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rmz – zippy alternative to rm

July 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rmz is a zippy alternative to rm, a tool to remove files and directories.

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OrangePi SBC - RISC-V

Orange Pi R2S Single Board Computer Running Linux: Power Consumption

July 24, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I’ll see how the Orange Pi R2S compares to a few other single board computers and mini PCs which cost considerably more.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

cpz – zippy alternative to cp

July 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cpz (cp zippy) is a zippy alternative to cp, a tool to copy files and directories. It focuses on maximizing performance.

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Warble

6 Ways to Play Wordle on your Linux PC

July 24, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Wordle is a popular word puzzle game where players try to guess a hidden word within six attempts. We showcase open source Wordle clones.

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Configuring music

Elektroid – sample and MIDI device manager

July 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

Elektroid is a sample and MIDI device manager. It includes the elektroid GUI application and the elektroid-cli CLI application.

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System administration

octoDNS – manage DNS across multiple providers

July 23, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

octoDNS provides a set of tools and patterns that make it easy to manage your DNS records across multiple providers.

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Game Tools

Hurry Curry! – multiplayer co-op cooking game

July 23, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Hurry Curry! is a cooperative multiplayer game. You work at a restaurant accepting orders, cooking various dishes and serving meals.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Good value compared to an Intel N100 Mini PC?

July 23, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

A question I get asked a fair bit is whether the Raspberry Pi 5 represents good value to purchase as a desktop PC.

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Musical instruments

Tempo – metronome for musicians

July 23, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Tempo is a reliable metronome application designed for musicians of all levels. Built with modern GTK4 and Libadwaita

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Photo Management

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Photo Management Software

July 23, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Photo management software is a type of computer application that helps users to organize their digital image collection.

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