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Hypervisors

Boxes – view, access, and manage remote and virtual systems

February 6, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Boxes is a simple GNOME application to view, access, and manage remote and virtual systems.

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17 Best Free and Open Source GUI Matrix Clients

February 3, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication over IP. Here’s our recommended free and open source GUI Matrix clients.

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Email

bower – curses frontend for the Notmuch email system

February 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

bower is a curses frontend for the Notmuch email system. There are two main views: the index, and the combined thread/pager.

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5 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Matrix Clients

January 31, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

This roundup features the finest terminal-based Matrix clients. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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Ement.el – Matrix client for Emacs

January 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Ement.el is a Matrix client for Emacs. It aims to be simple, fast, featureful, and reliable, while integrating naturally with Emacs.

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mnotify – simple Matrix CLI client

January 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

mnotify is a simple CLI for the Matrix chat system. It’s written in the Rust programming language.

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iamb – Matrix client for Vim addicts

January 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

iamb is a terminal-based client for Matrix for the Vim addict.You can edit messages, navigate windows and manage tabs.

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Email

dma – DragonFly Mail Agent

January 28, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

dma is a small Mail Transport Agent (MTA), designed for home and office use.

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VoIP

matrix-commander – simple CLI-based Matrix client

January 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

matrix-commander is a simple but convenient CLI-based Matrix client app for sending and receiving.

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SSH

GGH – recall your SSH sessions

January 25, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

GGH is software which recalls your SSH sessions. It also searches your SSH configuration file.

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Network Security

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Port Scanners

January 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, Security, System Software

Linux has a good range of port scanners that help administrators identify and rectify weaknesses in a system.

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VoIP

Chats – messaging application for mobile and desktop

January 24, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Chats is a simple to use messaging app for 1:1 communication and small groups supporting SMS/MMS, Matrix, and XMPP.

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VoIP

Commet – chat client powered by Matrix

January 22, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Commet is a client for Matrix focused on providing a feature rich experience while maintaining a simple interface.

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VoIP

Hydrogen – lightweight Matrix client

January 21, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Hydrogen is a minimal Matrix chat client, focused on performance, offline functionality, and broad browser support.

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VoIP

kazv – convergent Matrix client and secure messaging app

January 20, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

kazv is a convergent Matrix client and instant messaging app using Qt.

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VoIP

Moment – Matrix client

January 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Moment is a fancy, customizable, keyboard-operable Matrix chat client for encrypted and decentralized communication.

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Video Conferencing

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Cisco Modeling Labs

January 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Cisco Modeling Labs is an on-premises network simulation tool. We recommend the best free and open source Linux alternatives.

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Internet

11 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Download Managers

January 11, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

A download manager is a type of software that manages the downloading of files from the Internet.

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Performance

wxDownload Fast – download manager

January 10, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

wxDownload Fast is a multithreaded download manager written using wxWidgets and Aria2. This is written in C++.

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HTTP

10 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line HTTP Clients

January 9, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

These clients let you download files over the internet from the command line. But they can also be used for many more interesting purposes.

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