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xrdp

xrdp is an open-source version of Microsoft RDP server that enables non-Windows OSes like Linux to provide a fully functional, RDP-compatible remote desktop experience. It serves as a bridge between systems that relays graphics and controls between the X Window System and the client. TheFrenchGhosty raves, "XRDP is simply the best."

Suzieq

Suzieq is a framework and application focused on improving network observability. It collects data from devices and systems across the network, normalizes and stores that data in a vendor-independent way and then allows analysis of all the collected data. Appreciated by haakon666.

Kimai

Kimai is a pro-grade, web-based time tracker that can handle hundreds of users, generate reports, create invoices and more. This open-source tool includes a long list of useful advanced features like 2FA, customizable roles and permissions, multiple timezones and budgeting. Thanks to troubleshootmertr for the recommendation!

Watchtower

Watchtower is a tool for automating Docker container-based image updates that allows you to update the running version of a containerized app through the Docker Hub or your image registry. You just push a new image to the hub/registry, and that image is pulled down automatically. Then your existing container is properly shut down and restarted, preserving whatever options were selected during

ChoEazyCopy

ChoEazyCopy is an intuitive GUI for Microsoft's RoboCopy tool that enables you to easily create full mirror duplicates of file structures—including subdirectories and files, if desired—while preserving all the associated file info like date and time stamps, ACLs and more. Kindly suggested by gangaskan.

IT Pro Tuesday #244

Get this in your inbox each week. Welcome back to IT Pro Tuesday! We're looking for your favorite tips and tools we can share with the community... those that help you do your job better and more easily. Please reply or leave a comment with your suggestions, and we'll be featuring them in the coming weeks. As always, we’re updating the full list on our website here. Enjoy. A Free Tool ChoEazyCopy

Password Pusher

Password Pusher is an open-source tool that allows you to safely communicate passwords over the internet. Provides you with expiring password links that will stop working after a specified number of views and/or a certain amount of time has passed. Can be hosted at pwpush.com or run as a private instance on your own server. Our thanks for this one go to supernova666666.

Tasks

Tasks is a self-hosted, file-based task management board. The modern interface allows you to create cards, lists and tags and write cards as Markdown files. Features customizable light and dark themes synced with OS settings as well as support for subpath based reverse-proxy with an environment variable for base path. Kindly shared by its author, baIdissara, who explains, "It's still in early

Cryptgeon

Cryptgeon is an open-source, self-destructing note sharing service. Ensures security by storing data only in memory rather than writing to the disk and keeping the encryption key away from the server so it cannot be used to decrypt your notes. Kindly recommended by troubleshootmertr.

nsnotifyd

nsnotifyd monitors a set of DNS zones and will run a command when any of them change. Unlike cron, the script will run as soon as the zone changes instead of only at fixed intervals. dlangille finds it useful to "save the changes to subversion [when the DNS zone file changes]."