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Selection of utilities

ripdrag – drag and drop utilty

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ripdrag is a small utility that enables drag and drop operations directly from the terminal.

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Subtitles

7 Best Free and Open Source Subtitle Downloaders

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

A subtitle is a text representation of the dialogue, narration, music, or sound effects in a video file.

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Alaska

Memerist – simple meme editor designed for Linux desktops

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Memerist offers an easy way to create memes by loading an image and adding captions or graphical elements directly on top.

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Images of shells by the sea

fortsh – shell written in Fortran

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fortsh is an experimental POSIX-compatible command shell written in modern Fortran.

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CDROM

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Audio Grabbers

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc to a file or other output.

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Subtitles

lssub – search and download subtitles

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

lssub is a terminal user interface application written in Rust for searching and downloading subtitles through the OpenSubtitles API.

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Music Education

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Educational Music Software

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Multimedia, Roundup

Music education is a field of study connected with the learning and teaching of music. We recommend the best open source educational apps.

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Camera Tools

rawbit – camera RAW image preprocessor and importer

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Rawbit processes raw image files by converting them to the DNG format in parallel, while offering the ability to manipulate metadata.

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PDF

17 Best Free and Open Source PDF Development Libraries

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

We pick the finest free and open source PDF libraries.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Snow – emulate classic (Motorola 680×0-based) Macintosh computers

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Emulators, GUI

Snow is a modern emulator for classic Motorola 68k-based Apple Macintosh computers.

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Home Automation

12 Best Free and Open Source Solutions for Home Automation

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Home automation software lets you control and monitor common home and office appliances using a computer.

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Selection of utilities

Cute DBC Editor – desktop application for viewing and editing CAN Database

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents, GUI

Cute DBC Editor is a lightweight, retro-themed desktop application for viewing and editing CAN Database (.dbc) files.

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Calculators

25 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux Calculators

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup

One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is the calculator. We recommend the finest terminal-based calculators.

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Task Manager

Taskdog – task management system

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, TUI

Taskdog is a terminal-based task management system designed for users who prefer a keyboard-centric workflow.

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3D Printer

14 Useful Free and Open Source Linux 3D Printer Tools

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Many desktop 3D printers use a numerically controlled programming language made up of a series of commands called G-Code.

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samply – sampling CPU profiler

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

samply is a sampling CPU profiler. Run a command, record a CPU profile of its execution, and open the profiler UI.

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Feluda – detect license usage restrictions

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Feluda detects license usage restrictions in your project.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

bigsay – display tool

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

bigsay is a high-visibility GTK4 text display tool written in the Python language.

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Documentation

binwalk – search a given binary image for embedded files

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

binwalk is a command-line utility designed for analysing binary files and firmware images.

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Selection of utilities

doot – simple dotfiles manager

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

doot is billed as a fast, simple and intuitive dotfiles manager that just gets the job done.

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