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Font Tools

8 Best Free and Open Source Font Viewers

March 26, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This article highlights useful tools to view your fonts. We only feature free and open source software in this article.

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Find

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: find

March 25, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to find.

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Clipboard

22 Best Free and Open Source Clipboard Managers

March 23, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Linux has a number of proficient clipboard managers. We make our recommendations – all free and open source.

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System administration

21 Best Free and Open Source DNS Servers

March 19, 2025 Erik Karlsson Internet, Roundup, System Software

Domain Name System (DNS) is the internet’s directory service. We recommend the best free and open source DNS servers.

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11 Useful Bluetooth Tools for Linux

March 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We recommend a variety of different Bluetooth tools besides BlueZ, the official implementation of the Bluetooth protocol stack.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Email Clients

March 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We feature our recommended graphical email clients. They are all free and open source goodness.

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Anti-Spam Tools

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Anti-Spam Tools

March 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

There are a number of techniques that help fight the tide of spam. These include whitelisting, spam buckets, Bayesian filtering, fuzzy logic techniques, and attachment scanning.

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Automation

Best Free and Open Source Visual Automation Tools

March 14, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

This article looks at software which provides a graphical user interface for automating desktop tasks.

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Home Automation

12 Best Free and Open Source Solutions for Home Automation

March 10, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Home automation software lets you control and monitor common home and office appliances using a computer.

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Development Tools

8 Top Free and Open Source Lua Web Frameworks

March 9, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Here’s our recommended web frameworks for Lua captured in a legendary Linuxlinks’ chart. We only feature free and open source software.

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