Linux offers an unsurpassed breadth of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. These tools help make Linux a compelling operating system.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Reference Management Tools
Reference management software is software for academics and authors to use to record and use bibliographic citations.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Server Provisioning Tools
Server provisioning is a set of actions to prepare a server, taking it from bare metal to a functioning system.
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12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Tools for System Resources Monitoring in Linux
The tools featured in this roundup are targeted at a desktop user who wants to monitor resources being used on their machine.
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11 Best Free and Open Source NVIDIA GPU Monitoring Tools
nvidia-smi is a basic monitoring and management tool for NVIDIA graphics card. We explore other useful NVIDIA GPU monitoring tools.
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32 Delightful Free and Open Source ASCII Art Tools
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Hard Disk Utilities for System Tweakers
We showcase the finest open source tools to diagnose the health of a hard disk and improve its performance.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Linux System Cleaning Tools
There are a number of open source applications for Linux which help to keep the operating system working like new.
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8 Essential Free and Open Source Linux Classroom Tools
The software featured in this article offers indispensable ways to help manage a computer-based classroom.
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uCareSystem – automated maintenance utility
uCareSystem is a system maintenance utility for Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Raspberry Pi OS, WSL2, and other Debian-based systems.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Email Encryption Tools
Sending encrypted messages is one method of ensuring electronic privacy. We feature the best free and open source email encryption tools.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Process Memory Tools
In this roundup we focus on useful tools that help you work out the amount of memory used by programs.
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smem2 – reports on memory usage on Linux systems
smem2 is a command line utility for Linux that reports process and system memory usage with a focus on proportional set size (PSS).
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7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Partitioning Tools
Disk partitioning is the means of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as partitions.
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9 Useful Free and Open Source Wake-on-LAN Tools
Wake-on-LAN is an ethernet networking standard that lets a computer to be turned on or awakened from a low-power state by a network message.
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UPSWake – sends Wake-on-LAN packets to bring systems back online
UPSWake reads status information from one or more NUT UPS servers and sends Wake-on-LAN packets to bring systems back online
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17 Best Free and Open Source Linux Power Management Tools
There are a good range of Linux software which helps to reduce the running cost of your computer. We feature the finest tools.
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23 Best Free and Open Source Linux MySQL Tools
This article identifies 23 open source tools which help to reduce the complexity associated with the powerful database software.
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18 Best Free and Open Source File Synchronization Tools
File synchronization (often know as syncing) is the process which ensures that files stored on different devices are kept up-to-date.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI File Encryption Tools
This roundup looks at the finest GUI-based file encryption tools. Only free and open source software is included.
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