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Camera Tools

15 Best Free and Open Source RAW Processing Tools

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

There’s a strong selection of open source Linux software for processing RAW files.

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DNA

Gosling.js – declarative genomic data visualisation

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Gosling.js builds interactive genomic visualisations from declarative specifications, with scalable tracks and linked exploration views.

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PixelPen – pixel art editor and animation tool

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics

PixelPen is a free pixel art editor and animation tool for Linux, available as a standalone application and a Godot editor add-on.

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Terminal Session Recording

13 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Session Recording

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

Console screencast software (also known as terminal recorder) lets you capture your terminal. Here’s our verdict.

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QR Tools

Curium – privacy-first QR code generator and scanner

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Curium is a privacy-focused QR code generator, customizer and scanner with extensive styling, batch generation and local history.

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LinuxLinks Is Changing – A Fresh Look and Updated Content

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Annoucements

Discover what’s changing and share your feedback.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Open Photo AI – AI-powered photo enhancement application

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Open Photo AI is a photo enhancement application offering denoising, face restoration, colorization, sharpening and image upscaling.

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System administration

23 Useful Free and Open Source DNS Tools

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This roundup selects a motley collection of useful DNS tools.

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DNA

D-GENIES – interactive dot plots for genome comparisons

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

D-GENIES compares large genome assemblies with interactive dot plots, revealing sequence rearrangements, inversions and repeated regions.

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Anti-Malware Tools

Paranoya – IOC and YARA malware scanner

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Paranoya is an IOC and YARA scanner that checks files and directories for suspicious and malicious content.

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System administration

ch4 – command-line DNS client compatible with dig

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

ch4 is a command-line DNS client built with Rust that offers a concise interface and broad compatibility with dig syntax.

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Anime4KCPP – high performance anime upscaler

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Anime4KCPP is a high performance anime image and video upscaler using a CNN-based algorithm with CPU and GPU acceleration.

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DNA

IGV-Web App – explore genomic data in a web browser

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

IGV-Web App lets researchers inspect reference genomes, alignments and variant tracks in a browser using local or remote genomic files.

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Writing Tools

20 Best Free and Open Source Linux Tools for Novelists

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Education, Roundup

The software featured in this article is designed to meet the specialised needs of a budding novelist.

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Rebiber – replace unofficial BibTeX entries with official record

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education

Rebiber replaces unofficial BibTeX entries with official DBLP or ACL Anthology records while retaining citation keys.

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Kookbook – recipe manager using structured Markdown files

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Kookbook manages Markdown recipe collections on Linux, with searchable titles, ingredient indexes, recipe templates and printing support.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Phone Link

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Best free and open source alternatives to Microsoft Phone Link for connecting, controlling and sharing data between Linux PCs and smartphones.

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Diary

Journaler – Privacy-Focused Daily Journaling App

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity

Journaler is a privacy-focused desktop journaling app that stores daily entries as local Markdown files with search, metrics and export.

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complexipy – fast cognitive complexity analyser for Python

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

complexipy measures cognitive complexity in Python code, identifying difficult functions and regressions with fast Rust-based analysis.

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Cloud storage

20 Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted Cloud Storage Tools

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This roundup looks at self-hosted cloud storage solutions.

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