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rdate – retrieve date and time from other machines

August 10, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rdate connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, printing the returned time and/or setting the system clock.

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RazDC Community – Active Directory Domain Controller

August 9, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

RazDC Community is an Active Directory domain controller built on Rocky Linux and Samba4. RazDC Community includes a custom web interface.

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GLAuth – lightweight LDAP server

August 9, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Go-lang LDAP Authentication (GLAuth) is a secure, easy-to-use, LDAP server with configurable backends.

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cdwe – cd with env vars

August 7, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cdwe is an open source simple configurable cd wrapper that sets env vars per directory, based on a config file.

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Excellent Utilities: noti – notification tool

August 7, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

noti is a small tool written in Go that monitors a command or process and triggers a notification.

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Command Schedulers

mcron – replacement for Vixie cron

August 6, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mcron (Mellor’s cron) is a 100% compatible replacement for Vixie cron. It’s free and open source software written in Scheme.

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Jobber – run commands to a schedule

August 6, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Jobber is a utility for Unix-like systems that can run arbitrary commands, or “jobs”, according to a schedule.

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cronie – daemon to run scheduled commands

August 4, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cronie contains the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs specified programs at scheduled times and related tools.

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fcron – daemon to run scheduled tasks

August 4, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements most of its functionality. Free and open source software.

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anacron – periodic command scheduler

August 4, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days.

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nmapsi4 – Qt5-based GUI for Nmap

August 3, 2023 Steve Emms Security

NmapSi4 is a Qt5-based Gui with the design goals to provide a complete nmap interface for users.

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Umit – Nmap frontend

August 3, 2023 Steve Emms Security

umit scans the hosts in your network discovering open ports and the services and operating systems that they are running.

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IVRE – network recon framework

August 3, 2023 Steve Emms Security

IVRE is a framework for network recon. Build your own, self-hosted and fully-controlled alternatives to Shodan, ZoomEye, Censys, and GreyNoise

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knockson – simple multi-threaded port scanner

August 3, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

knockson is a simple multi-threaded port scanner. It’s written in the Rust programming language and published under the MIT License.

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Kronos Is A Terminal Music Player Written in Rust

August 2, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

Kronos is a terminal-based music player that’s designed for playing locally stored audio files. It’s written in Rust.

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stringsext – search for multi-byte encoded strings in binary data

August 1, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stringsext is a Unicode enhancement of the strings tool with additional functionalities.

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Best Free and Open Source Software July 2023 Updates

August 1, 2023 Steve Emms Software

July 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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sad – Space Age seD

July 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

sad is a batch file edit tool. It will show you a really nice diff of proposed changes before you commit them.

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45 Outstanding Linux Utilities to Maximize your Productivity

July 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Productivity, Utilities

This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential utilities. These are small, indispensable tools, useful for anyone running a Linux machine.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: pastel – generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors

July 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

pastel is a command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors. This tool supports a variety of color formats and color spaces.

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