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Ventoy is a fairly new open source tool to create bootable USB drives using Linux or Microsoft Windows ISO files. You install this tool to a USB drive, then simply copy some ISO files to the USB drive and you can boot from it with no other changes (so without…

Yaru Colors, a theme pack containing Yaru theme (the default Ubuntu GTK, icon, GNOME Shell and cursor themes) in 12 colors, was rebased recently on the Ubuntu 20.04 Yaru theme, which has 3 variants: mixed (default), light and dark, and new folder icons.

Espanso is a free and open source text expander written in Rust, available for Linux, Windows and macOS. It features support for most applications, custom scripts, code snippets, Emoji, and it can be extended through extra packages.

Shutter Encoder is a free and open source media transcoder for Windows and macOS, which was recently made available for Linux.

sndcpy is like scrcpy, but for audio. This new tool forwards audio from an Android 10 device to a desktop computer running Linux, Windows or macOS.

Go For It! productivity application has been updated to version 1.8.0. The new release adds Pomodoro timer mode, configurable keyboard shortcuts, an option to log the time spent working on a task to the todo.txt files, and more.

GreenTunnel is a free and open source anti-censorship tool that bypasses deep packet inspection (DPI) used by many Internet Service Providers to block certain websites. The application can be used with a graphical user interface or from the command line,…

qrcp is a command line tool to transfer files from a desktop to a mobile device (and the other way around) over Wi-Fi, by scanning a QR code. It's available for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux.

Zettlr, a free and open source Markdown editor for personal knowledge management and publishing, had a new release recently (1.7.0, followed by 1.7.1 to fix some issues) which adds Vim and Emacs input modes, tabs support, and faster application startup time…

Ubuntu has systemd-resolved listening on port 53 by default. In case you want to run your own DNS server, you can't because port 53 is already in use, so you'll get an error similar to this: "listen tcp 0.0.0.0:53: bind: address already in use". This article…

KeePassXC 2.6.0 was released recently with improvements like an overhauled user interface with new light and dark themes, new offline password health check, check passwords against the Have I Been Pwned online service, and more.

This article explains how to restart GNOME Shell from the command line, without closing any applications (X11 only). You'll find the command line equivalent to pressing Alt + F2 and typing r, as well as an alternative.

Cover Thumbnailer is a tool to get Nautilus, Nemo, Caja and Thunar file managers to show folder thumbnails for music and image folders.

SDKMAN! is a tool to manage multiple versions of software development kits on macOS, Linux, WLS, Cygwin, Solaris and FreeBSD. It can install and manage Java, Groovy, Scala, Kotlin, Ceylon, Ant, Gradle, and many more.

tmpmail is a new command line utility for creating a temporary email address that you can use to avoid spam and protect your online privacy.

After its regular 6-month development cycle, GNOME 3.38 will be released today. If you want to find out what new features and improvements are included with this release, read on.

Oracle has released Java 15 a couple of days ago. Those wanting to install this in Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux distributions based on these,...

Flameshot Qt5 screenshot tool has been updated to version 0.8.0, receiving new features like a basic launcher panel, a circle counter tool, and more.

How to find all files in a directory that have been changed in the last N minutes or days, or those with a modification date older than N min or days