Free and Open Source Software

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 27, 2025

• lein-bikeshed - Leiningen plugin - LinuxLinks

  lein-bikeshed is a Leiningen plugin designed to tell you your code is bad, and that you should feel bad.

  This is free and open source software.

• stow-cm - config manager like stow - LinuxLinks

  stow-cm is a config manager like stow.

  This is free and open source software.

• QSpeakers - loudspeaker enclosure designer - LinuxLinks

  QSpeakers is a DIY speakers design software. This program simulates common acoustical enclosures behaviour in the mean to help users to design their own loudspeaker systems.

  This is free and open source software.

• Monokle - create and maintain high-quality Kubernetes configurations - LinuxLinks

  Monokle streamlines the process of creating, analyzing, and deploying Kubernetes configurations by providing a unified visual tool for authoring YAML manifests, validating policies, and managing live clusters.

  This is free and open source software.

  Note, the software is no longer under active maintenance.

• Stow - symlink farm manager - LinuxLinks

  The approach used by Stow is to install each package into its own tree, then use symbolic links to make it appear as though the files are installed in the common tree. Administration can be performed in the package’s private tree in isolation from clutter from other packages. Stow can then be used to update the symbolic links. The structure of each private tree should reflect the desired structure in the common tree; i.e. (in the typical case) there should be a bin directory containing executables, a man/man1 directory containing section 1 man pages, and so on.

  Stow is implemented as a combination of a Perl script providing a CLI interface, and a backend Perl module which does most of the work.

  This is free and open source software.

• Benchmarking the Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC - LinuxLinks

  Both Minisforum machines as well as the BOSGAME machine have an AMD processor, the rest are Intel based. It’ll be interesting to see how they fare. Bear in mind there’s quite a price disparity between all the machines. For example, the N100 machine is extremely inexpensive. It’s included simply to put in perspective the performance improvement offered by the higher specification machines.

  Each machine is tested with the same software and configured to ensure consistency between results. All power management functionality is disabled when running the benchmarks. Where available, I enabled Performance Mode in the Power Limit mode section in the BIOS. Every performance enhancing technique is used e.g. the performance governor is used for all tests, each machine was running with as few processes running as possible (e.g. no X11/Wayland is running except for the graphic benchmarks).

  Let’s begin the tests with a variety of processor benchmarks.

• pw3270 - TN3270 emulator - LinuxLinks

  Created originally for Banco do Brasil, it’s now an official Brazilian Government Public Software project, and is used worldwide.

  This is free and open source software.

  TN3270 is a terminal emulator that uses the Telnet protocol to connect PCs to IBM mainframes and other legacy systems over a TCP/IP network, allowing users to access and interact with “green screen” applications that traditionally required a physical 3270 terminal. Software like tn3270 Plus or Vista TN3270 emulates these terminals, handling the character-based data streams and converting them for modern IP-based connections. The TN3270E protocol is an enhanced version that provides additional functionality.