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Kookbook – recipe manager using structured Markdown files

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Kookbook manages Markdown recipe collections on Linux, with searchable titles, ingredient indexes, recipe templates and printing support.

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Coding

gf – lightweight graphical front-end for GDB

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

gf is a lightweight graphical GDB front-end offering source, assembly, register, memory and breakpoint views for debugging.

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Scotland

Walldo – lightweight graphical wallpaper changer

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Walldo is a lightweight graphical wallpaper changer with recursive browsing, fuzzy search and broad desktop environment support.

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NumNum – text editor that understands calculations

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

NumNum is a graphical calculator where you type calculations, variables, units, currencies and percentages as text.

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Web

Timekpr-nExT – control computer usage

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Timekpr-nExT is a Linux screen-time manager for setting daily, weekly and monthly limits, schedules and application restrictions.

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Coding

edb – graphical debugger inspired by OllyDbg

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

edb is a graphical debugger for AArch32, x86 and x86-64 applications. The project was inspired by OllyDbg.

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Calculator – simple calculator for the COSMIC desktop

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Calculator is a simple graphical calculator for the COSMIC desktop with a useful history of previous calculations.

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RAW Tools

RAWmakase – fast non-destructive RAW photo developer

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

RAWmakase is a fast non-destructive RAW photo developer with GPU previews, Lightroom catalogue import, masking and command-line tools.

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GridTracker – amateur radio mapping and activity companion

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

GridTracker is an amateur radio companion for visualising WSJT-X activity, contacts, grids, spots, awards, solar data, alerts, and logging.

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Matuwall – fast graphical wallpaper picker for Wayland

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

Matuwall is a lightweight Wayland wallpaper picker with previews, carousel navigation, configurable backends and hooks.

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DevOps

PINCE – powerful GDB front-end and reverse engineering tool

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

PINCE is a feature-rich GDB front-end for debugging and reverse engineering with memory scanning, tracing and code injection.

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Image of Files

Stencil – powerful batch file renamer with live previews

October 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Reviews, Utilities

Stencil is a modern Linux batch file renamer with stackable operations, live previews, presets, metadata-based renaming and undo support.

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QR Tools

Tessera – custom QR code generator

October 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Tessera generates custom QR codes from text or URLs with live preview, colour controls, contrast warnings and PNG or SVG export.

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DVDs

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning

October 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Best free and open source alternatives to Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning for burning, copying, ripping and authoring optical discs on Linux.

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Radio

Software-Defined Radio: 21 Best Free Tools for Linux

October 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia, Roundup

This roundup looks at the finest software-defined radio tools for Linux including apps that let you listen to DAB and DAB+ broadcasts.

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PowerDevil – power management service for KDE Plasma

October 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

PowerDevil is the power management service used by KDE Plasma. It works behind Plasma’s Power Management settings and coordinates desktop behaviour.

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Content Control Software

Parental Controls – local parental controls for supervised accounts

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

BigLinux Parental Controls is a GTK4 suite for supervised accounts, app restrictions, web filtering and screen-time limits.

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Saving Money with Linux

Power Options – Linux GUI power management

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

Power Options provides graphical power management with flexible profiles and extensive controls for CPU, GPU, PCI, USB and more.

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kleiner-brauhelfer – brewing assistant for hobby brewers

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

kleiner-brauhelfer is a Qt-based brewing assistant for creating and managing beer batches, recipes, ingredients, fermentation and equipment.

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Hello Contest – amateur radio contest logger

October 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Hello Contest is an amateur radio contest logger with fast keyboard entry, scoring, QTC support, CW macros, spots and Hamlib integration.

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