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Author: Steve Emms

Compositing Window Managers

Miriway – Mir based Wayland compositor

December 31, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

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rxfetch – minimal but geeky fetch utility

December 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

rxfetch is a custom system fetching tool written in a Bash script.

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File Managers

transgender – minimalistic terminal file explorer

December 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

transgender is a minimalistic TUI file explorer with minimal dependencies, written by a Ranger hater.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Disk Cleanup

December 30, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

Microsoft Disk Cleanup is a computer maintenance utility designed to free up disk space. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Web Content Management Systems

6 Best Free and Open Source JavaScript-Based Web Content Management Systems

December 30, 2024 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Here are our favorite JavaScript-based web content management systems. They are all free and open source software.

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Role-Play Games

gg – TUI for small offline games

December 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Games

gg is a small collection of games that you can play in your terminal.

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Circuit board

screenFetch – Bash information tool

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

screenFetch is a handy Bash script that can be used to generate one of those nifty terminal theme information and ASCII distribution logos.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tar

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We showcase free and open source alternatives to tar, the most widely used archiving utility in Linux systems.

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File Managers

fex – command-line file explorer prioritizing quick navigation

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

fex is a command-line file explorer inspired by Vim, exa and fzf, built with quick exploration and navigation in mind.

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Compositing Window Managers

stagen – wlroots-based wayland compositor

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

stagen is a simple experimental wlroots-based wayland compositor.

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