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Koko – image gallery for desktop and touch devices

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Koko is KDE’s image gallery for Linux desktops and touch devices, with album browsing, full-screen slideshows and basic image editing.

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16 Useful Free and Open Source 3D Model Viewers

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

This article focuses on software tools which let you view 3D models. There are a wide range of formats available.

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BOSGAME VTA-439

BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC Running Linux: Thief

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Thief benchmarks on the BOSGAME VTA-439 with Radeon 890M graphics, comparing 1080p gaming performance on CachyOS and Windows 11.

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Cloud

MicroCloud – automated private cloud infrastructure

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

MicroCloud creates small private clouds with LXD virtual machines, Ceph storage, OVN networking and automated cluster configuration.

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Art

charmascii – generate decorative ASCII art from text

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

charmascii creates colourful ASCII art from text, with FIGlet fonts, decorative borders, image export and a command-line interface.

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Classroom Tools

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Classroom Tools

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Roundup

The software featured in this article offers indispensable ways to help manage a computer-based classroom.

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Game Tools

Pully – Numberlink-style logic puzzle game

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Pully is a Numberlink-style logic puzzle with numbered checkpoints, walls, tunnels and increasingly challenging grids to complete.

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Big Data

4 Best Free and Open Source Native XML Databases for Big Data

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms Big Data, Internet, Roundup, Scientific

Big Data is an all-inclusive term that refers to data sets so large and complex that they need to be processed by specially designed hardware and software tools.

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Recording Studio

GNOME Network Displays – cast your desktop to wireless displays

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

GNOME Network Displays casts your Linux desktop to Miracast and Chromecast receivers, with audio streaming and virtual display support.

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clj-depend – Clojure namespace dependency analyser

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

clj-depend analyses Clojure namespace dependencies, enforcing architectural layers, detecting circular references and checking custom rules.

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reorder-python-imports – automatically organise Python imports

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

reorder-python-imports is a command-line utility that automatically reorganises import statements in Python source files.

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Start up

Bootqt – create bootable USB drives from disk images

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Bootqt creates bootable USB drives from ISO, IMG and RAW files, with Linux image downloads, Ventoy integration and a simple Qt interface.

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Composing Music

13 Best Free and Open Source Scorewriters – Compose, arrange, print, and publish music

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

A scorewriter is software used with a computer for creating, editing and printing sheet music. We recommend free and open source software.

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Audio Analyzers

Bootleg Toolbox – verify and manage lossless concert recordings

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

Bootleg Toolbox checks live concert recordings, detects lossy audio sources, repairs sector boundary errors and creates private torrents.

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Photo Metadata

Xviewer – simple image viewer

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics

Xviewer is Linux Mint’s image viewer with large-image handling, slideshows, automatic orientation, plugins and photo browsing.

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Minisforum M2 Pro

Minisforum M2 Pro Mini PC Running Linux – Introduction

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Minisforum M2 Pro mini PC running Linux. I examine its Intel Panther Lake processor, Arc B390 graphics, design, connectivity and features.

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VoIP

DeepFilterNet Plus – noise suppression for microphones and recordings

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

DeepFilterNet Plus suppresses microphone background noise on Linux and cleans WAV recordings on Linux, macOS and Windows using filtering.

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Task Manager

Personal Planner – daily planner with time tracking and reviews

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Personal Planner is an offline-first daily planner with timeline scheduling, time tracking, task history, daily reviews, and optional sync.

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Mixer

9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Volume Mixers

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, TUI

A volume mixer is a tool that adjusts the individual volume levels of different applications and audio devices running on a computer.

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CDROM

RipperX 4 – GTK4 audio CD ripper written in Rust

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

RipperX 4 is a GTK-based audio CD ripper with MusicBrainz lookups, editable metadata, track selection and six output audio formats.

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