient brightness.
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8 Useful Free and Open Source Flatpak Tools
This article focuses on useful Flatpak tools. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.
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Decman – declarative package and configuration manager for Arch
Decman lets you manage installed packages, your dotfiles, enabled systemd units, and run commands automatically.
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SwayBG+ – advanced multi-monitor background manager for sway
SwayBG+ is a powerful, feature-rich background manager specifically designed for Sway window manager.
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liz-desktop – Rust-based shortcut helper
liz-desktop is a Rust-based shortcut helper to remember, customize and autorun shortcuts or commands. Developed via Tauri 2.0.
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22 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for du
du is a standard program used to estimate file space usage—space used under a particular directory or files on a file system. We recommend alternative commands to du.
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IsMyArchFree – identify licenses
IsMyArchFree is a simple program that analyzes pacman-installed packages’ licenses and flags them as free, permissive, …
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folsy – folder synchronization script
folsy is simple shell script which performs a job similar to other (folder) synchronization tools, but with nearly no resource consumption
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Linux Candy: shuffle – ASCII art with a cool shuffle effect
The shuffle command prints an ASCII art picture with a cool shuffle effect.
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SpaceMan – treemap disk usage analyzer
SpaceMan is a treemap disk usage analyzer: In search of lost space (a.k.a. wata-analyzer).
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Archive Managers
Useful terminal-based archive managers.
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pkgdu – display Arch packages disk usage size
pkgdu is a tool to display packages disk usage size for Arch Linux.
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