Free and Open Source Software

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 21, 2025

• rdict - offline CLI dictionary - LinuxLinks

  rdict is an offline CLI dictionary using data from wiktionary.

  This is free and open source software.

• Sessions - focus with timed work intervals - LinuxLinks

  Sessions is a simple visual timer application designed specifically for the Pomodoro technique, helping you stay productive by breaking work into focused sessions with regular breaks.

  This is free and open source software.

• Krafna - Obsidion dataview plugin-like tool for command line - LinuxLinks

  Krafna is a terminal-based alternative to Obsidian’s Dataview plugin, allowing you to query your Markdown files using standard SQL syntax.

  This is free and open source software.

• rescrobbled - music scrobbler daemon - LinuxLinks

  rescrobbled is a music scrobbler daemon. It detects active media players running on D-Bus using MPRIS, automatically updates “now playing” status, and scrobbles songs to Last.fm or ListenBrainz-compatible services as they play.

  This is free and open source software.

• Aiffro K100 All-SSD NAS running Linux: Introduction to the Series - LinuxLinks

  I’ve reviewed a few NAS drives previously supplied with their own dedicated (and proprietary) Linux-based operating system. A significant chunk of the retail price of a NAS is factored into the software development costs. And users feel almost compelled to keep using the operating system given that software cost built into the price. It’s like buying a PC where there’s no option to avoid paying the Windows tax. What a waste of money when Windows is immediately wiped.

  How about a DIY NAS where you don’t pay anything for the operating system, where you have freedom to choose the operating system that meets your needs and requirements, and configure the system exactly how you want. Does that sound enticing?

  If this floats your boat, you could put together your own custom NAS, starting from scratch where you choose all the individual components such as the case, motherboard, processor, cooling fan, and disks. That requires a modicum of hardware knowledge although it’s an exciting project. But for many people life is too short for this approach. An alternative is to get a hardware ready solution that isn’t tied in any way to a specific operating system.

  One option is the Aiffro K100. It’s an All-SSD NAS with an Intel N100 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 4 M.2 2280 NVMe slots. The machine retails for £227. You buy the SSDs separately, and choose whatever operating system you want to install. That could be something like TrueNAS Community Edition, Proxmox, or even a regular Linux distribution like Ubuntu Server. For the first few articles in this series, I’m actually going to use Ubuntu Desktop 25.04, but I’ll switch distros.

• 99Managers Futsal Edition - futsal team-management game - LinuxLinks

  99Managers Futsal Edition is an open-source sports management game, where you control every aspect of a Futsal team, from tactics to finances and much more. Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game of association football, and it also shares similarities with five-a-side football and indoor soccer.

  This game is developed using the Godot Engine version 4.x.

  This is free and open source software.