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Author: Steve Emms

Fractals

Fractorium – Qt-based fractal flame editor

November 10, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Fractorium is a Qt-based fractal flame editor which uses a C++ re-write of the flam3 algorithm named Ember.

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Chat

Grumpy – advanced IRC client

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Grumpy is billed as a very advanced IRC client. It aims to take the best out of every major IRC client and leave out the bad.

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Astrology

Asteria – astrological chart calculator and analyzer

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Asteria is a comprehensive astrological chart application that combines traditional astrology with modern AI technology.

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Audio Analyzers

Cable – tool to dynamically modify Pipewire and Wireplumber settings

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Cable is a PyQT GUI application to dynamically modify Pipewire and Wireplumber settings at runtime.

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FTP Client

lssh – list-based ssh, scp, sftp client

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

This CLI utility can read a prepared list in advance and connect ssh/scp/sftp the selected host.

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Fractals

FLAM3 – cosmic recursive fractal flames

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

FLAM3 is an original fractal flame renderer and genetic language.

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Reference Management

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI-Based Bibliography Tools

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Roundup, Scientific

A common misconception is that bibliography tools are really only useful for academics. However, this type of software is a type of reference manager offering the ability to collect large amounts of metadata.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: traceroute

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

traceroute tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to a given host. We recommend the best alternatives.

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Reference Management

QuickBib – fetch BibTeX for DOIs and arXiv identifiers

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, GUI

QuickBib fetches BibTeX entries from DOIs, arXiv IDs, and known journal URLs. Quickly convert identifiers into usable BibTeX records.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cksum

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to cksum, a tool to compute and verify file checksums.

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