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Author: Steve Emms

System administration

dnrs – light DNS server

March 5, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

dnrs is a light DNS server. It aims to modernize the approach to writing configuration files and to be lightweight.

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Latest News

Lettura – follow your favorite content

March 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Reviews

Lettura is a cross-platform news reader that supports RSS and Atom feeds.

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3D Printer

Slic3r – toolpath generator for 3D printers

March 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

Slic3r is a toolpath generator for 3D printers: reads 3D models (STL, OBJ, AMF, 3MF) and converts them into G-code instructions.

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Email

Betterbird – Thunderbird fork

March 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Betterbird is billed as a fine-tuned version of Mozilla Thunderbird.

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Automation

Repeat – visual automation tool

March 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Repeat is a full-fledged mouse/keyboard record/replay and sophisticated automation macros/hotkeys creation tool.

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Automation

xdotool – fake keyboard/mouse input, window management

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

xdotool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11’s XTEST extension.

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3D Printer

Bambu Studio – 3D printing slicing software

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Bambu Studio bills itself as a cutting-edge, feature-rich slicing program.

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Bluetooth

BLE Serial – RFCOMM for BLE

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

BLE Serial is a tool to connect Bluetooth 4.0+ Low Energy to UART modules and normal PCs/laptops/Raspberry Pi.

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movie-cli – obtain information about movies

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

movie-cli is a CLI for getting information about a movies and comparing two movies.

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lowcharts – draw low-resolution graphs in terminal

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lowcharts is a tool to draw low-resolution graphs in terminal.

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FTP

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Progress WS_FTP Professional

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

WS_FTP Professional is a secure FTP client that provides reliable and secure transfer of critical files. We recommend the best FOSS options.

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tab – terminal multiplexer

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

tab is an intuitive, config-driven terminal multiplexer designed for software and systems engineers.

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Text Editor

Orbiton – configuration-free text editor and IDE

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Orbiton is a configuration-free little text editor and IDE for the terminal.

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TV

TVHplayer – desktop IPTV player

March 3, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

TVHplayer is a desktop client for playback and recording live TV with TVheadend.

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Feedln – terminal RSS reader

March 3, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Feedln is a command-line RSS feed reader that allows users to manage and read their favorite feeds.

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Machine Learning in Linux: Pinokio – Easy Installation of AI Apps

March 3, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Reviews, Scientific

Pinokio describes itself as a browser that lets you install, run, and manage server applications on your local machine.

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Documentation

dug – global DNS propagation checker

March 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dug is a powerful global DNS propagation checker that can output in a variety of formats.

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Chemistry

multiElement – alternative versions of the periodic table of chemical elements

March 3, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

multiElement offers complete encyclopedic information about each chemical element.

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Bluetooth

Bluejay – Bluetooth device manager

March 3, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Bluejay is a Bluetooth manager and Bluez front-end. With it, you can pair devices, connect to and remove devices, and more.

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3D Printer

mslicer – slicer for resin printers

March 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

mslicer is a GUI-based tool for masked stereolithography (resin) printers. Currently only ELEGOO .goo files can be generated.

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