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Popsicle

System & gaming tools

Popsicle is a USB image writer designed to prepare several removable devices from the same operating system image. It includes parallel USB writing, checksum verification, and per-device progress.

Open-source software
Every selected drive will have its contents overwritten.

Impression

System & gaming tools

Impression is a desktop disk-image writer that keeps selecting an image and target drive in a simple workflow. It includes image selection, drive selection, and disk writing.

Open-source software
Writing the image overwrites the chosen drive.

Raspberry Pi Imager

System & gaming tools

Raspberry Pi Imager is an operating system image downloader and writer for preparing Raspberry Pi storage media. It includes OS selection, direct image downloads, and image caching.

Open-source software
The selected storage device is overwritten during imaging.

GDM Settings

System & gaming tools

GDM Settings is a graphical configuration tool for changing the appearance and selected behavior of the GDM login screen. It includes login theme settings, background customization, and cursor and icon choices.

Open-source software
It applies to GDM rather than every Linux display manager.

TLP-UI

System & gaming tools

TLP-UI is a graphical interface for reviewing and editing the power-management configuration used by TLP. It includes TLP settings, configuration overview, and value editing. It is aimed at Linux laptop users configuring an existing TLP installation.

Open-source software
TLP must be installed and supported by the host system.

Warehouse

System & gaming tools

Warehouse is a Flatpak management application that exposes package, remote, version, and user-data controls graphically. It includes package management, version rollback, and user-data snapshots. It is aimed at Linux users maintaining Flatpak applications beyond basic installation.

Open-source software
Rollback availability depends on the configured repository's retained versions.

Flatseal

System & gaming tools

Flatseal is a graphical permission editor for reviewing and modifying the access granted to Flatpak applications. It includes permission inspection, filesystem controls, and application overrides.

Open-source software
It only controls permissions supported by the Flatpak sandbox model.

Gear Lever

System & gaming tools

Gear Lever is an AppImage manager that organizes portable Linux applications and integrates them with the desktop. It includes appImage organization, desktop entries, and version management.

Open-source software
AppImage publishers and update mechanisms vary by application.

Bazaar

System & gaming tools

Bazaar is a Linux application store focused on discovering and installing Flatpak applications from supported repositories. It includes application discovery, queued installations, and permission views.

Open-source software
Application quality, licensing, and support depend on the publisher.

DistroShelf

System & gaming tools

DistroShelf is a graphical Distrobox manager for creating containers and working with their packages and exported applications. It includes container creation, package installation, and terminal access.

Open-source software
Distrobox and its container backend must be available.

BoxBuddy

System & gaming tools

BoxBuddy is a graphical Distrobox frontend for creating and using integrated Linux distribution containers. It includes container creation, container management, and distribution environments. It is aimed at Linux users who prefer a visual interface to Distrobox tasks.

Open-source software
Distrobox is not bundled and must be installed separately.

WineCharm

System & gaming tools

WineCharm is a graphical Wine manager for launching Windows programs and organizing their Linux compatibility environments. It includes executable launching, prefix management, and portable backups.

Open-source software
Windows applications and their licenses are supplied separately.

Pika Backup

Files & storage

Pika Backup is a GNOME backup application that uses BorgBackup to protect personal files in encrypted, deduplicated archives. It includes scheduled backups, encrypted archives, and file recovery.

Open-source software
It is designed for personal data rather than complete system recovery.

Déjà Dup Backups

Files & storage

Déjà Dup Backups is a GNOME backup tool that simplifies regular encrypted copies of personal files to local or remote destinations. It includes scheduled backups, encrypted storage, and point-in-time restoration.

Open-source software
It is not intended as a full system recovery or long-term archival solution.

Vorta

Files & storage

Vorta is a desktop BorgBackup client for organizing encrypted backups through reusable profiles and schedules. It includes backup profiles, encrypted deduplication, and archive browsing. It is aimed at macOS and Linux users managing several Borg backup routines.

Open-source software
Storage must be supplied through a local drive or compatible remote service.

Czkawka

Files & storage

Czkawka is a cleanup utility for finding duplicate or unnecessary files before deciding what to remove. It includes duplicate detection, empty folder search, and similar image search.

Open-source software
Similar files are not necessarily interchangeable copies.

QDirStat

Files & storage

QDirStat is a disk usage analyzer that combines a directory tree with a proportional treemap of stored files. It includes directory sizes, colored treemaps, and cleanup actions.

Open-source software
Large files are not automatically safe to delete.

FSearch

Files & storage

FSearch is a desktop file search application with fast indexed results and flexible filename matching. It includes regular expressions, file filters, and result sorting. It is aimed at Linux users repeatedly locating files across large folder collections.

Open-source software
The Flatpak sandbox cannot access every file on the system by default.
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