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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Category: Software
Excellent Utilities: Imagine – image optimization
Imagine is software to compress PNG, JPEG and WebP images. This graphical utility sports a modern interface.
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Essential System Tools: kmon – manage Linux kernel modules
kmon is a text-based tool to help you manage the Linux kernel modules and to monitor the kernel activities.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel PDF Document Writer
Corel PDF Document Writer lets users convert documents, emails, images and other file types into a PDF for viewing and sharing. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Linux Candy: No More Secrets – data decryption effects
No More Secrets (nms) is a command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 thriller film Sneakers.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Terminal
Apple Terminal provides a command line interface to control the UNIX-based operating system that lurks below macOS. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Essential System Tools: GreenWithEnvy – NVIDIA graphics card utility
GreenWithEnvy (GWE) is a system tool for NVIDIA graphics cards. This free and open source tool is written in Python.
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Spotube – Flutter based lightweight Spotify client
Spotube is billed as a “fast, modern, lightweight and efficient Spotify music client”. Here’s our verdict.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Stocks
Apple Stocks is software which lets you view stock quotes, interactive historical data charts and current breaking business news. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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TIDAL Hi-Fi – Electron-based software for TIDAL
TIDAL Hi-Fi is a third-party music streaming program using Castlabs’ version of Electron for widevine support.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source Turn-Based Strategy Games – Part 2
All of the games featured here have great gameplay, they’re immersive, fascinating, and hugely satisfying.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a proprietary business communication platform. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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Best Free and Open Source Software – September 2022 Updates
September 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Excellent Utilities: CopyQ – advanced clipboard manager
CopyQ is an advanced clipboard manager. This software stores content of the system clipboard whenever it changes.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Photo Booth
Photo Booth is a software application for taking photos and videos with an iSight camera. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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