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Essential System Tools: hyperfine – command-line benchmarking tool

August 30, 2019 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software

hyperfine is a command-line benchmarking tool. It’s designed to measure the full execution time of a program. This open source tool is written in Rust.

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Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks: Server Security from TLS to Tor

February 19, 2024 John O'Donnell Security

This guide explores the approach needed to protect Linux servers including the implementation of Transport Layer Security protocols and Tor.

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What is Fulfillment Software in E-commerce?

March 8, 2025 John O'Donnell Blog

Fulfillment software is an essential tool for any e-commerce business looking to streamline its order fulfillment process.

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Fontconfig – library for configuring and customizing font access

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide font configuration, customization and application access.

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Percona Toolkit – collection of advanced open source command-line tools

October 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Percona Toolkit (formerly Maatkit) provides essential command-line utilities for MySQL. Work more safely and quickly by relying on tested software

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PreviewQt – preview all kinds of files

July 28, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics, Reviews

PreviewQt is a file previewer that strives to be lightweight, very fast, and simple. It supports a huge range of files and formats.

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pwall – photo/video viewer and organizer

November 29, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics, Reviews

pwall is billed as a modern style photo/video viewer and organizer.

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Photo Metadata

BeeRef – simple reference image viewer

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics, Reviews

BeeRef is Python-based software which lets you quickly arrange your reference images and view them while you create

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Rescuezilla – Easy Backup, Recovery & Bare Metal Restore

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Rescuezilla (formerly known as Redo Backup and Recovery) is so simple and user-friendly that anyone can use it.

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Firefly AIBOX 3588S

Firefly AIBOX-3588S Embedded Fanless PC Running Linux – Introduction

July 21, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is the first in a series of articles looking at the Firefly AIBOX 3588S embedded fanless ARM-based mini PC.

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