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Author: Steve Emms

Photo Metadata

Metamorphosis – inspect and change embedded metadata

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Metamorphosis is a desktop utility for inspecting and changing embedded metadata across media and document files.

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Log Analyzers

VictoriaLogs – high-performance log database

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

VictoriaLogs is a high-performance log database designed to ingest, store, and query log data efficiently

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Encryption

fscrypt – Go tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

fscrypt is a high-level command-line utility for managing Linux native filesystem encryption on supported filesystems.

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Monitor System

TWSLA – TWSNMP’s Simple Log Analyzer

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

TWSLA is built for administrators and operators who want to work directly with large log sets without deploying a heavier log management stack.

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OHB – replacement backend for HamClock

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Open HamClock Backend (OHB) provides a replacement backend for HamClock, allowing users and groups to run the server-side services.

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OpenHamClock – real-time amateur radio dashboard

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

OpenHamClock is a real-time amateur radio dashboard designed for modern operators

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WebRTC

MiroTalk SFU – self-hosted WebRTC videoconferencing platform

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Web Apps

MiroTalk SFU is a self-hosted WebRTC videoconferencing platform built on a Selective Forwarding Unit architecture powered by Mediasoup.

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Pat – modern Winlink client for amateur radio operators

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Pat is a modern Winlink client for amateur radio operators. Written in Go and developed primarily for Linux.

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Log Analyzers

OpenObserve – cloud-native observability platform

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

OpenObserve is a cloud-native observability platform that helps teams collect, store, and analyze operational telemetry from one system.

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WebRTC

BigBlueButton – virtual classroom platform

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Web Apps

BigBlueButton is an open source virtual classroom platform with video conferencing, whiteboards, breakout rooms, polls and recording.

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Guitar

Power Tab Editor – view and edit guitar tablature

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Power Tab Editor lets guitarists view and edit tablature, import Guitar Pro files, mix playback tracks and customise keyboard shortcuts.

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Monitor System

SEE – terminal interface for inspecting systemd service events

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

SEE provides a keyboard-driven terminal interface to systemd service events, with multiple buffers, date filtering and Vim-style navigation.

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Developer of the Week

Developer of the Week: Greg Kroah-Hartman

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Greg Kroah-Hartman is a major Linux kernel developer best known as the maintainer of the Linux stable kernel branch.

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Guitar

PiPedal – turn Linux hardware into a guitar effects pedal

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Web Apps

PiPedal turns Raspberry Pi and Linux computers into low-latency guitar effects systems with LV2 plugins, neural amp models and web control.

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Console MPD Clients

11 Best Free and Open Source Console MPD Clients

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 best console-based MPD clients.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

DistroRack – Qt/QML-based GUI for Distrobox containers

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

DistroRack is a Qt/QML application that provides a graphical interface for creating and managing Distrobox containers on Linux.

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News

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI News Aggregators

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article recommends the finest free and open source graphical news aggregators.

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OpenWebRX+ – improved version of OpenWebRX

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

OpenWebRX+ is an improved version of OpenWebRX, a multi-user software defined radio receiver that runs through a web interface.

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IDE

toast – lightweight terminal-based IDE

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Toast is a lightweight terminal-based IDE designed for quick edits without leaving the command line.

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Game Tools

Plutonic – suika-like / spuntika-like game

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Games

Plutonic is a physics-based puzzle game where players launch planets into a gravity field and try to combine them.

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