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Perpetua – cross-platform software KVM

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Perpetua is a cross-platform software KVM that lets you control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse.

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Review: MusiQt – simple music player

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews

MusiQt is a lightweight Qt audio player with gapless playback, directory browsing, compact views and broad format support.

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Framework

Takes – lightweight Java web framework

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Takes is a lightweight Java web framework built around immutable, object-oriented components.

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Coding

Prow – Kubernetes-based continuous integration and continuous delivery system

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Prow runs jobs triggered by pull requests, repository updates, scheduled events and other activity, then reports their status.

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Coding

Dune – composable build system for OCaml projects

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Dune is a fast and composable build system for OCaml projects. It handles the low-level details of OCaml compilation

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Network simulator

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Network Simulators

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Network simulation is a technique whereby a software program replicates the behavior of a real network. We make our picks.

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Network Analyzers

Malcolm – network traffic analysis suite

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Malcolm is a network traffic analysis suite designed for network security monitoring, threat hunting and incident response.

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Web Content Management Systems

SonicJS – edge-first headless content management system

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

SonicJS is an edge-first headless content management system designed for building fast, API-driven websites and applications.

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Coding

Semaphore Community Edition – self-hosted continuous integration and delivery platform

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Semaphore helps development teams automate software builds and tests using YAML-defined workflows, parallel execution and self-hosted agents.

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Encryption

7 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

GnuPG is a superb tool though it’s a command line affair. If you’re looking for a GUI frontend, check out these tools.

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Network simulator

Shadow – discrete-event network simulator

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Shadow is a discrete-event network simulator designed for realistic, scalable experiments with distributed systems.

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Revision Control

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Revision Control Tools

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Version control systems play an essential role for developers. Explore our recommended free and open source tools.

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StarlingMonkey – SpiderMonkey-based JavaScript runtime

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

StarlingMonkey is a SpiderMonkey-based JavaScript runtime optimized for use in WebAssembly Components.

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Network Analyzers

Arkime – scalable network analysis and full packet capture system

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Arkime is a scalable network analysis and full packet capture system. It captures network traffic, stores packets in standard PCAP format.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Process Managers

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, TUI, Utilities

Process management software helps users launch, supervise and control long-running applications and background services.

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LLRT – lightweight JavaScript runtime

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

LLRT (Low Latency Runtime) is a lightweight JavaScript runtime designed for fast, resource-efficient serverless applications.

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Technology

Cloonix – network virtualisation platform

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Cloonix is a network virtualisation platform for creating and managing complex virtual network topologies on Linux.

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Web Content Management Systems

8 Best Free and Open Source JavaScript-Based Web Content Management Systems

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Here are our favorite JavaScript-based web content management systems. They are all free and open source software.

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PDF

pypdf – read, manipulate, and write PDF files

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

pypdf is a pure Python library for reading, manipulating, and writing PDF files.

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Blog Applications

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Blog Software

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Weblog software (also known as blog software or blogware) enables users to maintain an ongoing chronicle of information on a website.

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