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Bing-r – desktop IPTV and media player

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Bing-r is a desktop IPTV and media player for M3U playlists, live TV, VOD, channel filtering, favourites and hardware-accelerated playback.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Connect

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia

Discover free and open source alternatives to Adobe Connect for virtual classrooms, webinars and online meetings

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mpdris2-rs – expose MPD playback through MPRIS2

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mpdris2-rs is a lightweight Rust bridge exposing MPD playback and queue information through MPRIS2, with remote cover art support.

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wiremix – terminal audio mixer for PipeWire

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

wiremix is a terminal PipeWire mixer for adjusting volumes, routing audio, selecting devices and profiles, and monitoring peak levels.

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Video Conversion

22 Best Free and Open Source Linux Video Converters

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

The best video converters make the process simple, and support a wide number of different codecs and formats.

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coppwr – low-level graphical control for PipeWire

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

coppwr provides low-level graphical control of PipeWire with node graph editing, object inspection, metadata editing and profiling tools.

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Terminal Session Recording

TermSVG – record and export terminal sessions

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

TermSVG records terminal sessions, replays asciicast files, and exports recordings as animated SVG, GIF or WebM with themes and playback controls.

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YouTube

29 Best Free and Open Source Graphical YouTube Tools Bypassing the Web-Only Barrier

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Innovative developers have created applications that allow you to bypass the web-only barrier of YouTube. We recommend the best tools.

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Sound Systems

Helvum – graphical patchbay for PipeWire

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Helvum is a graphical PipeWire patchbay for creating and removing connections between audio, video and MIDI applications and devices.

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Video Editors

22 Best Free and Open Source Linux Video Editors

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Linux represents an excellent platform for editing video. We recommend the best free and open source video editors.

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Speech

Kokoro – Open-Weight Text-to-Speech Model

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews

Kokoro is a lightweight open-weight text-to-speech model offering local speech synthesis, multiple languages, voices, and speed control.

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PCM Transport – lightweight audio player

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

PCM Transport is a lightweight audio player with direct ALSA output, gapless playback, DSP tools, CUE support and very low memory use.

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How to Download YouTube Videos, Playlists, and Channels on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus

September 22, 2026 John O'Donnell GUI, Multimedia, Software

Download YouTube videos, playlists, channels, subtitles and audio on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus and its graphical interface.

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Guitar

ruxguitar – Guitar Pro tablature player

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

ruxguitar is a free and open source Guitar Pro tablature player with MIDI playback, tempo control, track selection and SoundFont support.

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Podcast

4 Best Free and Open Source Linux Self-Hosted Podcast Managers

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Discover the finest free and open source podcast managers for Linux, offering subscriptions, downloads, playback, and syncing.

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Guitar

AmpForge – guitar amp simulator and effects processor

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

AmpForge is a guitar amp simulator and effects processor with a reorderable pedalboard, NAM support, presets, tuner and multiple plugin formats.

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Music

Scrobblet – lightweight self-hosted music scrobbler

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Web Apps

Scrobblet is a lightweight self-hosted scrobbler that sends Spotify listening activity to Last.fm, ListenBrainz, Maloja, Koito and CSV.

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Electric Guitar

Open Riff Box – lightweight guitar effects processor

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

Open Riff Box is a lightweight guitar effects processor with amp simulation, cabinet IRs, presets, tuner, metronome and VST3 support.

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Music

Open Scrobbler – web-based Last.fm scrobbling client

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Web Apps

Open Scrobbler is a web-based Last.fm client for manually scrobbling tracks, albums, setlists and listening history from other users.

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TV

TVDemon – IPTV streaming application

September 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

TVDemon is a GTK4 IPTV streaming application supporting M3U playlists, Xtream API providers, live TV, movies, series and electronic programme guides.

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