Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux, top is a troubleshooting tool that often comes up in conversation. We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.
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17 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools
File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result is known as a diff.
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28 Best Free and Open Source Command Line Navigation Tools
Tiny but useful tools that complement the cd command. Free and open source goodness.
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11 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based YouTube Tools
Funky developers have created applications that allow you to bypass the web-only barrier of YouTube. Here’s our recommended terminal-based YouTube tools.
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16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Music Players
All music libraries are different, and the right open source music player can make a world of difference – especially if you’ve a large collection. We recommend the best terminal-based music players.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Console Web Browsers
A web browser is the quintessential desktop application. We recommend the finest free and open source console based web browsers.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Console Email Clients
Here are our recommended console email clients. All free and open source goodness.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Weather Tools
This article focuses on terminal-based weather tools for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.
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20 Best Free and Open Source Console Linux File Managers
We recommend the finest free and open source console-based file managers for Linux and other operating systems.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Console MPD Clients
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 best console-based MPD clients.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Console Based XMPP Clients
Here’s our verdict on the best console-based XMPP clients. They are free and open source goodness.
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tap is a terminal-based music player with fuzzy-finder
tap is a terminal-based music player that lets you jump to any album with fuzzy-finder shortcuts.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Get Started with the Terminal – Part 9
What’s a shell? What’s a terminal? The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform.
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Compact Text Editors Great for Remote Editing and Much More
A text editor is software used for editing plain text files.
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Terminal Image Viewer – display images in a terminal
Terminal Image Viewer is a small program to display images in a (modern) terminal using RGB ANSI codes and unicode block graphics characters. It’s free and open source software.
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Termgraph – draw basic graphs in the terminal
Termgraph is a command-line tool which draws basic graphs in the terminal. Termgraph is free and open source software and written in Python.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Dear Diary – Week 32
Keeping a diary of your daily life is an activity that is held dear by many people. In this week’s blog, Luke checks out RedNotebook, Lifeograph, jrnl, and Org on the Raspberry Pi 4.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – File Management – Week 21
This week’s Raspberry Pi 4 blog focuses on file managers, recommending the best console and GUI-based file managers for this tiny machine.
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Excellent System Tools: nnn – portable terminal file manager
nnn is a free and open source terminal file manager written in the C programming language. nnn focuses on performance over features.
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17 Best Free Console Based Linux Multimedia Apps
The vast majority of Linux users would never be satisfied without access to a graphical user interface. However, even in 2020 there remain many reasons why console based applications can be extremely desirable. Although console applications are very useful for updating, configuring, and repairing a system, their benefits are not only confined to system administration.
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