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Classroom Tools

8 Essential Free and Open Source Linux Classroom Tools

December 16, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Roundup

The software featured in this article offers indispensable ways to help manage a computer-based classroom.

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System Cleaning

6 Best Free and Open Source Linux System Cleaning Tools

December 16, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

There are a number of open source applications for Linux which help to keep the operating system working like new.

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Ångströmfetch – system fetch tool

December 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Ångströmfetch is billed as the fast(est) system fetch tool for Linux with a low footprint.

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Archive Manager

ZeroFS – filesystem that makes S3 your primary storage

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

ZeroFS makes S3 storage feel like a real filesystem. It provides file-level access via NFS and 9P and block-level access via NBD.

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Encryption software

6 Best Free and Open Source Email Encryption Tools

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

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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albafetch – displays system information

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

albafetch is a simple and fast program to display a lot of system information.

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Revision Control

GG – GUI for the version control system Jujutsu

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

GG is a GUI for Jujutsu. It takes advantage of Jujutsu’s composable primitives to present an interactive view of your repository.

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Revision Control

Jujutsu – powerful version control system for software projects

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Jujutsu is unlike most other systems, because it abstracts the user interface and version control algorithms from the storage systems.

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sftpman-iced – GUI tool for sshfs and SFTP filesystems

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

sftpman-iced is a GUI application for Linux systems that makes it easy to setup and mount sshfs/SFTP filesystems.

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LeenFetch – system information tool

December 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

LeenFetch is a fast, minimal, and customizable system information tool built in Rust — your alternative to Neofetch.

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Security

MemProcFS – view physical memory as files in a virtual file system

December 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

MemProcFS is an easy and convenient way of viewing physical memory as files in a virtual file system.

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Terminal Multiplexer

TUIOS – Terminal UI Operating System

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

TUIOS is a terminal-based window manager that provides a modern, efficient interface for managing multiple terminal sessions.

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System administration

dnst – Domain Name System Tools

December 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnst :: Domain Name System Tools is a toolset to assist DNS operators with zone and nameserver maintenance.

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Photo Gallery

Zoph – web based digital image presentation and management system

December 4, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

Zoph (Zoph Organizes Photos) is a web based digital image presentation and management system. In other words, a photo album.

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Photo Gallery

Damselfly – photo management system

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

Damselfly is a server-based Digital Photograph Management system. It’s designed to manage a large, folder-based collection of photographs.

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Monitor System

sot – system observation tool

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

sot is a Command-line System Observation Tool in the spirit of top. It’s free and open source software written in Python.

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Monitor System

Xosview2 – X11 system monitor

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI

Xosview2 is a lightweight program that gathers information from your operating system and displays it in graphical form.

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Essential System Utils

7 Best Free and Open Source Process Memory Tools

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

In this roundup we focus on useful tools that help you work out the amount of memory used by programs.

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Selection of utilities

tray-tui – system tray implementation

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

tray-tui brings system tray functionality to the terminal, displaying tray menus as interactive trees.

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NiTch Revived – fast system fetch

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

NiTch Revived is a small and incredibly fast system fetch written fully in Nim without any dependencies.

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