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brplot – better real time plot

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

brplot – [b]etter [r]l[plot] is a small application and library that plots data. It works as a library or as an standalone application.

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Natural Language Processing

19 Useful R Natural Language Processing Tools

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Scientific

Natural language processing (NLP) is a set of techniques for using computers to detect in human language the kinds of things that humans detect automatically.

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try-rs – Rust-based workspace manager

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

try-rs is a CLI tool designed to manage the chaos of projects. It’s a temporary workspace manager for fast experimentation in the terminal.

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e-Learning

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux e-Learning Tools

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Roundup

Linux has a wide range of e-Learning software available. This article focuses on software which is user friendly for students and instructors.

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Monitoring

Watchman – file watching service

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Watchman watches files and record when they change. It can also trigger actions (such as rebuilding assets) when matching files change.

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Natural Language Processing

8 Excellent C++ Natural Language Processing Tools

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Scientific

Natural language processing (NLP) is an exciting field of computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational linguistics.

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Selection of utilities

fileformat – tool for recognizing file formats

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fileformat is a tool for detecting and identifying file formats.

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Sidef – high-level programming language

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Sidef is a modern, high-level programming language designed for versatile general-purpose applications

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subfinder – subdomain discovery tool

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Subfinder is a subdomain discovery tool that discovers subdomains for websites by using passive online sources.

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Network

snitch – friendlier ss / netstat tool

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security, TUI

snitch is a friendlier ss / netstat for humans. It lets you inspect network connections with a clean TUI or styled tables.

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Selection of utilities

iloader – user friendly sideloader

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Other

iloader lets you install SideStore (or other apps) and import your pairing file with ease.

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Trouble Ticketing

5 Best Free Linux Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

A customer service trouble ticketing (or help desk) is an information and assistance resource that helps the resolution of computer related problems. We recommend the finest open source options.

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Task Manager

yatto – interactive VCS-based todo-list

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, TUI

yatto is a Git-backed terminal task manager with full history, sync, and collaboration built in.

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Text Editor

10 Best Free and Open Source Neovim GUIs

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Neovim’s RPC support lets developers create new front-ends (GUIs) for Neovim that are outside of the terminal. We make our recommendations.

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Gaming Chat

Chatty – Twitch chat client

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Chatty is a Twitch Chat Client for Desktop written in Java featuring many Twitch specific features.

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Tucnak – ham radio VHF/HF contest logbook

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Tucnak is multiplatform VHF/HF contest logbook. It is executable on Linux and other unix-type systems, Windows, Android and MacOS.

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Linux

Bobcat – terminal emulator

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Utilities

Bobcat is a modern, feature-rich terminal emulator that works across all major operating systems.

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Xmas

LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2025

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Blog

I’ve trawled through our statistics and found our ten most well received posts/series that saw the highest page views for 2025.

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dna-medical

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Medical Practice Management Software

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Medical Practice Management Software is a type of software that is designed to supervise and support the day-to-day operations of a medical practice.

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Find Duplicates

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: grep

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.

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