In this article in this series I look at configuring one of the most widely used Linux distributions on the Chuwi laptop.
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Ratarmount – access large archives as a filesystem
Ratarmount collects all file positions inside a TAR so that it can easily jump to and read from any file without extracting it
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Wi-Fi Terminal Managers
NetworkManager is the standard networking stack on many Linux distributions, especially desktop-oriented systems.
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Receiver – a modern internet radio player progressing rapidly
Receiver is an awesome open source internet radio player. If you like internet radio, you really should try it today!
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Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates
February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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FastQC – quality control tool for high throughput sequence data
FastQC is a quality control tool for high throughput sequence data.
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Tower Oops! – tower building game
Tower Oops! is a modern GTK4 port of the classic “Crazy Towers”, rewritten in Rust.
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minimap2 – versatile sequence alignment program
minimap2 is a versatile sequence alignment program for genomic and spliced nucleotide sequences.
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Hister – web history management tool
Hister is a web history management tool that provides fast, content-based search for visited websites.
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BCFtools – variant calling and manipulating files in the Variant Call Format
BCFtools is a set of utilities for working with variant calls in Variant Call Format (VCF) and its binary counterpart BCF.
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dead-ringer – binary diff utility
dead-ringer is a Rust-based command-line utility designed to compare two binary files.
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Frappe Books – modern accountancy software
Frappe Books is desktop accounting software for small and medium businesses. It is designed to simplify financial management.
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NewsGoat – terminal-based Linux RSS reader
NewsGoat is a terminal-based RSS reader written in Go using the Bubble Tea TUI framework.
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SPAdes – versatile toolkit for assembling and analysing sequencing data
SPAdes is a versatile toolkit for assembling and analysing sequencing data. It is primarily developed for Illumina sequencing data
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zfetch – displays key system information
zfetch is a lightweight command-line utility that displays key system information directly in the terminal.
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AbeirOS – Void-based Linux distribution
AbeirOS is a Void Linux-based distribution that ships with a vanilla KDE Plasma desktop.
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Innu – minimal Rust-based Wi-Fi management utility
Innu is a minimal desktop Wi-Fi management utility written in Rust. It talks directly to NetworkManager over D-Bus.
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diskard – TUI disk analyser
diskard is a developer-focused CLI utility that scans a system for reclaimable disk space created by development tools and environments.
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samtools – manipulate next-generation sequencing data
samtools is a suite of tools written in C using HTSlib for manipulating next-generation sequencing data.
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kyp – keep your passwords
kyp is a terminal password manager that stores credentials in an encrypted SQLite database on the local machine.
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Galaxy – web-based platform for data-intensive computational research
Galaxy is an open web-based platform for data-intensive computational research. It’s written mostly in Python.
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dustoff – find and remove JS/TS build artifacts
dustoff is a utility that reclaims disk space by locating and removing common build artifacts created by JavaScript and TypeScript projects.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Font Viewers
This article highlights useful tools to view your fonts. We only feature free and open source software in this article.
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MinMon – opinionated minimal monitoring and alarming tool
MinMon is an opinionated minimal monitoring and alarming tool for Linux. It focuses on straightforward system and service checks
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Plezy – modern Plex client for desktop and mobile
Plezy is a cross-platform Plex client built with Flutter for desktop and mobile systems.
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