Best Free and Open Source Software
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3 Best Free and Open Source Awk Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks
LinuxLinks, like most modern websites, is dynamic in that content is stored in a database and converted into presentation-ready HTML when readers access the site.
While we employ built-in server caching which creates static versions of the site, we don’t generate a full, static HTML website based on raw data and a set of templates. However, sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers.
There are lots of other advantages of running a full, static HTML website.
Folio - Markdown note-taking app for GNOME - LinuxLinks
Folio is billed as a beautiful markdown note-taking app for GNOME.
It is forked from Paper, a project that is no longer under active development.
This is free and open source software.
Anaconda - system installer for Fedora, RHEL and other distributions - LinuxLinks
Anaconda is a fairly sophisticated installer. It supports installation from local and remote sources such as CDs and DVDs, images stored on a hard drive, NFS, HTTP, and FTP. Installation can be scripted with kickstart to provide a fully unattended installation that can be duplicated on scores of machines. It can also be run over VNC on headless machines. A variety of advanced storage devices including LVM, RAID, iSCSI, and multipath are supported from the partitioning program. Anaconda provides advanced debugging features such as remote logging, access to the python interactive debugger, and remote saving of exception dumps.
This is free and open source software.
jdvrif - hide files within a JPG cover image - LinuxLinks
jdvrif is a pair of command-line tools to embed or extract any file. Post images on Mastodon, Reddit, Flickr and other hosting sites.