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Screenwriting

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Script Writing Tools

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Education, Roundup, Utilities

Script writing is the art and craft of writing scripts for the general public. The script can take the form of musicals, plays, novels, films, television programmes, and more.

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Dashboard

Gatus – developer-oriented status dashboard and health monitoring application

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Gatus is a developer-oriented status dashboard and health monitoring application for self-hosted services and infrastructure.

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Server

Tinkerbell – bare metal provisioning engine

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Tinkerbell is a bare metal provisioning engine designed to automate the installation and configuration of physical machines.

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Network

Ozone – scalable distributed object store

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Apache Ozone is a scalable distributed object store built for large-scale analytics, cloud-native platforms, and data-intensive environments.

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Natural Language Processing

BERTopic – topic modeling

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

BERTopic is a Python package for topic modeling that uses transformer-based embeddings and class-based TF-IDF.

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Server

Ironic – OpenStack service for managing and provisioning bare metal servers

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Ironic is an OpenStack service for managing and provisioning bare metal servers.

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Keyboard

Rapoo E9350L Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard Review

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Accessories, Hardware, Reviews

Rapoo E9350L review: a slim compact wireless keyboard with Bluetooth, 2.4GHz, USB-C charging, Linux support and quiet low-profile keys.

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Dashboard

OpenStatus – status page and uptime monitoring platform

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

OpenStatus is a status page and uptime monitoring platform that helps teams monitor websites, APIs, servers, and DNS endpoints

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Network

LeilFS – distributed POSIX file system

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

LeilFS is a distributed POSIX file system designed to run on commodity hardware.

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Server

MAAS (Metal as a Service) – data centre automation platform

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

MAAS (Metal as a Service) is a data centre automation platform for managing physical servers in a cloud-like way.

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Game Tools

Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered is a fan-made modernization of the classic visual novel Katawa Shoujo.

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Utility

8 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, System Software

We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.

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Natural Language Processing

Haystack – AI orchestration framework

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

Haystack is an AI orchestration framework for building production-ready applications with large language models.

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CDROM

8 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Audio Grabbers

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc.

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Screenwriting

lottie – Fountain screenplay editor

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Lottie is a terminal-based screenplay editor for writers working with the Fountain markup format.

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5 Useful Free and Open Source Code Formatters for Clojure

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This roundup selects some useful code formatters for Clojure developers.

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Git Clients

SCM-Manager – self-hosted source code management application

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Web Apps

SCM-Manager is a self-hosted source code management application designed to help organizations host and administer repositories.

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Selection of utilities

EMU2 – lightweight emulator for running DOS .exe and .com programs

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Emulators

EMU2 focuses on text-mode DOS software, providing an x86 emulator together with basic DOS system calls, console I/O, drive mapping.

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VoIP

BigLinux Microphone – improve spoken audio captured from a microphone

June 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

BigLinux Microphone is a Linux application for PipeWire that helps improve spoken audio captured from a microphone.

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Git Clients

Gerrit Code Review – web-based code review

June 7, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Web Apps

Gerrit Code Review is a web-based code review and project management tool for Git-based development.

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