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Author: Steve Emms

Password manager

kyp – keep your passwords

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

kyp is a terminal password manager that stores credentials in an encrypted SQLite database on the local machine.

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Bioinformatics

Galaxy – web-based platform for data-intensive computational research

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Galaxy is an open web-based platform for data-intensive computational research. It’s written mostly in Python.

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dustoff – find and remove JS/TS build artifacts

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

dustoff is a utility that reclaims disk space by locating and removing common build artifacts created by JavaScript and TypeScript projects.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Font Viewers

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This article highlights useful tools to view your fonts. We only feature free and open source software in this article.

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Monitor System

MinMon – opinionated minimal monitoring and alarming tool

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

MinMon is an opinionated minimal monitoring and alarming tool for Linux. It focuses on straightforward system and service checks

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TV

Plezy – modern Plex client for desktop and mobile

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Plezy is a cross-platform Plex client built with Flutter for desktop and mobile systems.

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Remote Display

16 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Servers

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article examines the best free Linux remote desktop servers.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

ccase – convert between string cases

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ccase is a command-line utility for converting strings between many naming and word-separation styles.

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vimalender – terminal calendar application with vim-style keybindings

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

vimalender is a terminal calendar application with vim-style keybindings. Written in Go with the Bubble Tea and Lip Gloss frameworks.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Configuring Ubuntu 25.10

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

In this article in this series I look at configuring one of the most widely used Linux distributions on the Chuwi laptop.

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Network

Roster – modern HTTP client for GNOME

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Roster is a modern HTTP client for GNOME, built with GTK4 and libadwaita.

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Remote Display

IronRDP – Rust implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

IronRDP is an open source implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) written in Rust.

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wooz – zoom / magnifier utility for Wayland compositors

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

wooz is a Wayland magnifier utility that provides a zoomed view of the screen with mouse and keyboard controls.

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Selection of utilities

Trolley – run terminal apps anywhere

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Trolley lets you bundle any TUI executable together with a terminal emulator runtime. Distribute TUI applications to non-technical users.

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Dictionary Tools

charcoal – command line dictionary

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

charcoal is a command lien dictionary that’s an alternative to wudao-dict.

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Selection of utilities

TRCC Linux – port of the Thermalright LCD Control Center

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

TRCC Linux is a Linux application for controlling and customizing supported Thermalright LCD displays and LED segment displays

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Video

Open RV – image and sequence viewer for VFX and animation artists

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

OpenRV is an image and sequence viewer for visual effects and animation artists. It is designed for high-performance, hardware-accelerated media playback and review.

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Video Players

Bino – 3D video player focused on stereoscopic video and virtual reality

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Bino is a 3D video player focused on stereoscopic video and virtual reality. It supports a wide range of 3D video formats

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Remote Display

Lamco RDP Server – Wayland-native RDP server for Linux

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Lamco RDP Server is a Wayland-native remote desktop server that implements the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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Milky Way

PhaseFetch – calculate the current moon phase with artwork

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

PhaseFetch is a Bash script that calculates the current moon phase and writes matching artwork to a file for use in terminal environments.

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