Making file backups is an essential activity for all users, yet many users do not take adequate steps to protect their data.
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Category: CLI
Excellent Utilities: Nushell – flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel
Nushell is billed as a new type of shell. The aim is to adopt the Unix philosophy of shells where pipes connect command together.
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34 Best Free Linux Backup Software (Updated 2023)
Backup software is used to perform a complete back up of a file, data, database, system or server. Here’s the best open source backup software.
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Excellent Utilities: Oh My Zsh – framework to manage your Zsh configuration
Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.
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24 Best Open Source Linux Note Takers
We have compiled this roundup of our pick of high quality note applications for organizing, sharing, and taking notes. Free and open source software only.
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Linux Candy: ctree – Christmas tree on your terminal
Given the time of year, it seems only appropriate to start decorating the desktop. ctree offers a Christmas tree right on your terminal.
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40 Excellent Ways to Manage Your System – Essential System Tools
This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small, indispensable utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems.
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spotify-player – command driven Spotify player
spotify-player is a command-line Spotify client that’s written in Rust. It’s published under an open source license.
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ncspot – ncurses Spotify client
ncspot is a command-line Spotify client that’s written in Rust. It’s published under an open source license.
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Spotify TUI – Spotify client for the terminal
For this review, we’re looking at Spotify TUI. It’s a Spotify client for the terminal written in Rust.
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yt-dlp – fork of youtube-dl
yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl that’s under active development. It focuses on adding new features and patches and maintaining compatibility.
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Chafa – terminal graphics image viewer
This review looks at a terminal-based image viewer that supports the Kitty Graphics Protocol. It’s named Chafa, shorthand for Character Art Facsimile.
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timg – Terminal Image and Video Viewer
timg is an image and video viewer with support for high resolution graphics in the terminal.
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viu – Terminal Image Viewer with Kitty Graphics Protocol support
viu is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal.
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Essential System Tools: btop++ – resource monitor
btop++ is an alternative to top. It’s a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
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Excellent Utilities: horcrux – file splitter with encryption and redundancy
horcrux is an open source tool that’s designed to split files and keep them secure with encryption.
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termusic – terminal-based music player
termusic is a music player written in Rust. Here’s our review of this open source software.
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Linux Candy: terminal-parrot – party parrot time
terminal-parrot displays a parrot in your terminal. There’s even an Australian option for those living down under!
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Excellent Utilities: croc – securely transfer files and folders
croc is a command-line utility to send files and folders from one computer to another.
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Quoter – The Console Based Stock Quote Tool
Quoter is a command-line tool that fetches stock prices. It’s written in Java and published under an open source license.
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