Activity Monitor displays a variety of resources in use on a system in real time. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Author: Steve Emms
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: locate
This article spotlights alternative tools to locate.
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8 Useful Bluetooth Tools for Linux
We recommend a variety of different Bluetooth tools besides BlueZ, the official implementation of the Bluetooth protocol stack.
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Machine Learning in Linux: Spleeter – source separation library
Spleeter is a source separation library with pre-trained models written in Python. It’s free and open source software.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Calculator
Microsoft Calculator app lets you perform basic arithmetic and scientific calculations. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Distrobox – use Linux distributions in your terminal
Distrobox is software which creates and manages container-based development environments without root privileges.
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Excellent Linux Console Audio Grabbers
CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc to a file or other output.
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Machine Learning in Linux: Imaginer – generate images with AI
Imaginer is software which lets you generate pictures using AI. You supply a text prompt, consisting of a collection of words to describe an image, and an AI model creates an image based on the words.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: history
history is a command which displays or manipulates the history list. We recommend alternatives to this command.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: split
This article spotlights alternative tools to split, a utility that splits a file into pieces.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Font Book
Apple Font Book lets you organise fonts into collections and libraries. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cut
This article spotlights alternative tools to cut.
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Machine Learning in Linux: Bavarder – chat with an AI
Bavarder is a GTK4/libadwaita based app that offers an easy way to experiment with ChatGPT. It’s written in Python.
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Best Free and Open Source CLI Data Hashing Tools
Hashing is the process of passing data through a formula that produces a condensed fixed-value representation, called a hash value.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: sysctl
This article spotlights an alternative tool to sysctl. It’s part of our Alternatives to popular CLI tools series.
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