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Author: Steve Emms

Selection of utilities

bttf – datetime arithmetic, parsing, formatting and more

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

biff is a command-line utility for working with dates, times, durations, and time zones from the shell.

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Clipboard

Clipboard Manager – designed for tiling window managers

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Clipboard Manager is a terminal clipboard history tool for tiling window managers, with pinning, content detection and secret masking.

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Clipboard

ClipCascade – cross-platform clipboard synchronisation utility

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Productivity

ClipCascade is a cross-platform clipboard synchronisation utility that automatically shares clipboard content across connected devices.

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Selection of utilities

Tauno Serial Plotter – graphical serial data plotting tool

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Tauno Serial Plotter is a graphical serial data plotting tool designed for Arduino boards and other embedded devices.

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MS-02 Ultra

Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Power Consumption

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX.

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Email

22 Best Free and Open Source Email Servers

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on free and open source email servers. We recommend Exim, OpenSMTPD, mox, DBMail, WildDuck, and Stalwart.

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Clipboard

UniClipboard – real-time clipboard sync across all your devices

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

UniClipboard is a privacy-focused cross-device clipboard synchronisation tool.

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Clipboard

Homie – terminal clipboard manager with fuzzy search

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, TUI

Homie is a terminal clipboard manager with fuzzy history search, multi-selection, Bash and Zsh integration, and tmux popup support.

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Selection of utilities

PlotJuggler – visualizing and analyzing time series data

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

PlotJuggler is a fast, flexible tool for visualizing and analyzing time series data.

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Mailing List Managers

Haraka – modern SMTP server

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Haraka is a modern SMTP server written in Node.js for handling inbound and outbound mail processing.

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Clipboard

Clippy – terminal-based clipboard history manager

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI, Utilities

Clippy keeps searchable clipboard history in a terminal interface, with pinned entries, detailed previews and local storage on Linux.

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CNC Software

14 Best Free and Open Source CNC Software

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

CNC (also known as numerical control or computer numerical control) is the automated control of machining tools by means of a computer.

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Mixer

Mixxc – GTK4-based volume mixer for Linux

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Mixxc is a GTK4-based volume mixer for Linux desktop setups that favour compact, widget-style tools rather than full control panels.

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Selection of utilities

Telemetry Viewer – data visualization tool

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Telemetry Viewer is a data visualization tool designed for working with live or recorded telemetry data.

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PELADN-WO4

PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC: Benchmarking

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article, I benchmark the PELADN WO4 5600H across a range of tests, most of which are run using the Phoronix Test Suite.

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Selection of utilities

NinjaTerm – terminal application aimed at embedded developers

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

NinjaTerm is a terminal application aimed at embedded developers who need to view debug data and send commands

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Clipboard

ClipTUI – terminal-based clipboard history manager

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

ClipTUI is a terminal clipboard history manager with fuzzy search, quick-copy shortcuts, preview mode and persistent local SQLite storage.

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Email

maddy – composable all-in-one mail server

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

maddy is a composable all-in-one mail server that brings the main pieces of a self-hosted email stack

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Selection of utilities

dateutils – collection of command line utilities

May 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dateutils is a collection of command line utilities for working with dates, times, and date-time values in the shell.

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LAN

UPSWake – automate Wake-on-LAN using UPS status

May 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

UPSWake monitors NUT UPS servers and sends Wake-on-LAN packets using Rego policies, with flexible wake intervals, CLI commands and an API.

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