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5 Best Free and Open Source Linux MAC/RBAC Tools
Harden a computer system or network using access controls such as Mandatory Access Control (MAC) or Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
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Agola – CI/CD system
Agola is a CI/CD system with a lot of features like advanced and reproducible workflows (runs), containerized tasks, and fully distributed.
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Pants – scalable build system
Pants is a fast, scalable, user-friendly build and developer workflow system for codebases of all sizes
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NimblePublisher – minimal filesystem-based publishing engine
NimblePublisher is a minimal filesystem-based publishing engine with Markdown support and code highlighting.
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Snipe-IT – asset management system
Snipe-IT is an asset management system written in PHP.
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Linux Assistant – tool to help you master Linux system administration
Linux Assistant is a helper tool that aims to guide you through your daily Linux usage. It performs a variety of system tasks.
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typst – markup-based typesetting system for the sciences
Typst is a markup-based typesetting system that is designed to be as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use.
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SILE – typesetting system
SILE is a typesetting system. Its job is to produce beautiful printed documents.
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Lout – document formatting system
Lout is a document formatting system. The system reads a high-level description of a document similar in style to LaTeX.
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groff – typesetting system that reads plain text input files
groff (GNU roff) is a typesetting system that reads plain text input files that include formatting commands.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: uptime
This article spotlights alternative tools to uptime, a utility which tells you how long the system has been running.
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tuptime – report historical and statistical real time of the system
tuptime is a utility that reports historical and statistical real time of the system, keeping it between restarts.
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downtimed – system downtime monitoring and reporting tool
downtimed is a program for monitoring operating system downtime, uptime, shutdowns and crashes and for keeping record of such events.
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lastwake – wake/suspend time system journal analyzer
lastwake parses the systemd journal to find out: time of last cold boot, and start/end times of each sleep/resume cycle and their duration.
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Furnace – multi-system chiptune tracker
Furnace is a tool which allows you to create music using sound chips (“chiptune”), most from the 8/16-bit era.
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Go AppImage – implementation of AppImage tools
Go AppImage is an implementation of AppImage tools written in Go by the inventor of the AppImage format.
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Docspell – Document Management System
Docspell is a personal document organizer targeted for home use, i.e. families, households and also for smaller groups/companies.
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Foam – personal knowledge management and sharing system
Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.
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Cuneiform – OCR system
Cuneiform is a multi-language, open source optical character recognition system originally developed by Cognitive Technologies.
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