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Category: Utilities

Encryption software

age – simple file encryption tool by Google

November 12, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

age is a simple, modern and secure command-line file encryption tool written in Go. Let’s check out this open source utility written by Google

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System Administration

Excellent System Utilities: Pingnoo – traceroute/ping analyser

October 15, 2021 Steve Emms Internet, Reviews, Software, Utilities

We look at Pingnoo, an open-source cross-platform application for analysing and measuring the round trip time (latency) between two hosts.

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Komikku – manga reader for GNOME

September 24, 2021 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Komikku is a GTK-based manga reader for GNOME. The application is is written in Python. Komikku is free and open source software.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: broot – next gen tree explorer and customizable launcher

August 27, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

broot is a utility that gives an overview of a directory, and much much more.

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Excellent Utilities: lsd – next gen ls command

August 18, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

lsd is billed as the next gen ls command. It’s free and open source software. Here’s our review of the program.

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System Administration

Essential System Tools: dust – more intuitive version of du

August 11, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

dust gives an instant overview of which directories are using disk space. It’s name derives from the du command and that dust is written in Rust.

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lfs

lfs – list your filesystems

August 6, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

lfs is an open source utility that lists your file systems improving on the venerable df utility in a number of ways.

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Excellent Utilities: tldr – simplified and community-driven man pages

July 14, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

The tldr project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.

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vizex

vizex – visualize disk space and disk usage

July 8, 2021 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

vizex is a command line interface program that shows how much free disk space you have. vizex is free and open source software.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: duf – disk usage utility

June 25, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

duf is a simple disk usage utility that offers a more attractive representation than the classic df utility. It’s written in Go.

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Video Tools

qytdl – Qt frontend for Youtube-DL

May 28, 2021 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Utilities

qytdl (long-form: qYoutube-DL) is a Qt frontend to Youtube-DL. Here’s our verdict on this open source program.

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ebook tools

Foliate – simple and modern GTK eBook viewer

May 26, 2021 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Foliate is a simple and modern eBook viewer written in JavaScript. Here’s our review of this free and open source software.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: scrcpy – display and control Android devices

April 2, 2021 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

scrcpy is a free and open source screen mirroring application that lets you control an Android device from your desktop computer.

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Boop-GTK

Boop-GTK – scriptable scratchpad for developers

February 17, 2021 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Boop-GTK is is promoted as a scratchpad designed to help developers work with code snippets.

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BulkURLOpener

Bulk URL Opener – manage and use large numbers of URLs

February 8, 2021 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Bulk URL Opener is free and open source software that lets you manage and use a large number of URLs.

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ScreenCloud

ScreenCloud – screenshot sharing tool

February 1, 2021 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Reviews, Software, Utilities

ScreenCloud is a screenshot tool that’s designed for network services such as Dropbox and Imgur.

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Cx File Explorer

Best Free Android Apps: Cx File Explorer – powerful file manager

January 29, 2021 Eilidih Parris Android, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Here’s our verdict on Cx File Explorer, a file manager for Android.

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Zeal - Documentation Browser

Zeal – simple offline documentation browser

January 25, 2021 Steve Emms Programming, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Zeal is billed as a simple offline documentation browser offering access to a huge database of documentation, API manuals, and code snippets.

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espanso

espanso – smart and efficient text expander

December 18, 2020 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, Software, Utilities

espanso is a text expander, software that detects when you type a specific keyword and replaces it with something else.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Gromit-MPX – desktop annotation tool

December 11, 2020 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Gromit-MPX (GRaphics Over Miscellaneous Things) is a utility to make annotations on the desktop.

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