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19 Best Free and Open Source Linux Physics Tools

December 26, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This article focuses on selecting the best open source software for physics and physics education. Hopefully there will be something for interest here for all budding physicists.

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Video-Emulators

BizHawk – multi-system emulator

December 24, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. It also has recording/playback and debugging tools.

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Machine Learning in Linux

GPTScript – build AI assistants that interact with your systems

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

GPTScript is a framework that allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to operate and interact with various systems.

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Archive Manager

Cloud Storage FUSE – user-space file system

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Cloud Storage FUSE is an open source FUSE adapter that lets you mount and access Cloud Storage buckets as local file systems.

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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Server Provisioning Tools

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

Server provisioning is a set of actions to prepare a server, taking it from bare metal to a functioning system.

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Server

Confluent – handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Confluent is a software package to handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations.

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Reference Management

6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Reference Management Tools

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Roundup, Scientific

Reference management software is software for academics and authors to use to record and use bibliographic citations.

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e-Learning

Frappe Learning – Learning Management System

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Web Apps

Frappe Learning is an easy-to-use learning system that helps you bring structure to your content.

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e-Learning

Omeka S – web publication system for universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Web Apps

Omeka S consists of a local network of independently curated exhibits sharing a collaboratively built pool of items, media, and their metadata.

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Hard disk image

9 Best Free and Open Source Hard Disk Utilities for System Tweakers

December 17, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

We showcase the finest open source tools to diagnose the health of a hard disk and improve its performance.

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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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Circuit board

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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Circuit board

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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Circuit board

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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