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Dynamic Music Pill – GNOME Shell extension

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

Dynamic Music Pill is a GNOME Shell extension that adds a polished desktop music widget for MPRIS-compatible players.

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14 Useful Free and Open Source 3D Model Viewers

June 5, 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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Art

draw – simple drawing tool for the terminal

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

draw lets you sketch in the terminal using a mouse, with coloured characters, rectangular shapes, text insertion and saved files.

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Electronic circuit

13 Best Free and Open Source GUI Electronic Circuit Simulators

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Electronic circuit simulation uses mathematical models to replicate the behavior of an actual electronic device or circuit. We feature the best GUI tools.

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Finance

Kapytal – desktop personal finance manager

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, GUI

Kapytal is a desktop personal finance manager designed for tracking income, expenses, investments, and household finances.

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System Cleaning

Linux Cleaner – make routine Linux maintenance easier

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Linux Cleaner is a utility designed to make routine Linux maintenance easier by bringing common cleanup tasks together in a simple interface

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MS-02 Ultra

Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Cores

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Benchmarking the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra on Linux, comparing P-cores and E-Cores with crafty, Coremark, and smallpt.

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Finance

FinanzPilot – self-hosted personal finance web application

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

FinanzPilot is a self-hosted personal finance web application designed for tracking income, expenses, accounts, recurring transactions and more.

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Family History

Liberu Genealogy – web-based genealogy and family history platform

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Liberu Genealogy is a web-based genealogy and family history platform built with Laravel 12, PHP 8.5, Filament 5, and Livewire 4.

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System Cleaning

uCareSystem – automated maintenance utility

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

uCareSystem is a system maintenance utility for Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Raspberry Pi OS, WSL2, and other Debian-based systems.

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PDF

28 Best Free and Open Source Linux PDF Viewers

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Office, Roundup

The PDF file format is one of the most common file formats in use today. This article recommends the best open source PDF viewers.

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Family History

Genealogy – family tree PHP application

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Genealogy is a Laravel-based family tree application with team permissions, event timelines, media uploads, backups and GEDCOM support.

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Finance

BG Finanças – JavaFX personal finance manager

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial

BG Finanças is a JavaFX personal finance manager that helps users organise their financial life around accounts, balances, income, expenses, planning, and reports.

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Audio Analyzers

asak – terminal audio tool

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, TUI

asak is a terminal audio tool that provides a keyboard-driven interface for working with audio files.

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Graphics

Trophy – terminal-based 3D model viewer

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Trophy renders OBJ, GLB and STL models directly in the terminal, with interactive navigation, textured rendering and lighting controls.

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PELADN-WO4

PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC: Power Consumption

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I test the PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC’s power use tested at idle, under load, and for annual UK electricity costs.

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System Cleaning

CrunchyCleaner – terminal-based application cache cleaner

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

CrunchyCleaner removes application caches and temporary files through a terminal interface, with dry-run and automated cleaning modes.

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Finance

Cashlytics – self-hosted personal finance and budget planning application

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

Cashlytics is a self-hosted personal finance and budget planning application.

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Composing Music

12 Excellent Free and Open Source Scorewriters – Compose, arrange, print, and publish music

June 4, 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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Office

Collabora Office – desktop office suite with modern interface

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Office

Collabora Office brings document, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing editors to the desktop with offline editing and PDF export.

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