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LXQt Organizer – lightweight personal information manager

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

LXQt Organizer is a lightweight personal information manager developed with Qt.

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PIM-Software

BORG Calendar – desktop calendar and task tracking application

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

BORG Calendar is a desktop calendar and task tracking application that combines personal scheduling, to-do management, and more.

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Stamps

Ryot – track media consumption, exercise, workouts and body measurements

August 28, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Web Apps

Ryot is a self-hosted platform for tracking media consumption, exercise, workouts and body measurements.

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Stamps

DVinyl – self-hosted collection manager

August 28, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Web Apps

DVinyl is a self-hosted collection manager for cataloguing physical media and collectibles.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Wiki GUI Notes Apps

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Roundup

Desktop wiki applications offer a different approach to note taking from conventional note apps.

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Notes

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Handwritten GUI Notes Apps

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Roundup

Handwritten note-taking applications bring pen-and-paper workflow to the Linux desktop. We pick the best tools for the job.

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49 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Emulators

August 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A terminal emulator is computer software which emulates a dumb video terminal. We make our recommendations.

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Notes

OutWiker – cross-platform note-taking application

August 23, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity

OutWiker is a cross-platform note-taking application that stores notes in a tree structure.

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Password Managers

SiYuan – privacy-first personal knowledge management application

August 23, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity

SiYuan is a privacy-first personal knowledge management application. It combines block-based note-taking with Markdown WYSIWYG editing.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Emulators Built With Web Technologies

August 23, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

This article recommends terminal emulators built with web technologies – JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

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Automation

Best Free and Open Source Visual Automation Tools

August 22, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

This article looks at software which provides a graphical user interface for automating desktop tasks.

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File Managers

11 Best Free and Open Source GTK File Managers

August 21, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

GTK is a very popular toolkit. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK is suitable for projects ranging from small tools to comprehensive application suites.

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File Managers

11 Best Free and Open Source non-GTK non-Qt File Managers

August 20, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

There are many graphical non-Qt and non-Gtk file managers available. This article examines 11 such file managers.

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File Managers

Zeta – fast dual-pane terminal file manager

August 19, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Zeta is a dual-pane terminal file manager with independent workspaces, SSH/SFTP access, an embedded shell, Git diffs and previews.

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Terax – terminal-first AI-native development workspace

August 19, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity

It combines a native terminal, code editor, file explorer, Git integration, web preview, and an agentic AI side panel.

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File Managers

Flux – multi-threaded Linux file manager

August 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Reviews

Flux is a fast, minimalist GTK4 file manager for Linux with archive browsing, network access, content search and extensive keyboard control.

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Calculators

28 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux Calculators

August 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup

One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is the calculator. We recommend the finest terminal-based calculators.

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qalc – command-line interface for Qalculate!

August 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

qalc is the CLI for Qalculate!, a powerful multipurpose calculator designed for both everyday arithmetic and advanced mathematical work.

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Transfer Files

Portfolio – minimalist, touch-friendly file manager

August 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Portfolio is a minimalist, touch-friendly file manager designed for Linux mobile devices.

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Transfer Files

COSMIC Files – file manager designed for the COSMIC desktop environment

August 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

The software offers grid and list views, tabbed browsing, file previews, archive handling and access to local and network storage.

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