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Reference Management

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Reference Management Tools

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Roundup, Scientific

Reference management software is software for academics and authors to use to record and use bibliographic citations.

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15 Best Free and Open Source Status Page Systems

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

A status page system is software that lets you communicate incidents, schedule maintenances and downtimes with your customers.

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Server

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Server Provisioning Tools

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

Server provisioning is a set of actions to prepare a server, taking it from bare metal to a functioning system.

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Graphics card image

11 Best Free and Open Source NVIDIA GPU Monitoring Tools

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

nvidia-smi is a basic monitoring and management tool for NVIDIA graphics card. We explore other useful NVIDIA GPU monitoring tools.

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Network

12 Best Free and Open Source File Systems for Big Data

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms Big Data, Internet, Roundup, Scientific

This feature highlights the finest open source file systems designed to cope with the demands imposed by Big Data.

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Natural Language Processing

11 Excellent Free and Open Source Java Natural Language Processing Tools

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Scientific

Java remains one of the most widely used programming languages. We explore the best free and open source Java based NLP tools.

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Cloud

Best Free and Open Source IaaS Software

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a service model where an organization outsources the equipment used to support storage, hardware, servers and networking components.

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Art

32 Delightful Free and Open Source ASCII Art Tools

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures.

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Image Viewers

45 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Image Viewers

June 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Images are part of every day internet usage. We recommend the finest free and open source graphical image viewers available for Linux.

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DJ

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Software for DJs

June 10, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

If you’re starting out as a DJ, you’ll probably want to try free software, as proprietary solutions can be very expensive. Fortunately, Linux has useful software for DJs.

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Chat

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Usenet Tools

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. We recommend the best free and open source Usenet tools.

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VoIP

6 Best Free and Open Source Noise Suppression Tools

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This article selects our pick of the available noise suppression tools. We only explore free and open source software here.

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Utility

8 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, System Software

We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.

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CDROM

8 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Audio Grabbers

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc.

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Family History

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Family History Software

June 7, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Other, Roundup

This article highlights the best genealogy software that runs under Linux.

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Hard disk image

10 Best Free and Open Source Hard Disk Utilities for System Tweakers

June 7, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

We showcase the finest open source tools to diagnose the health of a hard disk and improve its performance.

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Big Data

5 Best Free and Open Source Native XML Databases for Big Data

June 7, 2026 Steve Emms Big Data, Internet, Roundup, Scientific

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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System Cleaning

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux System Cleaning Tools

June 6, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

There are a number of open source applications for Linux which help to keep the operating system working like new.

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Coding

9 Best Free and Open Source Python Integrated Development Environments

June 6, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

A good IDE tries to accurately predict what the developer is seeking to do without getting in the way.

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Server

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Network Authentication Tools

June 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security, System Software

Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) is a networking protocol that offers centralized connection authentication, authorization, and accounting management for various types of network access.

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