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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: telnet

August 21, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to telnet, a tool to login to a remote system.

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Hypervisors

6 Best Free and Open Source Type 1 Hypervisors

August 21, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Internet, Roundup, System Software

This article identifies the finest open source Type 1 hypervisors that are available to download.

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Search

8 Best Free and Open Source Search Engines for Big Data

August 20, 2023 Steve Emms Big Data, Internet, Roundup

Big Data is an all-inclusive term that refers to data sets so large and complex that they need to be processed by specially designed hardware and software tools.

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Encryption software

5 Best Free and Open Source Email Encryption Tools

August 19, 2023 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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Fonts

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Fonts

August 18, 2023 Steve Emms Reviews, Utilities

Google Fonts is a font and web font service. It offers font families and an interactive web directory. We recommend open source alternatives.

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Coding

5 Best Free and Open Source Python Shells

August 18, 2023 Steve Emms Languages, Programming, Roundup

There are some excellent alternative Python shells that extend on the basic shell. They each offer a good interactive Python experience.

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Web

Optimize Web Delivery with these Open Source Tools

August 17, 2023 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Web proxy software forwards HTTP requests without modifying traffic in any way. They can be configured as a transparent proxy with no client-side configuration required.

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Documentation Generators

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Help Viewer

August 16, 2023 Steve Emms Reviews, Software

Help Viewer is a WebKit based HTML viewer for macOS aimed at displaying help files and other documentation. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives from a Linux perspective.

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Emacs Software

5 Best Free and Open Source Configuration Frameworks for Emacs

August 14, 2023 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Emacs configuration frameworks take the vanilla Emacs and add their own configuration.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: talk

August 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to talk, a venerable talk client.

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