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Selection of utilities

OliveTin – give safe and simple access to predefined shell commands from a web interface

November 19, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

Safely give access to commands, for less technical people. Simplify complex commands, make them accessible and repeatable.

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OrangePi SBC ARM

Orange Pi 6 Plus Running Linux: Introduction to the Series

November 19, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is the first article in a new series looking at the latest piece of kit from Orange Pi. It’s the Orange Pi 6 Plus development board.

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Mixer

wiremix – simple TUI audio mixer

November 19, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

wiremix is a simple TUI audio mixer for PipeWire. You can use it to adjust volumes, route audio between devices and applications

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PDF

24 Best Free and Open Source Linux PDF Viewers

November 19, 2025 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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Laptop

RogPerfTuner – utility to manage Asus ROG laptop performance and RGB lighting

November 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

RogPerfTuner is here to simplify your life and help you enjoy gaming on your Asus ROG laptop once and for all.

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Eye Care Software

eyerest – remind your eyes to take a screen break

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

eyerest is a Bash script to remind your eyes to have a little break from the screen. Set time interval and notifications via text files.

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swiftfetch – simple system information fetch tool

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

swiftfetch is a fast and simple system information fetch tool written in Rust. It displays various system information like OS, CPU, RAM usage

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Annotation tool

wayscriber – screen annotation tool for Wayland compositors

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

wayscriber is a ZoomIt-like screen annotation tool for Wayland compositors, written in Rust.

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Emoji

HyprEmoji – modern emoji picker for Hyprland

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

HyprEmoji is a lightweight and fast emoji picker for the Hyprland window manager, built with GTK4 and Rust.

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Laptop serie

HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Introduction to the Series

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

This is a new series looking at running Linux on a refurbished HP laptop.

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Mixer

JackMiniMix – simple volume mixer

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

JackMiniMix is a simple mixer for the Jack Audio Connection Kit with an OSC based control interface.

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Fractals

14 Best Free and Open Source Linux Fractal Tools

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Fractals are rooted in chaos theory, and because of their nature they are perfect for organic looking artwork and landscapes. We recommend the best Linux fractal tools.

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Wallpaper Setter

randwall – randomly changes the desktop wallpaper

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

randwall periodically fetches and sets random wallpapers from Wallhaven’s toplist

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Selection of utilities

ReflectorTK – simple GUI for reflector

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ReflectorTK provides a straightforward graphical interface for configuring and running the reflector to update Arch Linux’s mirrorlist.

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Images of shells by the sea

brush – POSIX- and bash compatible shell

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

brush (Bo(u)rn(e) RUsty SHell) is a POSIX- and bash-compatible shell, implemented in Rust. It’s built and tested on Linux, macOS, and WSL.

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SQL

litecli – command-line client for SQLite databases

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents

litecli is a command-line client for SQLite databases that has auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

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Video-Emulators

Parallel Launcher – modern N64 emulator

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Parallel Launcher is an emulator launcher that aims to make playing N64 games, both retail and homebrew, as simple as possible.

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Foreign Languages

Useful Ubuntu Touch Apps – Translate

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms Reviews, Ubuntu Touch, Utilities

Translate for Ubuntu Touch is an app that offers good translations with more privacy than with Google Translate.

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Skanlite – image scanning application

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms Software

Skanlite is a simple image scanning application to scan and save images. It is optimized for scanning with flatbed scanners.

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Selection of utilities

Spruce – clean up application caches

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Spruce is a lightweight cache cleaner and system maintenance tool designed for Linux.

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