Nushell is billed as a new type of shell. The aim is to adopt the Unix philosophy of shells where pipes connect command together.
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Category: Utilities
34 Best Free Linux Backup Software (Updated 2023)
Backup software is used to perform a complete back up of a file, data, database, system or server. Here’s the best open source backup software.
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Excellent Utilities: Oh My Zsh – framework to manage your Zsh configuration
Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.
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24 Best Open Source Linux Note Takers
We have compiled this roundup of our pick of high quality note applications for organizing, sharing, and taking notes. Free and open source software only.
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Excellent Utilities: Zellij – terminal workspace with batteries included
Zellij is billed as “a workspace aimed at developers, ops-oriented people and anyone who loves the terminal”. It’s written in Rust.
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9 Best Free Linux e-book Tools – Updated 2022
Linux has a good range of open source software which helps users to organize their e-book collection, catch up on a novel, or even to create and publish their own e-books.
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Excellent Utilities: Rnote – sketch and take handwritten notes
Rnote is a vector-based drawing app for sketching, handwritten notes and to annotate documents and pictures. Here’s our review.
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Excellent Utilities: Cerebro – productivity tool
Cerebro is billed as a launcher to improve your productivity and efficiency. This is free and open source software.
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Excellent Utilities: KOReader – versatile document viewer
KOReader is a document viewer for a wide variety of file formats. It’s available for Linux, Android, and E Ink devices.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Stickies
Apple Stickies is a small utility that lets users keep notes, lists and pictures in sticky notes on the desktop. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Excellent Utilities: Sticky – note-taking app
Sticky is a note-taking app for the Linux desktop that simulates the traditional “sticky note” style stationery on your desktop.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: Heroic Games Launcher – GOG and Epic Games
Heroic Games Launcher (“Heroic”) is a free and open source games launcher for Epic Games and GOG. It’s a cross-platform tool.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Disk Utility
Apple Disk Utility is a system utility for performing disk and disk volume-related tasks on macOS. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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40 Excellent Ways to Manage Your System – Essential System Tools
This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small, indispensable utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems.
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Excellent Utilities: Imagine – image optimization
Imagine is software to compress PNG, JPEG and WebP images. This graphical utility sports a modern interface.
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Essential System Tools: kmon – manage Linux kernel modules
kmon is a text-based tool to help you manage the Linux kernel modules and to monitor the kernel activities.
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Linux Candy: No More Secrets – data decryption effects
No More Secrets (nms) is a command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 thriller film Sneakers.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Terminal
Apple Terminal provides a command line interface to control the UNIX-based operating system that lurks below macOS. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Essential System Tools: GreenWithEnvy – NVIDIA graphics card utility
GreenWithEnvy (GWE) is a system tool for NVIDIA graphics cards. This free and open source tool is written in Python.
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Excellent Utilities: CopyQ – advanced clipboard manager
CopyQ is an advanced clipboard manager. This software stores content of the system clipboard whenever it changes.
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