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Hard drive utility

fdisk – manipulate disk partition tables

October 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

fdisk is an interactive partitioning tool for Linux supporting GPT and MBR tables, sector-based editing, disk labels and safety checks.

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Fractals

FractGen – extensible fractal generator

October 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, GUI

FractGen is a Qt/KDE fractal generator suite with graphical tools and a command-line renderer for large images and automated batch jobs.

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Server

Door Knocker – check xdg-desktop-portal availability

October 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Door Knocker provides a simple graphical view of xdg-desktop-portal interfaces so you can see which portals are available.

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Security

AegisBPF – eBPF runtime security and policy enforcement agent

October 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

AegisBPF enforces Linux file and network policies using eBPF LSM hooks, with audit logging, Prometheus metrics and Kubernetes support.

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Saving Money with Linux

RyzenAdj – adjust power management settings for Ryzen APUs

October 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

RyzenAdj is a command-line utility for adjusting Ryzen APU power, thermal, current and clock limits from Linux and Windows.

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13 Best Free and Open Source C and C++ Linter Tools

October 17, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix C and C++ code.

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SQL

MyDumper – parallel MySQL backup and restore tools

October 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents

MyDumper provides parallel logical backup and restore tools for MySQL-compatible databases, with chunking, compression and streaming.

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CodeChecker – static analysis and defect management platform

October 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Web Apps

CodeChecker combines C and C++ static analysis with searchable defect reports, run comparisons and collaborative reviews in a web interface.

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Coccinelle – semantic program matching and transformation

October 13, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Coccinelle is a free and open source program matching and transformation engine for analysing and modifying C source code.

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Smatch – static analyser for C code

October 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Smatch is a free and open source static analysis tool for C code with extensive checks designed for the Linux kernel.

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Anti-Malware Tools

Decloaker – reveal objects hidden by malware

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Decloaker reveals files, processes, sockets and kernel modules hidden by malware and rootkits.

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Transfer Files

pSync – synchronize files securely between networked hosts

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

pSync is a command-line file synchronization tool that securely keeps selected directories aligned between networked hosts over SSH.

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Matuwall – fast graphical wallpaper picker for Wayland

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

Matuwall is a lightweight Wayland wallpaper picker with previews, carousel navigation, configurable backends and hooks.

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Compression

libbsc – high performance block-sorting data compressor

October 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

libbsc provides high performance lossless block-sorting compression with multithreading and optional NVIDIA GPU acceleration.

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Server

flatpak-builder – build application bundles from source manifests

October 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

flatpak-builder automates source retrieval, builds and manifest-driven packaging, with reproducible workflows for sandboxed Linux apps.

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Selection of utilities

zsv – high-performance CSV processing tool

September 30, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

zsv is a high-performance CSV parser and extensible command-line tool with SIMD acceleration, SQL queries, conversion and data viewing.

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Hex Editor

poke – extensible editor for structured binary data

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

poke is an extensible editor for structured binary data with a dedicated language, reusable pickles, interactive editing and scripting.

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Log Analyzers

syslog-ng – collect, process and route log data

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

syslog-ng collects, parses, transforms and routes logs from many sources to files, databases, queues and analytics platforms across Linux systems.

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isolate – secure execution environment for untrusted programs

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

isolate securely runs untrusted Linux programs in restricted environments with namespaces, cgroups, resource limits and syscall filtering.

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Text Editor

Parchment – sparse plain text editor for prose and code

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Parchment is a sparse GTK 4 plain text editor for prose and source code, with a deliberately small feature set focused on readability.

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