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Network

8 Best Free and Open Source LDAP Solutions

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an application protocol for accessing directory services.

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Network

lldap – light LDAP implementation

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

lldap is a authentication server for self-hosted environments that need LDAP-backed login without the complexity.

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Internet Radio

18 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Internet Radio Apps

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

This article recommends our favourite terminal-based internet radio apps. Free and open source software only.

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Internet radio

PMRP-NG – terminal internet radio player

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

PMRP-NG is a lightweight terminal internet radio player for Linux and macOS that uses Radio-Browser to provide searchable access.

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WebRTC

22 Best Free and Open Source Linux WebRTC Tools

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

WebRTC is real-time communication for the web, enabling video, voice, and data transfer between peers using an open standard.

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Selkies – Linux-native remote desktop and application streaming platform

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia

Selkies is a Linux-native remote desktop and application streaming platform that uses WebRTC

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Encryption

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Disk Encryption Tools

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security, System Software

Keep your data safe. There are many different useful tools that offer disk encryption. We recommend the best free and open source solutions.

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SRS – real-time media server

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia

SRS (Simple Realtime Server) is a real-time media server built to receive, convert, and distribute audio and video streams.

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WebRTC

MiroTalk P2P – self-hosted WebRTC video conferencing application

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia

MiroTalk P2P is a self-hosted WebRTC video conferencing application that runs entirely in the browser.

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WebRTC

MiroTalk SFU – self-hosted WebRTC videoconferencing platform

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Web Apps

MiroTalk SFU is a self-hosted WebRTC videoconferencing platform built on a Selective Forwarding Unit architecture powered by Mediasoup.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

5 Useful Free and Open Source Distrobox GUI Tools

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Roundup

Distrobox is software which creates and manages container-based development environments without root privileges.

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WebRTC

BigBlueButton – virtual classroom platform

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Web Apps

BigBlueButton is a virtual classroom platform designed for online teaching, tutoring, office hours, and collaborative learning.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

DistroRack – Qt/QML-based GUI for Distrobox containers

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

DistroRack is a Qt/QML application that provides a graphical interface for creating and managing Distrobox containers on Linux.

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News

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI News Aggregators

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article recommends the finest free and open source graphical news aggregators.

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WebRTC

Nextcloud Talk – chat, video and audio calls for Nextcloud

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Multimedia

Nextcloud Talk is a communication and collaboration app for Nextcloud that brings messaging, meetings, and webinars.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Graphical SSH Frontends

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article focuses on GUIs that help you manage and create SSH connections. Only awesome open source software is included.

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VoIP

Mages – Matrix chat client

April 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Mages is an experimental Matrix chat client built as a cross-platform application with a Rust core and a Compose Multiplatform interface.

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System administration

23 Best Free and Open Source DNS Servers

April 23, 2026 Erik Karlsson Internet, Roundup, System Software

Domain Name System (DNS) is the internet’s directory service. We recommend the best free and open source DNS servers.

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Static Site Generators

22 Best Free and Open Source Go Static Site Generators

April 22, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

We recommend the finest Go static site generators. They are all free and open source goodness.

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Static Site Generators

24 Best Free and Open Source Python Static Site Generators

April 22, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers.

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