After installing Ubuntu 21.04, you’re ready to use your new system. But there are some additional steps we recommend you do.
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b2 – BBC Micro emulator
b2 is a BBC Micro emulator. The emulator supports several types of BBC B (with different disk interfaces), B+, B+128, Master 128 with MOS 3.20 and Master 128 with MOS 3.50. b2 is free and open source software. Features include:
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Choose a Distro – Part 2
Which distro should you try? We offer advice for beginners to Linux.
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HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC – Hardware Acceleration in Firefox – Week 4
For this weekly blog we set up hardware graphics acceleration in Firefox.
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HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC running Linux – Week 1
The first in a new series looking at running Linux on a refurbished HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC.
Read moreLinuxLinks – The Home of Linux
We’ve written an enormous range of articles showcasing the finest free and open source Linux software. There’s coverage on games, graphics, education, multimedia, security, and tons more. And there’s other computer related areas that we also regularly dive into such
Read moreFail2Ban – intrusion prevention software framework
Fail2Ban is a daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors. The software scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail pwdfail and bans IP addresses that make too many password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address. These
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Lenovo M93 Ultra Small PC Running Linux – Week 1
The first in a new series looking at running Manjaro on a refurbished Lenovo M93 Ultra Small Desktop PC.
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Bulk URL Opener – manage and use large numbers of URLs
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 – screenshot sharing tool
ScreenCloud is a screenshot tool that’s designed for network services such as Dropbox and Imgur.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – December 2020 Updates
December 2020 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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butterfly – web terminal based on websocket and tornado
butterfly is an xterm compatible terminal that runs in your web browser. butterfly is free and open source software.
Read moreFlynn – open source Platform as a Service
Flynn is an open source Platform as a Service. It’s a simple, turnkey solution to cloud, containers, ops, whatever you want to call it. Flynn manages all the technology you need under the surface. Flynn is designed to run anything
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Herrie – minimalistic music player
Herrie is a minimalistic music player that uses the command line. It is written to support a variety of operating systems, audio subsystems.
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Regards – modern photo viewer
Regards is billed as a modern photo viewer. It supports a very large range of formats including video.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – October 2020 Updates
October 2020 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software.
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Excellent Utilities: fd – superior alternative to the venerable find
fd is a utility that searches for files in a directory hierarchy. Here’s our review.
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Now and Then: The Fate of 5 Open Source Integrated Development Environments
In 2014, we identified 5 promising free and open source Integrated Development Environments. How did they fare?
Read moreVesta – open source hosting control panel
Vesta is an open source hosting control panel. The control panel offers a clean and focused interface. All the core functionality is free and open source. Commercial plugins are available. Features include: Web interface – PHP and JavaScript based. Slick
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BpyTOP – resource monitor tool
BpyTOP is a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. It’s a Python port of bashtop. Here’s our review.
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