NetworkManager is the standard networking stack on many Linux distributions, especially desktop-oriented systems.
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Namida – feature-rich music / video player for Linux, Android, and Windows
Namida is a modern music and video player. The application aims to combine an attractive interface with a powerful local music library
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Astra is billed as an audiophile music player
Astra is a music player designed for playing local music files, whether your collection consists of FLAC, MP3, or other common audio formats.
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firemark – flexible Linux watermarking tool for images and PDFs
firemark is a command-line tool that adds watermarks to images and PDF documents before sharing them with third parties.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Battery Life
For this article in the series, I’m looking at the battery life of the laptop in more detail. The 16″ model of the laptop has a 60Wh battery.
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Receiver – a modern internet radio player progressing rapidly
Receiver is an awesome open source internet radio player. If you like internet radio, you really should try it today!
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Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates
February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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23 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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Pomotroid – simple and visually-pleasing Pomodoro timer
Pomotroid is a simple and configurable Pomodoro timer. It aims to provide a visually-pleasing and reliable way to track productivity.
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FCD – text based file manager
The FCD File Manager (FranCommanDer) is a text based file manager for Linux.
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cmix – lossless data compression program
cmix is a lossless data compression program aimed at optimizing compression ratio at the cost of high CPU/memory usage.
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Aer – high performance simulator for quantum circuits
Qiskit Aer is a high performance quantum circuit simulator written in C++ and Python.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Emulators Built With Web Technologies
This article recommends terminal emulators built with web technologies – JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
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Gryt – self-hostable, WebRTC-based voice communication app
Gryt is a self-hosted, open-source platform for voice, text, and video chat. Own your data. Host your server. Build your client.
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BinauralPlayer – media player
BinauralPlayer integrates audio and video playback with tools for generating binaural beats and brainwave-based audio signals.
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msgvault – archive a lifetime of email and chat
msgvault lets you archive a lifetime of email. Analytics and search in milliseconds, entirely offline. Powered by DuckDB.
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20 Useful Free and Open Source PDF Manipulation Tools
We recommend the best free and open source PDF manipulation tools offering some genuinely useful software.
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Outlet – application management client for Flatpak
Outlet is a frontend for finding and managing your systems applications.
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Borg Backup Server – GUI Manager for Multiple Borg Endpoints
Borg Backup Server is a self-hosted web application for centrally managing BorgBackup across multiple endpoints (Linux, Mac and Windows).
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14 Best Free and Open Source Universal Access Tools
Accessibility is the degree to which products, devices, services, or environments are available to as many people as possible whatever their circumstances. Accessibility is paramount. Social inclusion is not an act of charity but a fundamental human right.
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OnePDFPlease – TUI for working with PDF files
OnePDFPlease is a terminal-based PDF toolkit with vim keybindings providing a keyboard-driven interface for various PDF related tasks
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Best Free and Open Source Visual Automation Tools
This article looks at software which provides a graphical user interface for automating desktop tasks.
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DOORS – pixel art logic game
DOORS is a pixel art logic game that’s written in the JavaScript.
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monitui – TUI for wrangling your hyprland monitors
monitui is a terminal UI that makes Hyprland monitor configuration actually pleasant.
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FFF – opinionated fuzzy file picker for neovim
FFF is an opinionated fuzzy file picker for neovim. Just for files, but it tries to solve file picking completely.
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Packet Sender – send and receive TCP, UDP, and SSL packets
Packet Sender is a network utility for sending and receiving custom network packets across various protocols.
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