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Fail2Ban – 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?
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dbKoda – modern open source database development and admin tool
dbKoda is a modern IDE for MongoDB. It has features to support development, administration and performance tuning on MongoDB databases.
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.
Read moreMark Text – simple and elegant Markdown editor
Mark Text is a simple and elegant Markdown editor. This editor focuses on speed and usability. Mark Text shows you formatted text in realtime while you can simply write and edit text but also use markdown syntax. To improve your
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Annie – video downloader built with Go
Annie is an open source video downloader. It’s written in the Go programming language. Here’s our verdict on this tool.
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Vooki – lightweight image viewer offering fast image preview
One of our favorite adages is “A picture is worth a thousand words”. It refers to the notion that a still image can convey a complex idea. Images can portray a lot of information quickly and more efficiently than text.
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AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Web Browsing – Week 6
Over the years, I’ve tried almost every web browser available for Linux. For the AWOW AK41, my focus has rested primarily with Chrome and Firefox. I’ve used them extensively on the AK41 for the past 6 weeks browsing hundreds of web sites that are laden to the hilt with JavaScript.
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