Skip to content
LinuxLinks

LinuxLinks

The Linux Portal Site

  • Home
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Series
  • Search
Sound Systems

10 Useful Free and Open Source Audio Effects, Mixers, and PipeWire Routing Tools

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This type of software is useful for musicians, streamers, podcasters, gamers, and anyone who wants more control over how audio flows.

Read more

The UPERFECT UColor T6 Review

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

The UPERFECT UColor T6 is a 16-inch 4K portable display with a touchscreen panel and a bright, detailed image.

Read more
Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: April 2026 Updates

April 30, 2026 Steve Emms Software

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

Read more
Internet radio

PMRP-NG – terminal internet radio player

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

PMRP-NG is a lightweight terminal internet radio player for Linux and macOS that uses Radio-Browser to provide searchable access.

Read more
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: BIOS

April 28, 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 Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation.

Read more

7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web-Based Ham Radio Tools

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Roundup, Web Apps

Ham radio is a popular hobby and service bringing people, electronics and communication together. We pick our favorite ham radio tools.

Read more
Developer of the Week

Developer of the Week: Greg Kroah-Hartman

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Greg Kroah-Hartman is a major Linux kernel developer best known as the maintainer of the Linux stable kernel branch.

Read more
Security

12 Useful Free and Open Source Binary Analysis Tools

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

To provide an insight into the software that is available, we have compiled a list of 12 useful tools for performing binary analysis.

Read more
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Power Consumption

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

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation comparing it to other machines.

Read more
Internet Radio

TuneIn CLI – browse and listen to thousands of radio stations

April 22, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

TuneIn CLI is a Rust-based terminal application for browsing and listening to internet radio stations from the command line.

Read more
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Benchmarks

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I put the Minisforum MS-R1 through a series of benchmarks and compare its results to a variety of machines.

Read more
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

Read more
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.

Read more
Terminal Session Recording

rec – records terminal sessions

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

rec is a command-line utility that records terminal sessions and turns them into reusable workflows.

Read more
Mixer

pwvucontrol – Pipewire volume control

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

pwvucontrol is a PipeWire volume control applet that offers a graphical way to manage audio streams and devices on Linux.

Read more
Radio

rtl_433 – receives and decodes radio transmissions

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

rtl_433 is a command-line utility that receives and decodes radio transmissions from low-power devices operating on common ISM bands.

Read more
Linux Distributions

Evernight Vista – Fedora-based Linux distribution

May 2, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Evernight Vista Operating System is a Fedora-based Linux distribution that aims to make Fedora more approachable for desktop users.

Read more
OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

12 Useful Free and Open Source Container Managers

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We focus on container managers, software which make it easy to find, run, build, share and deploy applications using open containers.

Read more
Music text banner

mprisence – bridges MPRIS-compatible media players

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

mprisence is a Linux application that bridges MPRIS-compatible media players with Discord Rich Presence.

Read more
Selection of utilities

fdf – high performance command line file finder

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fdf is a high performance command line file finder written in Rust.

Read more

7 Best Free and Open Source HTML Linter Tools

May 2, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix HTML code.

Read more
Utility Software

Quizbite – small GNOME app to create and play quizzes

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Quizbite is a small GNOME application for creating, managing, and playing quizzes.

Read more
Selection of utilities

Sadhana – enhance your daily Buddhist practice

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Sadhana is a cross-platform desktop application for supporting Buddhist practice.

Read more
Mixer

LSP Plugins – audio production suite

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

Linux Studio Plugins is an audio production suite that provides a broad collection of studio-oriented plug-ins for Linux.

Read more

sdrtrunk – SDR tool

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

sdrtrunk is a Java-based application for decoding, monitoring, recording, and streaming trunked mobile and related radio protocols.

Read more
Diff Tools

VBinDiff – visual binary diff

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

VBinDiff is a text-based visual binary diff and hexadecimal file viewer that displays file contents in hexadecimal alongside ASCII.

Read more
Video Conversion

FrameExtractor – modern video frame extraction utility

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

FrameExtractor is a modern video frame extraction utility built with Flutter.

Read more
Linux Distributions

ludora – Fedora based gaming spin

May 1, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Ludora is a Fedora-based Linux distribution built for gaming systems that also need reliable rollback facilities.

Read more

HTML ESLint – ESLint plugin for linting HTML files

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

HTML ESLint can lint standalone HTML files as well as HTML embedded inside JavaScript and TypeScript template literals.

