Skip to content
LinuxLinks

LinuxLinks

Best Free Linux Software & Open Source Reviews

  • Home
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Series
  • Search

Tag: C

Hard disk image

openSeaChest – perform various operations on SATA, SAS, NVMe, and USB storage devices

September 20, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

openSeaChest is a collection of comprehensive, easy-to-use command line diagnostic tools and programming libraries for storage devices.

Read more
Text Editor

ghostwriter – distraction-free Markdown editor

September 19, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

ghostwriter is a distraction-free Markdown editor with full screen mode and a clean interface. ghostwriter is free and open source software.

Read more
Maths

PARI/GP – computer algebra system

September 18, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

PARI/GP is a widely used computer algebra system designed for fast computations in number theory e.g factorizations, algebraic number theory.

Read more
Maths

Scilab – software for numerical computation

September 18, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Scilab includes hundreds of mathematical functions. It has a high level programming language allowing access to advanced data structures.

Read more
Maths

Octave – scientific programming language

September 18, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations.It provides a convenient command line interface.

Read more
Maths

FORM – Symbolic Manipulation System

September 18, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

FORM is a Symbolic Manipulation System. It reads symbolic expressions from files and executes symbolic/algebraic transformations upon them.

Read more
Maths

Macaulay2 – supporting research in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra

September 18, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Macaulay 2 is a computer algebra system devoted to supporting research in algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, and their applications.

Read more
Maths

FriCAS – advanced computer algebra system

September 18, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

FriCAS is an advanced, open source, computer algebra system, a self-contained toolbox ranging from calculus to abstract algebra.

Read more
Composing Music

Denemo – music notation software

September 17, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

Denemo is a graphical user interface musical notation editor. It’s a frontend to Lilypond, an automated engraving system.

Read more
Composing Music

Gregorio – Tools for Typesetting Gregorian Chant

September 17, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

Gregorio is a free and open-source scorewriter software particularly useful for Gregorian chant in square notation.

Read more
Server

Radius – server for remote user authentication and accounting

September 16, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Radius is a server for remote user authentication and accounting and a set of accompanying utilities. Free and open source software.

Read more
Server

FreeRADIUS – RADIUS suite

September 16, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

FreeRADIUS is a modular, high performance free RADIUS suite allowing authentication and authorization for a network to be centralized.

Read more
Music

Music on Console – console audio player

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

Music on Console (MOC) is a full-screen audio player designed to be powerful and easy to use. It’s free and open source software.

Read more
Find

Fastfetch – neofetch-like tool for fetching system information

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Fastfetch is a neofetch-like tool for fetching system information and displaying them in a pretty way.

Read more
Stacking Window Managers

FVWM – ICCCM-compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

FVWM is a powerful ICCCM2 compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager for the X Window System. It was originally derived from twm.

Read more
Stacking Window Managers

WindowMaker – window manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

Window Maker is a window manager originally designed to provide integration support for the GNUstep Desktop Environment.

Read more
Stacking Window Managers

Sawfish – extensible window manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

Sawfish (formerly known as Sawmill) is an extensible window manager using an Emacs Lisp-like scripting language called Librep.

Read more
Stacking Window Managers

Openbox – window manager with extensive standards support

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

Openbox is a window manager for the X11 windowing system. It was originally based on Blackbox and currently remains very similar.

Read more
Stacking Window Managers

evilwm – minimalist window manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

evilwm is a minimalist window manager for the X Window System. It works by drawing a one pixel border around each window.

Read more
Stacking Window Managers

Marco – MATE default window manager

September 12, 2023 Steve Emms Desktop

Marco is a fork of GNOME Metacity. Marco is the default window manager for MATE, the continuation of GNOME 2.

