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VacuumTube is an unofficial wrapper of YouTube Leanback

June 16, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia

VacuumTube is an unofficial wrapper of YouTube Leanback (the console and Smart TV version of YouTube) for the desktop.

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Chess

JFXChess is a JavaFX Chess GUI

June 16, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

JFXChess is a cross-platform chess graphical user interface.

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PDF

20 Useful Free and Open Source PDF Tools

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

This article focuses on useful PDF tools which can help you create PDFs as well as small utilities/libraries that help you work with PDF.

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ADIF Multitool – validate, modify and convert ham radio log files

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Other

ADIF Multitool is a command-line tool to validate, modify, and convert ham radio log files.

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Webcam Tools

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Webcam Tools

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Multimedia, Roundup

Our favorite free Linux tools which enable webcams to capture images and video, and to act as a video surveillance device.

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Chess

chess22k is a chess engine written in Java

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms Games

chess22k is a chess engine that uses the UCI protocol to communicate with graphical interfaces.

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Network Security

Hash-o-matic – generate, compares and verify MD5, SHA-256 and SHA-1 hashes

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Hash-o-matic generates, compares and verifies MD5, SHA-256 and SHA-1 hashes.

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Roguelike Games

Cataclysm: Bright Nights is a roguelike with sci-fi elements

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Cataclysm: Bright Nights is a roguelike with sci-fi elements set in a post-apocalyptic world.

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lule is a bash(y) alternative to pywal

June 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

lule is a bash(y) alternative to pywal by mostly using pastel to generate the full 255 colors from an image.

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Security

John the Ripper is an advanced offline password cracker

June 14, 2025 Steve Emms Security

John the Ripper is a password security auditing and password recovery tool available for many operating systems.

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Chess

Weiss is a UCI chess engine

June 14, 2025 Steve Emms Games

This is a chess engine written in C.

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Network Security

Collision checks hashes for your files

June 14, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Collision comes with a simple and clean UI to generate, compare and verify MD5, SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-1, Blake3, CRC32 and Adler32 hashes.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC

June 14, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC

This is a series of articles on the Raspberry Pi 5 focusing on using this single board computer as a desktop PC.

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CHIRP – GUI tool for programming ham radios

June 14, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

CHIRP supports a large number of manufacturers and models, as well as provides a way to interface with multiple data sources and formats.

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Dungeon

Mudlet – immersive, multiplayer, pure-text game

June 14, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics

Mudlet is a platform for gaming and enhancing game-play primarily with MUDs.

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Bomb

Mines is a puzzle game where you locate mines

June 13, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Mines (previously gnomine) is a puzzle game where you locate mines floating in an ocean using only your brain and a little bit of luck.

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BMI Calculator is a body mass index calculator

June 13, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

BMI Calculator is a body mass index calculator built with GTK4 and LibAdwaita.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

D-Spy – explore the D-Bus

June 13, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

D-Spy is a simple tool to explore D-Bus connections.

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Ham radio

HamClock – clock and world map with extra features for amateur radio

June 13, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

HamClock is a kiosk-style application that provides real time space weather, radio propagation models, operating events and other information.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: WSelector – wallpaper selector manager

June 13, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Reviews, Utilities

WSelector is a modern GTK4/Adwaita application for browsing, downloading, and setting wallpapers. It’s written in Python.

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