<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>RS1 Linux Tools</title><description>Here you can find free resources for Linux and open-source developers and enthusiasts</description><link>https://rs1.es/</link><item><title>Web apps for manipulating files that work entirely client-side</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2026/09/24/client-side-web-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2026/09/24/client-side-web-apps/</guid><description>Privacy concerns have driven a new wave of web applications that process files entirely in your browser.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>multimedia</category><category>lists</category></item><item><title>HestiaCP: a free and open source CPanel alternative</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2025/08/27/hestiacp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2025/08/27/hestiacp/</guid><description>Hestia Control Panel is a web server management panel that is easy to install and use.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate><category>remote</category></item><item><title>Create multiple WordPress sites easily with AWS Lightsail</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2025/08/26/multiple-wordpress-lightsail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2025/08/26/multiple-wordpress-lightsail/</guid><description>AWS Lightsail allows to set up a VPS with just a couple of clicks. Includes some preinstalled popular services like WordPress, and you can create several blogs inside the same VPS.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate><category>remote</category></item><item><title>Creating static websites with Astro</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2024/07/17/astro/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2024/07/17/astro/</guid><description>Astro is a framework for building content-driven websites that are fast and lighweight, by using easy-to-manage components and integrations with third-party services.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>remote</category></item><item><title>Speech Note: Text-To-Speech, Speech-To-Text and Translations within the same application</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2024/03/24/speech-note/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2024/03/24/speech-note/</guid><description>Do STT, TTS and translate text offline with this flatpak app that allows you to choose between several popular models.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><category>gui</category></item><item><title>Fixing WebGL issues in LibreWolf</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2024/03/06/webgl-librewolf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2024/03/06/webgl-librewolf/</guid><description>By default, LibreWolf blocks WebGL for security reasons, but this can cause problems with some websites. In this &apos;quick tip&apos; you&apos;ll know how to enable WebGL in LibreWolf.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>quick-tip</category><category>gui</category></item><item><title>How to run CLI scripts inside a GUI environment</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/08/29/run-cli-scripts-gui/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/08/29/run-cli-scripts-gui/</guid><description>When you want to run a script just with a double-click on the script file, these are the steps you need to follow.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate><category>quick-tip</category><category>basics</category><category>gui</category><category>cli-tools</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (XI)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/02/04/open-source-projects-follow-xi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/02/04/open-source-projects-follow-xi/</guid><description>Eleventh part in this series of posts where I show you some really insteresting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Convert between several markup formats with Pandoc</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/02/01/pandoc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/02/01/pandoc/</guid><description>Pandoc is a command-line tool for converting from one markup format to another: Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, DOCX, etc.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category><category>markdown</category></item><item><title>timeout: run a command with a time limit</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/31/timeout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/31/timeout/</guid><description>If you want to ensure a command does not take too much time to execute, you can add a time limit after which the command will be killed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate><category>quick-tip</category><category>cli-tools</category><category>basics</category></item><item><title>Export a manpage to (almost) any format</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/30/export-manpage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/30/export-manpage/</guid><description>At some point you may want to export a manpage to a file. Using &apos;man&apos; options, you can convert a manual page to PDF, plain text or GROFF.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate><category>quick-tip</category><category>cli-tools</category></item><item><title>RSS readers: read feeds with these graphical and command line tools</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/23/rss-readers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/23/rss-readers/</guid><description>A fast and easy way to read posts from several websites is by using an RSS reader. I will show you some CLI and GUI feed readers for Linux-based operating systems.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:19:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>RS1 Linux News: news aggregator focused on Linux and open source</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/16/rs1-linux-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/16/rs1-linux-news/</guid><description>I&apos;ve launched a new project: RS1 Linux News, a Javascript-free news aggregator aimed at Linux and open source users and enthusiasts.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>announcement</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (X)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/13/open-source-projects-follow-x/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/13/open-source-projects-follow-x/</guid><description>Tenth part in this series of posts where I show you some really insteresting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Joplin: an awesome note-taking application, available on multiple devices</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/12/joplin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/12/joplin/</guid><description>Joplin is an open source note-taking app, with lots of features including synchronization capabilities and available on Linux, Android, macOS, Windows and iOS.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:01:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gui</category><category>markdown</category></item><item><title>mpv Media Player: one of the best media players on Linux</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/11/mpv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/11/mpv/</guid><description>mpv is a lightweight audio and video player with a clean interface based on the use of keyboard shortcuts. I&apos;m going to show you some of those shortcuts and you will end up loving it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate><category>multimedia</category><category>video</category></item><item><title>More diagramming tools: Mermaid alternatives</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/10/more-diagramming-tools/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/10/more-diagramming-tools/</guid><description>In a previous post I talk about Mermaid, a diagramming and charting tool. Now, I&apos;m going to show you similar tools that also render diagrams from text definitions, so you can compare them and choose the one that suits you best.