Showing posts with label linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label linux. Show all posts

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Warehouse

Warehouse is an utility to place a GUI over Flatpak management.

https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.flattool.Warehouse

https://www.howtogeek.com/useful-flatpaks-you-should-install-on-your-linux-pc/

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Mission Center

Mission Center is a Windows Task Manager like utility for Linux.

https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.missioncenter.MissionCenter

https://www.howtogeek.com/impressive-linux-apps-to-try-april-first-weekend/

Sunday, May 3, 2026

FreeRDP

FreeRDP is a free RDP client for Linux.  One issue with other options such as rdesktop is an error is returned if the remote Windows Server was configured to only accept connections with Network Level Authentication.  Clients such as rdesktop may return an error upon attempting to connect:

Failed to connect, CredSSP required by server

The FreeRDP client includes support for this configuration.  It can be installed via the command below:

sudo apt install freerdp2-x11

An example of a command to connect to a remote server would be:

xfreerdp /u:"username"  /dynamic-resolution /v:servername:3389

https://www.freerdp.com

Flatseal

Flatseal is an utility to offer a visual overview of the permissions of every Flatpak app within Linux.

https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

https://www.howtogeek.com/settings-making-your-linux-pc-less-secure/

wtf terminal utility

The wtf terminal utility is a dashboard with multiple modules available.

https://wtfutil.com/

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-linux-tui-apps-i-leave-open-24-7/

fzf

fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder for Linux.

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-commands-so-good-they-feel-like-cheating/

Friday, April 3, 2026

Winboat

Winboat is a method to run a Windows-based application within Linux.

https://www.winboat.app/

https://www.howtogeek.com/portable-linux-apps-i-always-keep-on-me/

https://www.vladan.fr/winboat-running-windows-apps-on-linux-with-seamless-integration-yes-please/

Clapgrep

Clapgrep is an utility that places a GUI interface for grep for Linux.

https://github.com/luleyleo/clapgrep

https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-gui-app-makes-grep-easy-even-if-you-forget-the-flags/

Monday, February 2, 2026

Winapps

WinApps offers an option to run specific applications on a Windows applications within Linux.

https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps

https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

nnn

nnn is a file manager via a Linux terminal.

https://github.com/jarun/nnn

https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-i-tried-in-2025-that-are-actually-worth-installing/

https://www.howtogeek.com/popular-linux-terminal-based-file-managers-ranked/

Lazyjournal

Lazyjournal is a terminal application for Linux for reading logs.

https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal

https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-december-12/

Friday, January 2, 2026

weborf

Weborf is a web server service designed to be a simple method to share files.

https://codeberg.org/ltworf/weborf/

procs

Procs is a replacement for ps within Linux.

https://github.com/dalance/procs

https://www.howtogeek.com/modern-cli-tools-that-have-replaced-ps-df-and-curl-for-me/

Monday, September 1, 2025

NetPeek

NetPeek is a GUI network scanner.

https://github.com/ZingyTomato/NetPeek

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/netpeek-linux-network-scanner-gui-alternative-nmap

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

LibreELEC

LibreELEC is a minimalist 'Just enough OS' Linux distribution for running Kodi.

https://libreelec.tv/

https://archive.org/details/libreelec-raspberry-pi-5

https://www.howtogeek.com/libreelec-might-be-the-best-linux-distro-for-your-mini-pc/

https://www.howtogeek.com/libreelec-transformed-my-raspberry-pi-into-the-ultimate-roku-replacement/


Sunday, June 1, 2025

Asciinema

Asciinema is a free and open source solution for recording terminal sessions with Linux.

https://asciinema.org/

https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-record-linux-terminal-with-asciinema/

Bandwhich

Bandwhich is a real-time network monitor that displays live network connections within Linux.

https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich

https://www.howtogeek.com/great-linux-utilities-to-monitor-your-system-resources-in-the-terminal/

https://www.howtogeek.com/3-cool-linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-23/

Saturday, March 1, 2025

ddgr

ddgr is a command-line tool for Linux that allows searches via DuckDuckGo.

The application can be installed within Linux Mint using the following command:

sudo apt install ddgr

https://github.com/jarun/ddgr

https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-tool-lets-you-search-duckduckgo-in-the-terminal/





Sunday, September 1, 2024

Konsole

Konsole is a terminal emulator for Linux.

https://konsole.kde.org/

https://www.both.org/?p=6672


Qdirstat

Qdirstat is a GUI disk analyzer for Linux.

https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat