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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Boot Utilities

Here’s 8 useful boot utility tools. They are all free and open source software.

Ubuntu Pack is a full-featured and reliable operating system with a clear and simple graphical interface. It’s a remix of Ubuntu.

February 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

eddy offers simple and fast file encryption. It features concurrent file processing while ensuring data authenticity and plausible deniability.

A batch renamer lets you renames files and folders without having to click on every single file individually. Here’s some open source goodies.

GoofCord is billed as a highly configurable and privacy minded Discord client.

PrusaSlicer takes 3D models (STL, OBJ, AMF) and converts them into G-code instructions for FFF printers or PNG layers for mSLA 3D printers.

lifecycler is an aquarium that runs direct in your terminal. It’s free and open source goodness written in Rust.

P-Table is a beautiful TUI periodic table for Linux terminals coded in C with no extra dependencies.

GNOME Crosswords is a crossword player and editor.