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Password generators</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/09/password-generators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/09/password-generators/</guid><description>If you need a tool to generate random secure passwords, here I show you some command line and graphical applications.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:57:00 GMT</pubDate><category>security</category><category>lists</category></item><item><title>ripgrep-all (rga): search text on any file</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/07/ripgrep-all/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/07/ripgrep-all/</guid><description>ripgrep-all is a search tool that wraps ripgrep (a powerful grep alternative) and enables it to search in pdf, odt, docx, movie subtitles, images, etc.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (IX)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/05/open-source-projects-follow-ix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/05/open-source-projects-follow-ix/</guid><description>Nineth part in this series of posts where I show you some really insteresting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>OpenSnitch: a simple application firewall for GNU/Linux</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/03/opensnitch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2023/01/03/opensnitch/</guid><description>OpenSnitch is an application firewall with a simple graphical interface that allows to easily accept or deny network connection to any program.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate><category>security</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (VIII)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/29/open-source-projects-follow-viii/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/29/open-source-projects-follow-viii/</guid><description>Eighth part in this series of posts where I show you some really insteresting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Apptainer: a different distrobox alternative to manage containers</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/28/apptainer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/28/apptainer/</guid><description>Apptainer is a container platform which integrates with the host (like distrobox) but with some key features, like easy to transport and share single-file containers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category><category>containers</category></item><item><title>What if...? Running destructive commands</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/22/running-destructive-commands/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/22/running-destructive-commands/</guid><description>I&apos;ve tested some highly damaging commands just to see what happens: removing all files, changing permissions, taking up all the disk space,...</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (VII)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/22/open-source-projects-follow-vii/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/22/open-source-projects-follow-vii/</guid><description>Seventh part in this series of posts where I show you some really insteresting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>First steps with Mermaid, a diagramming and charting tool</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/18/mermaid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/18/mermaid/</guid><description>Mermaid is a Javascript-based tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create diagrams. In this tutorial you&apos;ll learn how to start and render your first diagram.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2022 11:08:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (VI)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/14/open-source-projects-follow-vi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/14/open-source-projects-follow-vi/</guid><description>Sixth part in this series of posts where I show you some really insteresting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Donations platforms: where to ask for or give donations for open source projects</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/12/donations-platforms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/12/donations-platforms/</guid><description>If you are looking for a donations platform, in this post I will show you the most popular ones.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Webcamoid: the definitive webcam utility</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/08/webcamoid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/08/webcamoid/</guid><description>Webcamoid is the most complete webcam suite I&apos;ve found: you can change every webcam setting, it has lots of effects and it&apos;s available on portable formats.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gui</category><category>multimedia</category></item><item><title>Mimic 3: local neural text to speech engine</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/07/mimic-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/07/mimic-3/</guid><description>Mimic 3 is a neural text to speech (TTS) engine that can run locally on low-end hardware, and you can use it with the command line or with a web interface</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:19:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category></item><item><title>Xfe: a lightweight file manager</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/06/xfe-file-explorer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/06/xfe-file-explorer/</guid><description>Xfe is a graphical file manager for Linux and UNIX-like systems, fast and light for those who want a simple graphical file explorer without bloatware and a very few dependencies.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gui</category><category>storage</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (V)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/05/open-source-projects-follow-v/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/05/open-source-projects-follow-v/</guid><description>Fifth part in this series of posts where I show you some really interesting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Base64 encode/decode tools</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/05/encode-decode-base64/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/05/encode-decode-base64/</guid><description>If you need to decode Base64 data to ASCII or encode ASCII text to Base64, these are some of the available tools to do it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate><category>quick-tip</category></item><item><title>Using filenames with spaces inside scripts: how to fix errors</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/02/filenames-spaces-scripts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/12/02/filenames-spaces-scripts/</guid><description>If you&apos;ve created a script that gets filenames as input (or output), you may have errors because the filenames are getting separated inside the script. In this &apos;quick-tip&apos;, you&apos;ll find one way to solve this.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><category>quick-tip</category><category>basics</category><category>cli-tools</category></item><item><title>Shell files: ~/.bashrc, /etc/profile,...