bcron is a cron system designed with secure operations in mind. It’s free and open source software written in C.
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Category: Utilities
anacron – periodic command scheduler
Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days.
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systemd – array of system components
systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It’s free and open source software written in C.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Archive Utility
Archive Utility creates and decompresses .zip files and other compressed files. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: strings
Alternative tools to strings, a utility that prints the sequences of printable characters in files.
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stringsext – search for multi-byte encoded strings in binary data
stringsext is a Unicode enhancement of the strings tool with additional functionalities.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Markdown Editors
Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax created by John Gruber in 2004. We feature our recommended open source Markdown editors.
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sad – Space Age seD
sad is a batch file edit tool. It will show you a really nice diff of proposed changes before you commit them.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Keychain Access
Keychain Access stores your passwords and account information, and reduces the number of passwords you have to remember and manage. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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45 Outstanding Linux Utilities to Maximize your Productivity
This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential utilities. These are small, indispensable tools, useful for anyone running a Linux machine.
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Excellent Utilities: pastel – generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors
pastel is a command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors. This tool supports a variety of color formats and color spaces.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: ProtonUp-Qt
ProtonUp-Qt is software which helps you install custom builds of Proton such as GE-Proton. ProtonUp-Qt sports a graphical front-end
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ccat – colorizing cat
ccat is the colorizing cat. It works similar to cat but displays content with syntax highlighting. Written in Go.
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touche – touch command
touche is a Rust implementation of the touch utility. This tool was inspired by bonk, another Rust implementation.
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bonk – fast touch alternative
bonk is billed as a blazingly fast touch alternative with a sprinkle of mkdir. It’s written in the Rust programming language.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: NoiseTorch-ng
NoiseTorch-ng is billed as an “easy to use open source application for Linux with PulseAudio or PipeWire”.
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prs – fast and secure password manager for the terminal
prs is a secure, fast and convenient password manager for the terminal. Security is backed by the battle-tested GPG.
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KWalletManager – password management tool
KWalletManager is a tool to manage the passwords on your system. It provides a secure way to store passwords and other secret information.
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Secrets – password manager
Secrets is a password manager which makes use of the KeePass v.4 format.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: MangoHud
MangoHud is a Vulkan and OpenGL overlay to help you monitor FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load, and more besides.
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