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24 Best Free and Open Source Clipboard Managers

November 13, 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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27 Sparkling Free and Open Source CLI Linux Time Trackers

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

All of the time trackers featured in this roundup are console applications, using a command-line interface.

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Diary

9 Best Free and Open Source Diary Software

October 29, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

This article identifies flexible and useful diary tools for the Linux desktop. Free and open source software only.

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Image of Files

28 Best Free and Open Source Command Line Navigation Tools

September 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

Tiny but useful tools that complement the cd command. Free and open source goodness.

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Mind Mapping

11 Best Free and Open Source Mind Mapping Software

July 19, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

Mind mapping software offers an excellent way of capturing your thoughts in a structured way, brainstorming new ideas.

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pcalc – terminal calculator made for programmers

June 4, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

The programmer calculator is a simple terminal tool designed to give maximum efficiency and flexibility to the programmer.

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Spring

Blanket – focus and productivity tool

March 2, 2022 John O'Donnell Multimedia, Reviews, Utilities

Blanket is a free and open source utility written in Python that aims to help you improve focus and enhance productivity.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft To Do

November 19, 2021 Steve Emms Internet, Productivity, Software

Microsoft To Do is a cloud-based task management application. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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espanso

espanso – smart and efficient text expander

December 18, 2020 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, Software, Utilities

espanso is a text expander, software that detects when you type a specific keyword and replaces it with something else.

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Raspberry Pi 4 - Personal Information Managers

Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Personal Information Managers – Week 33

June 10, 2020 Luke Baker Blog, Desktop, Software, Utilities

For this week’s Raspberry Pi 4 blog, Luke examines selected personal information managers.

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Excellent Utilities: Tusk – Evernote desktop software

July 1, 2019 Steve Emms Desktop, Office, Productivity, Reviews, Utilities

Tusk is billed as a feature-laden, open source, community-driven, free Evernote app used by people in more than 140 countries. Let’s put it this application through its paces, and why it warrants inclusion in our “Excellent Utilities” series.

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7 More of the Best Free Linux Task Management Tools

October 18, 2017 Steve Emms Productivity, Software, Utilities

Task management tools are a branch of computer software which enable users to create a list of tasks to be completed. This list is sometimes known as a to-do list or things-to-do. For the purposes of this article, the term ‘task manager’ should not be confused with monitoring software which provides information about programs and processes running on a computer.

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