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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.

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Diff Tools

objdiff – local diffing tool for decompilation project

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

objdiff is a local diffing tool for decompilation projects. There is also a GUI available.

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Personal finance

Actual Budget – fast and privacy-focused app to manage your finances

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms Financial

Actual Budget is a fast and privacy-focused app for managing your finances.

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Archive Manager

Simple Archiver – alternative to tar

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Simple Archiver is an alternative to tar. Despite its name, this open source tool has a fairly wide range of features.

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SSHUP – simple SSH manager

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

SSHUP is a simple SSH manager with a text-user interface.

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Text Editor

xvi – portable multi-file text editor

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

xvi is a portable multi-window version of the UNIX editor ‘vi’, derived from “STEVIE” in the 1980s.

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Software

Yay – AUR helper

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Yay (Yet Another Yogurt) is an Arch User Repository (AUR) helper tool.

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Git Clients

17 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Git Clients

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Git is one of a number of open source revision control systems available for Linux. We recommend the finest GUI-based tools.

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System administration

q – command line DNS client

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

q is a tiny command line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH.

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Sync-in – file sync and server management

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Internet

Sync-in is available as a desktop application (Linux, macOS, and Windows and a command line interface (CLI), Sync-in adapts to your workflow

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Embellish – install nerd fonts

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Embellish is a user-friendly application designed for managing Nerd Fonts on your system.

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sshmate – simplify interactions with SSH servers

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

sshmate is a tool designed to simplify interactions with SSH servers. It provides an easy way to connect to servers.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

Cruise – Docker TUI client

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Cruise is a powerful, intuitive, and fully-featured TUI (Terminal User Interface) for interacting with Docker.

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Task Manager

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical Task Managers

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A task manager is software which enables users to compile a list of tasks to be completed. This list is also known as a to-do list or things-to-do.

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micro-racing

Pixel Wheels – retro top-down race game

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Pixel Wheels is a retro top-down race game for Linux, macOS, Windows and Android.

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GPS

AAT Activity Tracker – GPS-tracking application

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

AAT is a GPS-tracking application for tracking sportive activities, with an emphasis on cycling.

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ROCK 4D

Benchmarking the Radxa ROCK 4D Single Board Computer

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this article in the series I put the Radxa ROCK 4D single board computer through a series of benchmarks.

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Chemistry

23 Best Free and Open Source Linux Chemistry Tools

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

We feature the finest free and open source Chemistry software.

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SSHR – TUI SSH manager

September 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

SSHR is a TUI for managing and connecting to SSH hosts. It’s written in Rust.

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Free and Open Source Board Games

Hunt – word search game

September 17, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Hunt is an easy word search game. You can play with or without a timer, or a blitz mode,

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