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Planet Earth

6 Best Free and Open Source Virtual Globes

March 24, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Graphics, Roundup, Scientific

There are a number of free and open source applications for Linux which are credible alternatives to Google Earth.

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Gem of the Week

ImageGlass – versatile image viewer

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Reviews

ImageGlass is a lightweight, versatile image viewer with a clean, modern interface that’s now available for Linux.

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Images

roseate – simple image viewer

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Roseate is an image viewer built in Rust with a focus on speed, configurability, and a polished desktop experience.

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3D Animation

tortuise – terminal-native 3D Gaussian splatting viewer

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, TUI

Tortuise is a terminal-based 3D Gaussian splatting viewer that renders complex 3D scenes directly inside a text terminal.

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RAW Tools

DNGLab – camera RAW utility and DNG converter

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

DNGLab is a command line tool to convert camera RAW files to Digital Negative Format (DNG).

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New App of the Week

firemark – flexible Linux watermarking tool for images and PDFs

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Applications, CLI, Graphics, News

firemark is a command-line tool that adds watermarks to images and PDF documents before sharing them with third parties.

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Alaska

Memerist – simple meme editor designed for Linux desktops

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Memerist offers an easy way to create memes by loading an image and adding captions or graphical elements directly on top.

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Camera Tools

rawbit – camera RAW image preprocessor and importer

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Rawbit processes raw image files by converting them to the DNG format in parallel, while offering the ability to manipulate metadata.

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Famous Landmarks

PixelBatch – batch image optimization tool

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

PixelBatch is a powerful, user-friendly desktop application for batch image optimization on Linux.

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voxcii – terminal-based ASCII 3D model viewer

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

voxcii is a terminal-based ASCII 3D model viewer written in C++.

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Art

Mezzotone – convert images into ASCII art

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Mezzotone is a TUI application that converts images and animated GIFs into ASCII or Unicode art directly from the command line.

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ColorSmith – color picker tool

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

ColorSmith is billed as a professional color management suite for designers, developers, and digital artists. Built with Qt for Linux.

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Alaska

imgcat – output images in the terminal

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

imgcat displays images and gifs in your terminal emulator.

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Photo collection

Allusion-rafauc – fork of Allusion

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Allusion-rafauc is a fork of Allusion, a tool built for artists, aimed to help you organize your Visual Library

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Magical Potions

Art of Illusion – 3D modelling and rendering studio

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Art of Illusion is a program for creating high quality, photorealistic (or non-photorealistic) still images and animations.

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Magical Potions

Gmsh – automatic three-dimensional finite element mesh generator

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Gmsh is an automatic three-dimensional finite element mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities.

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Magical Potions

Wings 3D – advanced subdivision modeler

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics

Wings 3D is a polygon mesh modeller written entirely in Erlang. The user interface was designed to be easy to use for beginners and advanced users alike.

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Magical Potions

Bforartists – complete 3D suite to create 3D content

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Bforartists is a complete 3D suite to create 3D content. It offers you the full 3D art pipeline to create game graphics, prerendered movies and stills.

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Animation

Synfig – 2D animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Synfig is a vector based 2D animation package. It is designed to be capable of producing feature-film quality animation.

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Magical Potions

Blender – 3D creation suite

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Blender is a free and open source 3D content creation suite available for many operating systems including Linux.

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