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Sticky Notes

12 Best Free and Open Source Sticky Note Applications

June 8, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A sticky note (often known as a Post-it Note) is a small piece of paper with a strip of glue on its back. Here’s our verdict.

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12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Weather Tools

May 19, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Scientific

Here’s our verdict on the best GUI weather tools. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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18 Best Free and Open Source Media Players

April 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Multimedia, Roundup

A media player is software that lets you watch video and listen to music on your computer. We cover the best free and open source options.

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GNOME Extensions

42 Excellent GNOME Shell Extensions

March 17, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Roundup

Add additional functionality to a GNOME desktop with these great GNOME extensions. This roundup showcases 42 cool GNOME extensions.

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Compositing Window Managers

14 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors

January 14, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

This article focuses on stacking Wayland compositors. Only free and open source software is included in this article.

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Best Free Window Managers

croissant – stacking Wayland compositor

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop

croissant is a stacking Wayland compositor that’s written in the C programming language.

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Compositing Window Managers

Jay – Wayland compositor

January 2, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop

Jay is a Wayland compositor which offers an i3 look and feel.

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Compositing Window Managers

Miriway – Mir based Wayland compositor

December 31, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

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Compositing Window Managers

stagen – wlroots-based wayland compositor

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

stagen is a simple experimental wlroots-based wayland compositor.

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Compositing Window Managers

Mahogany – tiling window manager for Wayland

December 9, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM.

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