Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct sets of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem.
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Useful Free and Open Source Security Testing Software
Here’s some useful software for performing security testing. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.
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TUISIC – simple TUI online music streaming software
TUISIC is a simple TUI online music streaming application written in C++ with vim keybindings.
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Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: 3 Types of Cores
The 12-core processor has a quad-core Cortex-A720 large core, quad-core Cortex-A720 medium core, and quad-core Cortex-A520 small core.
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ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.2 released: AI grammar and spell check, customizable hotkeys, macro recording, improved PDF redaction and forms
The latest version of ONLYOFFICE Docs is already available, bringing an AI-powered grammar and spelling checker that can be enabled through the built-in AI plugin. However, the 9.2 release also brings more customization (custom keyboard shortcuts), automation (macro recording), improved PDF redaction, and clearer form-building tools, all the small changes that add up to a smoother editing workflow.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: cTDP
Delving into the UM890 Pro’s BIOS reveals an option not available in the other mini PC’s I’ve been writing about. The BIOS setting lets you set the AMD Configurable TDP (cTDP).
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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2025 Updates
November 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Process Memory Tools
In this roundup we focus on useful tools that help you work out the amount of memory used by programs.
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Benchmarking the Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer
I put the Orange Pi 6 Plus through a series of benchmarks and compare its results to a variety of its competitors.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption
I subject the Minisforum M890 Pro to a series of power consumption tests and compare it to other machines.
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Benchmarking the Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC
The Minisforum UM890 Pro is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS processor. I put it through various benchmark tests
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Benchmarking the HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop in Linux
I put a refurbished HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop through a series of benchmarks comparing it to other machines.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux – Introduction to the Series
The Minisforum UM890 Pro is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen 9 Pro 8945HS processor with integrated Radeon 780M graphics.
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HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Specifications in detail
Let’s look at the specifications of the laptop in more detail. I’ll use a popular system profiler, inxi, to help delve into the laptop’s specs.
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Orange Pi 6 Plus Running Linux: Introduction to the Series
This is the first article in a new series looking at the latest piece of kit from Orange Pi. It’s the Orange Pi 6 Plus development board.
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HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Introduction to the Series
This is a new series looking at running Linux on a refurbished HP laptop.
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Issie – Interactive Schematic Simulator with Integrated Editor
Issie (Interactive Schematic Simulator with Integrated Editor) is an application for digital circuit design and simulation.
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PCLink – web-first application for secure remote PC control
PCLink is a modern, web-first application for secure remote PC control from mobile devices.
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LeenFetch – system information tool
LeenFetch is a fast, minimal, and customizable system information tool built in Rust — your alternative to Neofetch.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: rm
This article spotlights alternative tools to rm, a command that removes files or directories.
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6 Best Free and Open Source GUI Command Schedulers
The software utility cron also known as cron job is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ping
This article spotlights alternative tools to ping. All software featured here is free and open source goodness.
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Checkstyle – Java Code Quality Tool
Checkstyle is a tool that ensures adherence to a code standard or a set of best practices.
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MoneyTerm – TUI expense and budget tracker
MoneyTerm is a Textual/Rich TUI based expense and budget tracker. It’s written in the Python language.
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csvi – terminal CSV editor
CSVI is a terminal-based CSV editor for UNIX-like systems (including Linux) and Windows.
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trashy – fast and featureful alternative to rm
trashy is a simple, fast, and featureful alternative to rm and trash-cli written in Rust.
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CSSTree – tool set for CSS
CSSTree is a tool set for CSS: fast detailed parser (CSS → AST), walker (AST traversal), generator (AST → CSS) and lexer
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zprint – reformat Clojure and Clojurescript source code
zprint is a library and command line tool providing pretty printing capabilities for both Clojure code and Clojure/EDN structures.
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MemProcFS – view physical memory as files in a virtual file system
MemProcFS is an easy and convenient way of viewing physical memory as files in a virtual file system.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Volume Mixers
A volume mixer is a tool that adjusts the individual volume levels of different applications and audio devices running on a computer.
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cljfmt – detect and fix formatting errors in Clojure code
cljfmt is a tool for detecting and fixing formatting errors in Clojure code .Its defaults are based on the Clojure Style Guide.
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Tinte – wallpaper utility and theme generator
Tinte is a wallpaper utility and theme generator for Wayland. It’s a ork of aether that is not limited to Omarchy.
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Groonga – fulltext search engine and column store
Groonga is a fulltext search engine and column store. It lets you write high-performance applications that requires fulltext search.
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oeis-tui – TUI and CLI for browsing the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
oeis-tui is a TUI and CLI for browsing the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) in the terminal.
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Pikeru – file picker, file searcher, and image viewer
Pikeru is a file picker, file searcher, and image viewer that works on any desktop environment or window manager.
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