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Applications: FOSS Weekly, GNU/Linux Monitoring Tools, gzpeek, and 4 GNU/Linux Terminal Apps
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It's FOSS ☛ FOSS Weekly #26.09: GNU/Linux Mint Shortcuts, OpenClaw Alternatives, Ladybird's Rust Move, Super Productivity and More
What One Year of Hey Hi (AI) Has Already Changed
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Best GNU/Linux Monitoring Tools in 2026 (Free)
Here’s a scenario every GNU/Linux admin knows too well: the server looks perfectly healthy. Load is low. Memory seems fine. You log off, maybe even sleep well. Then, at 2 AM, an alert fires - or worse, a user reports the issue first. Disk full. Application down. Users impacted. That’s rarely bad luck.
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Evan Hahn ☛ Introducing gzpeek, a tool to parse gzip metadata
In short: gzip streams contain metadata, like the operating system that did the compression. I built a tool to read this metadata.
I love reading specifications for file formats. They always have little surprises.
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Ghacks ☛ 4 GNU/Linux Terminal Apps That Make The Command Line Easier to Use
The GNU/Linux terminal can feel intimidating, especially for users who do not want to memorize commands such as cp, mkdir, or lsblk.