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Turn On – Wake On LAN (WoL) utility

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Turn On is a small GNOME utility application to send Wake On LAN (WoL) magic packets to devices in a network.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

12 Useful Free and Open Source Container Managers

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We focus on container managers, software which make it easy to find, run, build, share and deploy applications using open containers.

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Encrypted Files

OpaqueFiles – file encryption software

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

OpaqueFiles is file encryption software that encrypts/decrypts files so they can be stored securely using compression.

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dave – simple WebDAV server

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

dave (Distributed Authoring and Versioning made easy) is a simple WebDAV server.

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Vulnerability Detection

BURP – security testing

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms Security

Burp Suite enables its users to accelerate application security testing, no matter what their use case.

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PixiEditor – universal 2D editor

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

PixiEditor is a universal 2D editor that was made to provide you with tools and features for all your 2D needs.

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Cosmic Comics – comics and manga reader

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Cosmic Comics is a web server based comics / manga collection manager and viewer.

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BOSGAME M4 Plus

BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: Introduction to the Series

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC is a powerful computer based on an AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS processor with integrated Radeon 780M graphics.

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Wallpaper Setter

23 Best Free and Open Source Wallpaper Setters

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Do you find your Linux desktop background rather mundane but have problems in finding attractive wallpapers?

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Mixer

Retrovol – volume setting program

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Retrovol is a volume setting program. It adds an icon to the tray that can be scrolled on to change the volume.

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Diary

Caps-Log – terminal-based journaling tool

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Caps-Log (Captain’s Log) is a small, terminal-based journaling tool written in C++ and published under the MIT License.

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Git Clients

Desktop Plus – fork of GitHub Desktop

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Desktop Plus is a Git client with advanced functionality and Bitbucket integration. This is an up-to-date fork of GitHub Desktop.

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Valot – modern time tracking application

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Valot is designed for developers, freelancers, and professionals who need to track their work time efficiently.

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Vulnerability Detection

ZAP – web app scanner

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms Security, Web Apps

ZAP can help you automatically find security vulnerabilities in your web applications while you are developing and testing your applications.

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MangaYouKnow – manga reader

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

MangaYouKnow is billed as a clean manga reader with the purpose of letting you know each chapter the moment its out.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

16 Free and Open Source Simple GUI Based Linux Text Editors

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

A text editor is software used for editing plain text files. This type of software has many different uses.

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Encryption software

Vault – tool for securely accessing secrets

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms Security

Secure, store, and tightly control access to tokens, passwords, certificates, encryption keys for protecting secrets.

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Task Manager

Todo TUI – Vim-like TUI that honors the simplicity of todo.txt

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Todo TUI lets you navigate with intuitive, familiar keybindings (j, k, etc.)

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Task Manager

Judo – terminal-based todo list application

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Judo is a simple TUI for managing todo lists. You can create multiple lists, add items to them, mark items as complete, and delete items.

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7 Best Free and Open Source Linux MPRIS Tools

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

MPRIS is a standard D-Bus interface which aims to provide a common programmatic API for controlling media players.

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