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Hello Friend and welcome to The Friendly Manual. You know, as in RTFM – ‘Read The Friendly Manual.’ (That’s right, the ‘F’ stands for ‘Friendly.’ Trust me on this, I would never lie to you about something so important.)

This project aims to showcase and promote Free/Libre and Open Source Software. It began life as a forum thread on South Africa’s number one IT website, mybroadband.co.za with community members contributing hundreds of their favourite Free or Open Source applications to a ‘Useful List of Free/Libre/Open Source Software Projects.’

The list has been hosted as a Github Gist but now we have upgraded to a website so we can make the list even more useful and publish richer content such as tutorials and blog articles.

Please check out our Friendly Free Software Directory for a list of Free software that we hope you will find interesting and useful. You can find the original forum thread HERE and the original list HERE.

Thanks for stopping by. Please check back soon for more Free and Open Source software related content.

gpu-unlock-ada

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gpu-unlock-ada

Website

Source Code

License: GPL-2.0-only

Description:

GPU tensor unlock source for RTX 4090 and experimental RTX 4070 Ti SUPER; Linux kernel module and packaging toolkit that builds, signs firmware, and enables unlock before the NVIDIA driver binds.

gpu-unlock

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gpu-unlock

Website

Source Code

License: GPL-2.0-only

Description:

gpu-unlock is a Linux kernel module and packaging project that uncaps NVIDIA GeForce tensor cores at boot, restoring FP16/BF16/TF32 performance for AI workloads. It includes firmware, packaging, and install guidance for RTX 20/30/40 series GPUs.

Licasa

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Licasa

Website

Source Code

License: BSD 2-Clause License

Description:

Licasa is an open-source image viewer and editor for Linux, inspired by Google’s Picasa. It opens photos fullscreen or in floating windows, supports HEIC/HEIF, AVIF, JPEG XL, RAW previews, Motion Photos, and exports in 14 formats with adjustable settings.

ElixirOffice

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ElixirOffice

Website

Source Code

License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0)

Description:

ElixirOffice is an open-source office suite for MS Office users. It edits Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents with the familiar ribbon and shortcuts, runs offline on desktop or in a private browser server, and emphasizes privacy. Licensed under AGPLv3; supports server collaboration and local editing.

Strata

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Strata

Website

Source Code

License: MIT

Description:

Strata is a fast, keyboard-first Linux file manager with Columns, Icons, and List views, fast fuzzy search, rich previews, and native desktop integration, designed for Omarchy/GTK4 environments and sandboxed previews.

REA: Reverse Engineer Anything

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REA: Reverse Engineer Anything

Website

Source Code

License: MIT

Description:

REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is a modular MCP-based platform that lets agents analyze binaries, JavaScript/Electron apps, .NET assemblies, and websites. It runs locally, returns evidence-based results, and coordinates tooling across multiple providers (Hopper, Ghidra, IDA, etc.) to reveal how software behaves, down to the binary level.