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9 Best Free and Open Source IDEs for Kubernetes
Kubernetes is a powerful open-source platform designed to streamline the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Java Linter Tools
This article picks some useful tools to help you fix Java code.
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8 Useful Free and Open Source Linux Forensics Memory Tools
This roundup focuses on memory tools that help with forensics. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.
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4 Useful Free and Open Source Code Formatters for Clojure
This roundup selects some useful code formatters for Clojure developers.
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Linux Candy: cutieascii displays random ASCII art emojis
cutieascii is a simple and cute command-line tool that displays random ASCII art emojis.
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BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Power Consumption
For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC.
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HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Setting up Ubuntu 25.10
Installing and configuring Ubuntu 25.10 on the HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop.
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Benchmarking the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI Mini PC
The BOSGAME M6 is a very powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. I put it through various benchmark tests.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Clojure Linter Tools
This article picks some useful tools to help you fix Clojure code.
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LinuxLinks.com reaches epic milestone
We at LinuxLinks.com are thrilled to announce a remarkable achievement: we’ve just published our 10,000th article on all things Linux!
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Useful Ubuntu Touch Apps – Sturm Reader
Sturm Reader is an ebook reader for Linux tailored for Ubuntu Touch and portable devices.
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LinuxLinks – The Home of Linux
Our popular series on the best free and open source Linux software, hardware including mini PCs and SBCs, phones, and NAS devices.
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BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Introduction to the Series
This is a new series looking at the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux. It’s a very capable mini PC at a competitive price point.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: stow
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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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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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Electronic Medical Records Software
This article focuses on software that provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR) functionality.
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Qt Hearts – classic Hearts card game
Qt Hearts is a classic card game. Try to avoid taking hearts and especially the Queen of Spades.
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Harlequin – Terminal-based SQL IDE
Harlequin is an easy, fast, and beautiful database client for the terminal.
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flir – parse and rewrite R code
flir is an R package to detect and rewrite code patterns. It was originally created to be an R linter and an alternative to lintr.
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DWARF Explorer – GUI utility for navigating the DWARF debug information
DWARF Explorer is a cross-platform GUI utility for visualizing the DWARF debugging information in executable files
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b4n – TUI for the Kubernetes API
b4n is a terminal user interface (TUI) for the Kubernetes API, created mainly for learning the Rust programming language.
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ibtop – real-time terminal monitor
ibtop is a real-time terminal monitor for InfiniBand networks – htop for high-speed interconnects.
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Pyprland – customization tool for Hyprland
Pyprland offers a plethora of plugins designed for simplicity and efficiency, allowing you to supercharge your productivity
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turm – interface for the Slurm Workload Manager
turm is a text-based user interface (TUI) for the Slurm Workload Manager, which provides a convenient way to manage your cluster jobs.
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squawk – linter for Postgres migrations & SQL
squawk aims to prevent unexpected downtime caused by database migrations and encourage best practices around Postgres schemas and SQL.
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Conar – AI-powered tool to simplify database interactions
Store your connections securely in the cloud and ask AI to help you write and optimize SQL queries.
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Taskmaster – keep track of time
Taskmaster is a terminal app to keep track of time worked and a simple todo list.
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clrsync – color scheme manager
clrsync allows to define color palettes once and apply them consistently to all configurable applications.
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FolderHost – share files
FolderHost is a self-hosted cloud platform in a single binary. Share files, collaborate in real-time, and manage users with zero dependencies.
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Veretino – folder integrity checker
Veretino lets you verify the integrity of both individual files and entire lists. Analyze the contents of folders, calculate checksums, and more.
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MeTube – self-hosted YouTube downloader
MeTube is a Web GUI for youtube-dl (using the yt-dlp fork) with playlist support. Download videos from YouTube and dozens of other sites.
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17 Best Free and Open Source Linux Wiki Engines
A Wiki engine is a type of collaborative software that runs a wiki system. We recommend the finest open source engines.
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Toad – unified interface for AI
Toad is a unified interface for AI in your terminal. Run coding agents seamlessly under a single beautiful terminal UI.
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16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Medical Imaging Software
Medical imaging is an essential, non-invasive, routine activity performed by radiographers and radiologic technologists.
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16 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for ls
When invoked without any arguments, ls lists the files in the current working directory. We recommend some great replacements.
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