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

This article shows how to enable acoustic echo cancellation of the microphone, and some background noise reduction using PulseAudio on Linux.

KDiskMark is a free and open source alternative to CrystalDiskMark (which is Windows only) for Linux, a GUI HDD / SSD benchmarking software.

Pop Shell, the window tiling GNOME Shell extension used by default with Pop!_OS 20.04, has recently received support for window stacking.

ibus-typing-booster is an IBus plugin that adds offline predictive typing to the Linux desktop, to speed up typing.

I have updated the Shutter (screenshot tool) Ubuntu PPA I maintain to support the latest Ubuntu 20.10, which will be released later this month.

Terminator includes features such as split terminals (arranging terminals in grids_, saving and restoring custom layouts, terminal grouping, plugins,

WhiteSur Gtk Theme is a macOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome-based desktops, supporting Gnome Shell, Cinnamon, Xfce, Pantheon, Budgie and Mate desktops.

Zeit is a Qt GUI for cron and at, allowing you to schedule recurring or one time tasks. The application also allows setting an alarm and a timer.