Read more

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 … 64 65 66 67 68 … 76 Next Posts»

Best Free Software

Document Management Systems
Documents
Web Browsers
Internet
Education
Education
Internet Radio
Audio
YouTube Tools
Video
Paint Palette
Graphics
System Administration
Admin
Docks
Desktop
Productivity
Productivity
Genome Browsers - Web Based
Science
Games
Games
Vulnerability detection
Security
Replacements for du
Utilities
Object Relational Mapping
Coding
Stockmarket
Finance
Web Delivery
Web Apps
Crafting
Other
Programming Books
Books

Data Science

Data ScienceTake our free interactive courses in data science. There are courses for Python using pandas and plotnine and R using ggplot2.

Get up to speed in 20 minutes. No programming knowledge is required.

Recent Comments

  • PSG Forever on 6 Best Free and Open Source Linux TUI Clipboard Managers
  • NobodyKnows on 10 Best Free and Open Source Audio Converters
  • Steve Emms on 10 Best Free and Open Source Audio Converters
  • NobodyKnows on 10 Best Free and Open Source Audio Converters
  • Steve Emms on 11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Stock Tickers
  • Kieran on Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – BIOS
  • Kieran on Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk ShotGrid
  • Basile on Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk ShotGrid
  • Steve Emms on 11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Stock Tickers
  • BobsYourUncle on 11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Stock Tickers

Programming Books

Read our curated lists of great free programming books. Learn Java, C, Python, C++, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and many more languages.

Alternatively, check out our series of great free programming tutorials.

Feedback

Help expand our coverage of Linux software by completing our:

  • Open-source software form
  • Linux distro form

Your feedback is very much appreciated. Complete our contact form.

Support Us


Donate
to LinuxLinks

Thank you for supporting LinuxLinks. If you like our site, the best way to ensure it remains available is to make a donation.

Small Devices

We’re publishing a series of articles for each of these Linux-based phones, Mini PCs, SBCs, and NAS devices.

Minisforum M2 Panther Lake Mini PC – Intel
Minisforum MS-02 Mini Workstation
BOSGAME M7 285H – Intel
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation
Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus laptop
BOSGAME M6 HX370 – AMD
BOSGAME M4 Plus – AMD
Minisforum AI X1 Pro – AMD
Minisforum UM890 Pro – AMD
PELADN WO4 5600H – AMD
Volla Phone Quintus with UT (ARM)
HP ProBook 440 G8 Refurb – Intel
ASRock NUC BOX-255H – Intel

SBC series are available on our Series landing page.

Replace Proprietary Software

Migrate from large multinational software companies and embrace free and open source solutions.

Google
Google
Microsoft
Microsoft
Apple
Apple
Adobe
Adobe
IBM
IBM
Autodesk
Autodesk
Oracle
Oracle
Atlassian
Atlassian
Corel
Corel
Cisco
Cisco
Intuit
Intuit
SAS
SAS
Progress
Progress
Salesforce
Salesforce
Citrix
Citrix

Reviews

ReviewsWe’ve written tons of in-depth and completely impartial reviews of open source software. Read our reviews.

New to Linux?

NewbieBegin your Linux journey with our easy-to-understand guide designed for newcomers.

Mega Compilations

100 GUI Apps
100 TUI Apps
100 CLI Apps

Recent Posts

  • Budget Tracker TUI – track personal budgets
  • Best Free and Open Source Software: May 2026 Updates
  • Commix – Python-based penetration testing tool
  • Memories – self-hosted photo and video management application
  • PiGallery2 – self-hosted web application for publishing photo collections
  • Dalfox – command-line security tool
  • 14 Best Free and Open Source Stock Market Investment Tools
  • SystemRescue – Linux system rescue toolkit
  • StakTrakr – browser-based precious metals portfolio tracker
  • Command-Line Screen Capture Tools: 11 Free and Open Source Linux Apps

Desktops

9 Best Desktops
24 KDE Themes
33 KDE Widgets
42 GNOME Extensions
Pantheon, Trinity, LXDE

Archives

Related

Contact us
Link us
FAQ
Comment FAQ
ForFOSS.com
OSSBlog.org
Privacy Policy

© LinuxLinks 1998-2026: Designed by LinuxLinks.