Best Free and Open Source Software

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 21, 2024

• 11 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Tools - LinuxLinks

  Intruders use a variety of different techniques in an attempt to compromise a system. For example, systems can be attacked by denial of service, cracking, intrusion, snooping (intercepting the data of another user), or viruses/worms/Trojan horses. To have a secure box, a system therefore needs a variety of defenses.

  One important step to protect a system is using a firewall. Essentially, this is a network security system, acting like a security guard between internal and external networks. The firewall controls incoming and outgoing network traffic using security rules. The rules specify which connections you want to allow and the ports and zones through which the connection can be established.

  This Group Test recommends a good selection of firewall tools. Only free and open source tools are eligible for inclusion.

• Griffin - very small static site generator - LinuxLinks

  Griffin is a very small, convenient, and extremely fast static site generator.

  Griffin takes an opinionated approach to static site generation, making some decisions for you to ensure that you get the best performance possible.

  This is free and open source software.

• Silssig - static site generator - LinuxLinks

  Silssig is a static site generator created to be used with GitHub/GitLab pages and similar services.

  It allows you to write pages in Markdown and HTML with unique content and have common content factored out into templates, while still rendering complete HTML pages as the final result.

  This program uses directives defined by you in the source files to put everything together.

  This is free and open source software.

• Ptyxis - terminal for a container-oriented desktop - LinuxLinks

  Ptyxis is a terminal for GNOME with first-class support for containers.

  Flatpak is the intended and preferred distribution mechanism.

  This is free and open source software.