Userland
- TechRepublic’s list of top network monitoring and management software includes the open source OpenNMS, a name familiar to FOSS fans.
- ZDNet did a deep dive into Standard Notes, an open source note-taking app that offers many of the top features of proprietary competitors such as Evernote. And being open source, you can use the company cloud hosting, or spin up a sync server yourself.
- This piece from InformationWeek highlights FOSS as a key strategy to avoiding vendor lock-in.
Server closet
- TechRadar examined OpenConnect, which provides open source alternatives on both the client and server sides and supports multiple VPN protocols including Cisco’s AnyConnect, F5’s Big-IP, and Juniper. It’s available on just about all FOSS OS platforms (including *BSDs), as well as Windows, macOS, and Android.
- Harun Seker posted this list of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools on LinkedIn, covering a wide variety of threats.

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