Linux has lots of terminal emulators. What distinguishes Alacritty from the vast majority of terminal emulators? It differentiates itself by offering GPU-acceleration combined with a minimal feature set.
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Essential System Tools: pet – command-line snippet manager
This is the third in our series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series examines both graphical and text based open source utilities. pet is a simple command-line snippet manager. The software is written in the Go programming language.
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VPN for Linux: How to pick & install the best one
Given a VPN is primarily about safeguarding online privacy and security, is one necessary with Linux?
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Essential System Tools: gtop – System monitoring dashboard for the terminal
This is the second in our series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series examines both graphical and text based open source utilities. gtop is an open source system monitoring utility written in JavaScript.
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Essential System Tools: journalctl – query and display messages from the journal
This is the eighth in our series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series examines both graphical and text based open source utilities. For this article, we’ll examine journalctl, a systemd utility.
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Spotify TUI – Spotify client for the terminal
For this review, we’re looking at Spotify TUI. It’s a Spotify client for the terminal written in Rust.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to IBM QRadar SIEM
QRadar Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) helps security teams detect, prioritize and respond to threats across the enterprise. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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Essential System Tools: ps_mem – accurately report memory usage of programs
This is the first in a series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series will examine both graphical and text based open source utilities. The first tool under the spotlight is ps_mem, a small utility that reliably reports how much memory is consumed by an application.
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36 Excellent GNOME Desktop Extensions (Updated 2022)
Add additional functionality to a GNOME desktop with these great GNOME extensions. This roundup showcases 36 excellent GNOME extensions.
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WaypointHR – human resource database software
WaypointHR is a human resource database. A free, stable, immediate and flexible Human Resource Management System (HRIS).
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