Apple Console is a system utility which collects log messages that are generated from your computer and connected devices. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Category: Software
Essential System Utilities: WTF – terminal dashboard
WTF (also known as ‘wtfutil’) is billed as “the personal information dashboard for your terminal”.
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Linux Candy: Relaxator – relax to soothing sounds
Relaxator is a small utility that’s designed to do one thing — listen to soothing sounds. This free and open source utility is written in Vala.
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PQMusic – minimalistic audio player
PQMusic is billed as a minimalistic and easy to use open source audio player written in Python. Let’s see how it fares.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk MotionBuilder
MotionBuilder is 3D character animation software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple TextEdit
Apple TextEdit is a free and open source basic word processor and text editor. We recommend the best alternatives.
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Excellent Utilities: Nushell – flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel
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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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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Best Free and Open Source Software – December 2022 Updates
December 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Contacts
Google Contacts is a contact management service. It’s available on the sidebar of Gmail, a web app, and for Android. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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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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LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2022
We’ve trawled through our statistics and found our ten most well received posts/series that saw the highest page views for 2022.
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Musicly – simple music player
Musicly is billed as a simple and elegant music player. It’s cross-platform software written in JavaScript. Here’s Luke’s review.
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Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Ultrabook running Linux – Part 5 – Multimedia
For this part in the series, we investigate the multimedia performance of the Lenovo T470 laptop including power management.
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Linux Candy: ctree – Christmas tree on your terminal
Given the time of year, it seems only appropriate to start decorating the desktop. ctree offers a Christmas tree right on your terminal.
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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 Google Sites
Google Sites is a structured wiki and web page creation tool. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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