Read more
Radio

SDR++ Community Edition – advanced Software-Defined Radio

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

SDR++ Community Edition is a cross-platform software-defined radio application and a community-driven fork of SDR++

Read more
Science

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Robotics Software

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Robotics is the branch of artificial intelligence concerned with the study of robots. We recommend the best robotics software for Linux.

Read more

Posts pagination

1 2 3 … 357 Next Posts»

Best Free Software

Document Management Systems
Documents
Web Browsers
Internet
Education
Education
Internet Radio
Audio
YouTube Tools
Video
Paint Palette
Graphics
System Administration
Admin
Docks
Desktop
Productivity
Productivity
Genome Browsers - Web Based
Science
Games
Games
Vulnerability detection
Security
Replacements for du
Utilities
Object Relational Mapping
Coding
Stockmarket
Finance
Web Delivery
Web Apps
Crafting
Other
Programming Books
Books

Data Science

Data ScienceTake our free interactive courses in data science. There are courses for Python using pandas and plotnine and R using ggplot2.

Get up to speed in 20 minutes. No programming knowledge is required.

Recent Comments

  • Steve Emms on 7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical Port Scanners
  • Billybob on 7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical Port Scanners
  • Steve Emms on Choosing a Journaling File System
  • Torin Doyle on Choosing a Journaling File System
  • Steve Emms on 10 Best Free and Open Source Perl Static Site Generators
  • Lopsy on 10 Best Free and Open Source Perl Static Site Generators
  • Lopsy on 10 Best Free and Open Source Perl Static Site Generators
  • Joe S on 10 Best Free and Open Source Perl Static Site Generators
  • Joe S on 10 Best Free and Open Source Perl Static Site Generators
  • Lopsy on 10 Best Free and Open Source Perl Static Site Generators

Programming Books

Read our curated lists of great free programming books. Learn Java, C, Python, C++, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and many more languages.

Alternatively, check out our series of great free programming tutorials.

Feedback

Help expand our coverage of Linux software by completing our:

  • Open-source software form
  • Linux distro form

Your feedback is very much appreciated. Complete our contact form.

Support Us


Donate
to LinuxLinks

Thank you for supporting LinuxLinks. If you like our site, the best way to ensure it remains available is to make a donation.

Small Devices

We’re publishing a series of articles for each of these Linux-based phones, Mini PCs, SBCs, and NAS devices.

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus laptop
BOSGAME M6 HX370 – AMD
BOSGAME M4 Plus – AMD
Minisforum AI X1 Pro – AMD
Minisforum UM890 Pro – AMD
Volla Phone Quintus with UT (ARM)
HP ProBook 440 G8 Refurb – Intel
ASRock NUC BOX-255H – Intel
Aiffro K100 All-SSD NAS – Intel
Orange Pi 6 Plus (ARM)
Orange Pi R2S (RISC-V)
Orange Pi RV2 (RISC-V)
Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Max (ARM)
Raspberry Pi 5 (ARM)

Other SBC series are available on our Series landing page.

Replace Proprietary Software

Migrate from large multinational software companies and embrace free and open source solutions.

Google
Google
Microsoft
Microsoft
Apple
Apple
Adobe
Adobe
IBM
IBM
Autodesk
Autodesk
Oracle
Oracle
Atlassian
Atlassian
Corel
Corel
Cisco
Cisco
Intuit
Intuit
SAS
SAS
Progress
Progress
Salesforce
Salesforce
Citrix
Citrix

Reviews

ReviewsWe’ve written tons of in-depth and completely impartial reviews of open source software. Read our reviews.

New to Linux?

NewbieBegin your Linux journey with our easy-to-understand guide designed for newcomers.

Mega Compilations

100 GUI Apps
100 TUI Apps
100 CLI Apps

Recent Posts

  • 10 Useful Free and Open Source Audio Effects, Mixers, and PipeWire Routing Tools
  • rec – records terminal sessions
  • pwvucontrol – Pipewire volume control
  • rtl_433 – receives and decodes radio transmissions
  • Evernight Vista – Fedora-based Linux distribution
  • 12 Useful Free and Open Source Container Managers
  • mprisence – bridges MPRIS-compatible media players
  • fdf – high performance command line file finder
  • 7 Best Free and Open Source HTML Linter Tools
  • Quizbite – small GNOME app to create and play quizzes

Desktops

9 Best Desktops
24 KDE Themes
33 KDE Widgets
42 GNOME Extensions
Pantheon, Trinity, LXDE

Archives

Related

Contact us
Link us
FAQ
Comment FAQ
ForFOSS.com
OSSBlog.org
Privacy Policy

© LinuxLinks 1998-2026: Designed by LinuxLinks.