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Content Control Software

Best Free and Open Source Linux Content Control Software

October 26, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Content control software, also commonly known as web filtering software, is software which is designed and optimised to determine what content can be viewed by the user. This software is particularly relevant to information supplied by a web browser.

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Mixer

deej – open-source hardware volume mixer

October 26, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

deej is an open-source hardware volume mixer for Linux and Windows computers.

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Machine Learning

7 Best Free and Open Source Image Upscaling Tools

October 26, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Image upscaling brings the power of AI upscaling to your fingertips, allowing you to turn low-resolution images into high-quality outputs.

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Remote Display

16 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Clients

October 26, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article examines the best free and open source Linux remote desktop clients.

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Anti-Malware Tools

Lenspect – scan files for threats

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Lenspect is a lightweight security threat scanner intended to make malware detection more accessible and efficient.

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Development

Positron – next-generation data science IDE

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming, Scientific

Positron is a next-generation data science IDE. It’s also an extensible, polyglot tool for writing code and exploring data.

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Learning with Linux

9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Flashcard Tools

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Roundup, TUI

This roundup focuses on the finest terminal-based flashcard tools.

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Backup software

httm – file-level Time Machine-like tool

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

httm is an interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs/nilfs2 (and even Time Machine and Restic backups).

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Stakpak – terminal-native DevOps Agent

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms Software

Stakpak can run commands, edit files, search docs, and more. It has security super powers, and generates high quality IaC.

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Password Managers

Identities – modern password-store client made for GNOME

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Identities is a modern frontend for pass built for GNOME. It sports an adaptive interface and is made for GNOME.

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Email

Stalwart – all-in-one mail and collaboration server

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Stalwart is a mail and collaboration server with JMAP, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, CalDAV, CardDAV and WebDAV support and a wide range of features.

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Animu – watch anime

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms Software

Animu is an easy to use desktop application for watching anime. This is free and open source software written in TypeScript.

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Notes

Notesnook – private workspace

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open-source note-taking app focused on user privacy & ease of use.

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Compression

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux Compression Tools

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software available for Linux, we have compiled a list of 19 useful free compression tools.

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Git Clients

ggc – modern Git CLI tool

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

ggc is a Git tool written in Go, offering both traditional CLI commands and an interactive interface with incremental search.

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System administration

13 Useful Free and Open Source DNS Tools

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This roundup selects a motley collection of useful DNS tools.

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Utility

RustNet – cross-platform network monitoring tool

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

RustNet provides real-time visibility into network connections with detailed state information, connection lifecycle management, and more.

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Encrypted Files

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI File Encryption Tools

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

This roundup looks at the finest GUI-based file encryption tools. Only free and open source software is included.

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Selection of utilities

Stasis – modern Wayland idle manager

October 23, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Stasis is a modern Wayland idle manager that knows when to step back. It’s written in the Rust language.

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Document viewer

mpls – Markdown Preview Language Server

October 23, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

Markdown Preview Language Server (mpls) is a language server designed to enhance your Markdown editing experience.

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