</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/30/shell-files/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/30/shell-files/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will show you everything about shell files: where they are located, when they are executed and how to use them.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate><category>basics</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (IV)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/25/open-source-projects-follow-iv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/25/open-source-projects-follow-iv/</guid><description>Fourth part in this series of posts where I show you some really interesting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:49:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Spell checkers for your documents</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/25/spell-checkers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/25/spell-checkers/</guid><description>Do you want to spell checking a text file using a Terminal? This article will show you some spell checkers for Linux, available on most distributions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Mastodon clients for Linux (GUI and CLI)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/24/mastodon-clients-linux/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/24/mastodon-clients-linux/</guid><description>If you don&apos;t want to start a web browser to use Mastodon, I will show you some graphical and command-line Mastodon clients for Linux-based operating systems.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gui</category><category>cli-tools</category><category>lists</category><category>social</category></item><item><title>KRunner: launcher built into Plasma desktop with lots of features</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/23/krunner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/23/krunner/</guid><description>KRunner allows you to run programs easily but also perform other tasks thanks to &apos;runners&apos;, plugins that extend KRunner functionality.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:34:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gui</category></item><item><title>(ES) Servidores hispanos en el Fediverso</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/22/servidores-hispanos-fediverso-es/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/22/servidores-hispanos-fediverso-es/</guid><description>Con la explosión de popularidad de Mastodon, han surgido multitud de servidores donde poder crear nuestro perfil en el Fediverso. Algunos de ellos están enfocados en los usuarios de habla hispana.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:51:00 GMT</pubDate><category>spanish</category><category>lists</category><category>social</category></item><item><title>exa: a colorful replacement for &apos;ls&apos;</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/21/exa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/21/exa/</guid><description>exa is a modern alternative to the popular &apos;ls&apos; file-listing command with more features and better defaults.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category></item><item><title>Penetration testing distributions</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/17/penetration-testing-distributions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/17/penetration-testing-distributions/</guid><description>There are several Linux-based operating systems (distributions) for penetration testers and security researchers. In this post you will find a list with the most popular ones.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:54:00 GMT</pubDate><category>distros</category><category>lists</category><category>security</category><category>hacking</category></item><item><title>XDG utilities: change several desktop environment settings</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/12/xdg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/12/xdg/</guid><description>XDG (Cross-Desktop Group) is a group of specifications from freedesktop.org covering several desktop issues. There are some programs that make use of these specifications to manage desktop environment settings.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:21:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category><category>gui</category></item><item><title>Portmaster: easy to use graphical application firewall with lots of features</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/08/portmaster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/08/portmaster/</guid><description>Portmaster allows you to set up an application firewall with a simple interface to improve your privacy by blocking trackers, ads, malware or any other network connection you want.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate><category>security</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (III)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/07/open-source-projects-follow-iii/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/11/07/open-source-projects-follow-iii/</guid><description>Third part in this series of posts where I show you some really interesting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>Backup methods (VII): Timeshift and Back In Time</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/30/backup-methods-vii-timeshift-backintime/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/30/backup-methods-vii-timeshift-backintime/</guid><description>Making backups regularly is one of the most relevant tasks for a Linux user. Today we are going to take a look at two of the most popular backup applications on Linux: Timeshift and Back In Time.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate><category>storage</category><category>backup</category></item><item><title>Firejail: run apps inside a sandbox</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/27/firejail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/27/firejail/</guid><description>Firejail creates a restricted environment for untrusted applications. It&apos;s written in C and it&apos;s lightweight and easy to use.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate><category>security</category></item><item><title>Open source projects to follow (II)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/27/open-source-projects-follow-ii/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/27/open-source-projects-follow-ii/</guid><description>Second part in this series of posts where I show you some really interesting open source projects I&apos;ve found that deserve a look.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>lists</category></item><item><title>soffice: LibreOffice CLI tool</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/26/soffice-libreoffice-cli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/26/soffice-libreoffice-cli/</guid><description>You have probably used the LibreOffice suite (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw,...) but, do you know LibreOffice includes a command-line tool called &apos;soffice&apos; (or &apos;libreoffice&apos;) with which you can perform useful tasks with LibreOffice-compatible documents in a quick and easy way?</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cli-tools</category><category>pdf</category></item><item><title>How to add custom menu items in Dolphin (KDE Plasma)</title><link>https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/26/custom-menu-dolphin-plasma/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rs1.es/tutorials/2022/10/26/custom-menu-dolphin-plasma/</guid><description>You can easily create custom items for the contextual menu on Dolphin to execute scripts on files.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate><category>quick-tip</category></item></channel></rss>