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F2FS – flash file system

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System) is a flash file system initially developed by Samsung Electronics for the Linux kernel.

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Btrfs – Copy on Write file system

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Btrfs (B-Tree File System) is a free and open source ‘Copy on Write’ file system for Linux. Copy On Write is an optimization technique.

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OpenZFS – advanced file system and volume manager

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

OpenZFS is a storage platform that encompasses the functionality of traditional filesystems, volume managers.

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GFS2 – clustered filesystem

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Global File System 2 or GFS2 is a shared disk file system for Linux computer clusters.

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ext3 – journaled file system

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

ext3, or third extended filesystem, is a journaled file system that is commonly used by the Linux kernel.

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Lektor – flexible and powerful static content management system

November 8, 2023 Eilidih Parris Web Apps

Lektor is a flexible and powerful static content management system.

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Tracker – filesystem indexer, metadata storage system and search tool

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

Tracker is a tool designed to extract information and metadata about your personal data so that it can be searched easily and quickly.

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Flyspray – lightweight, web-based bug tracking system

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Flyspray is a simple, web-based bug tracking system written in PHP for aiding with software development. It was originally developed for the Psi project.

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Eventum – issue tracking system

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Eventum is an open source user friendly and flexible issue tracking system, that can be used by a support department to track incoming technical support requests

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AppArmor – access control system

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

AppArmor is an open source and free access control system that lets you specify per program which files the program can access.

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ZoneMinder – state-of-the-art video surveillance software system

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

ZoneMinder is an all-in-one Linux security camera solution. This application is designed around a series of independent components.

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Meson – next-generation build system

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

Meson is a project to create the best possible next-generation build system.

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DevOps

Buck2 – fast build system

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

This build system encourages the creation of small, reusable modules over a variety of platforms and languages.

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PHing – build system based on Apache Ant

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

Phing is a PHP project build system or build tool based on Apache Ant.

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Best Free and Open Source Proof Assistants

Coq – formal proof management system

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Coq is a formal proof management system. This is free and open source software developed by a wide range of institutions.

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Best Free and Open Source Proof Assistants

Agda – interactive system for writing and checking proofs

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Agda is a proof assistant. It is an interactive system for writing and checking proofs.

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reStructuredText – markup syntax and parser system

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

reStructuredText (often abbreviated as reST) is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup syntax and parser system.

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Pytomation – extensible automation system written in Python

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Pytomation is a lightweight extensible open source automation system written in Python. It is supported on any platform that supports Python.

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Market Analysis System – technical analysis/stock charting software

November 7, 2023 Steve Emms Financial

The Market Analysis System (MAS) is an open-source software application that provides tools for analysis of financial markets using technical analysis.

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Snort – intrusion prevention system

November 6, 2023 Steve Emms Security

Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language.

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