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Graphics

todds – CPU-based DDS texture encoder

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

todds is a CPU-based DDS texture encoder optimized for fast batch conversions with high encoding quality.

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Zaz – terminal manipulation library

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Zaz is a terminal manipulation library for Rust and C/FFI bindings for other languages.

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Circuit board

dmitui – TUI version of dmidecode

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

dmitui is a TUI (Text User Interface) version that allows for easy navigation between sections, unlike dmidecode.

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Monitor System

Xtop – TUI system monitor

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms TUI

Xtop is a modern, cross-platform TUI system monitor crafted in Rust. Heavily inspired by btop, it leverages Rust’s safety and performance

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Internet Radio

3 Best Free and Open Source Pandora Radio Clients

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Pandora Internet Radio is a music streaming automated music recommendation service. We pick our favourite clients.

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Music Streaming

Kino – media browser for Plex and Jellyfin servers

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

Kino is a fast terminal client for browsing and playing media from Plex and Jellyfin servers.

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IDE

32 Best Free and Open Source Linux Integrated Development Environments

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to programmers for software development.

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Media Center

jfsh – terminal-based client for Jellyfin

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

jfsh is a terminal-based client for Jellyfin that lets you browse your media library and play videos via mpv. It’s inspired by jftui.

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DevOps

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Compilers

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Linux has a diverse range of other compilers available, many of which are released under freely distributable licenses. Here are the finest.

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Video Conversion

video-compare – split-screen video comparison tool

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

video-compare is a split-screen video comparison tool, utilizing FFmpeg libraries and SDL2.

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Circuit board

Xfetch – system information tool

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Xfetch is a cross-platform system information fetching tool inspired by fastfetch and neofetch, written in Rust.

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Passive OS Fingerprinting

5 Best Free and Open Source Passive OS Fingerprinting Tools

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Passive OS Fingerprinting Tools rely on sniffing techniques to analyze the information sent in normal network traffic.

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Selection of utilities

LiDM – light login manager

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

LiDM is a really light unix login manager made in C which aims to be highly customizable

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Image of Files

sdn – simple directory navigator

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

sdn is a simple directory navigator that you can invoke while editing shell commands.

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YouTube

Rataplay – TUI to search, play and download videos

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

Rataplay is a Terminal User Interface (TUI) for searching, playing, and downloading videos. Built with Rust and inspired by GopherTube.

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XMPP

6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical XMPP Clients

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here’s our recommended graphical XMPP clients. They are free and open source goodness.

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ugdb – TUI for gdb

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

ugdb is an unsegen based alternative TUI for gdb.

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Minisforum AI X1 Pro

Minisforum AI X1 Pro running Linux: BIOS

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, 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 AI X1 Pro.

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Font Tools

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Font Renderers

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This article focuses on font renderers for Linux. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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Network

Gurren – SSH tunnel manager

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

Gurren is a fast, terminal-based SSH tunnel manager with a TUI and background service.

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