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Gem of the Week

OmniGet – download media and other files

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Reviews

OmniGet is a desktop application built with Tauri that lets you download media and other files from a broad range of online sources.

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Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Introduction

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The Minisforum MS-R1 is an ARM-based mini workstation aimed at developers and homelab enthusiasts looking for Linux/ARM experimentation

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New App of the Week

rig.fm – internet radio in your terminal

April 15, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

rig.fm is an appealing little project that knows exactly what it wants to be: an internet radio player for the terminal.

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Internet radio

RadioGoGo – surf global radio waves

April 9, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

RadioGoGo is a terminal application for browsing and playing internet radio stations. Written in Go, it uses the RadioBrowser API.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2026 Updates

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms Software

March 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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BOSGAME M4 Plus

BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: BIOS

March 24, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC.

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Inventory Management

Netdisco – web-based network management tool

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Netdisco is a web-based network management application for small to very large networks.

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YouTube

Materialious – frontend for YouTube and Invidious

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Materialious is a privacy-focused frontend for YouTube and Invidious that uses a modern material design interface.

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DNA

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Genome Browsers

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

There are numerous tools to browse genomes. While there’s considerable overlap in functionality, each software offers unique features or data.

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WhatsApp Desktop – unofficial client

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

WhatsApp Desktop is an unofficial desktop client that wraps the official WhatsApp Web interface in a standalone Electron application.

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Static Site Generator

Genja – simple static website generator

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Genja is a simple static website generator written in Python for building small websites from Markdown content.

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Linux Distributions

Kader⁴² – Arch-based Linux distribution

April 20, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Kader⁴² is a Linux distribution created specifically for convertible notebooks and 2-in-1 devices.

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DNA

ASCIIGenome – text only genome browser

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, TUI

ASCIIGenome is a command-line genome browser that runs entirely inside a terminal window and renders genomic data using ASCII characters.

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Foreign Languages

17 Useful Free and Open Source Linux Foreign Language Tools

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Roundup

We have identified the best of breed free and open source Linux foreign language tools. Learn a new language.

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Static Site Generator

incorporeal-cms – lightweight static site generator

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

incorporeal-cms is a lightweight static site generator for Markdown-based sites.

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Monitoring

fswatch – reports changes to files and directories

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fswatch is a cross-platform command-line utility and frontend to libfswatch that reports changes to files and directories as they happen.

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CAD

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux CAD Software

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer technology for the design of objects, real or virtual.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cat

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

cat derives its name from concatenation and provides other nifty options too. This article spotlights alternative tools to cat.

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CAD Software

KLayout – viewer and editor for integrated circuit and mask design

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

KLayout is a Qt-based layout viewer and editor for integrated circuit and mask design work.

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Foreign Languages

VocabSieve – Anki companion for language learning

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

VocabSieve is a desktop companion for Anki designed to help language learners build vocabulary through sentence mining.

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Selection of utilities

chmod-cli – generate chmod commands

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

chmod-cli makes it easier to build chmod commands without having to remember octal values or symbolic permission syntax.

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Inventory Management

TeemIp – manage network addressing data and related infrastructure records

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

TeemIp is a web-based platform for managing network addressing data and related infrastructure records.

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CAD Software

build123d – Python CAD programming library

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics

build123d is a Python-based parametric modeling framework for 2D and 3D CAD.

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Education

LinguaCafe – helps language learners acquire vocabulary by reading

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Web Apps

LinguaCafe is a self-hosted web application for language learners that helps them read foreign-language texts.

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Benchmarking

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux Benchmark Tools

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

A benchmark is the act of running computer programs in order to assess the performance of computer hardware and software applications.

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