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Eye Care Software

Sane Break – gentle break reminder

September 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Sane Break is a cross-platform break reminder designed to help you take meaningful breaks without disrupting your workflow.

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GPS

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux GPS Tools

September 22, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation satellite system consisting of a network of satellites.

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GPS

AAT Activity Tracker – GPS-tracking application

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

AAT is a GPS-tracking application for tracking sportive activities, with an emphasis on cycling.

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Chemistry

23 Best Free and Open Source Linux Chemistry Tools

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

We feature the finest free and open source Chemistry software.

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Minisforum AI X1 Pro: ComfyUI – Generate video, images, 3D, audio with AI

September 15, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Scientific

Let’s start with ComfyUI, open source node-based software for generative AI. I install ROCm, ComfyUI and a useful model manager.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Gerbil – desktop app to easily run Large Language Models locally

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Scientific

Gerbil lets you run LLMs locally powered by KoboldCpp which itself is a highly modified fork of llama.cpp.

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Machine Learning

Minisforum AI X1 Pro: Jan – Chat with AI without privacy concerns

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Scientific

A simple real-world test of the performance of the Radeon 890M with Jan, an open source ChatGPT-alternative that runs 100% offline.

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Google Drawings

Project Graph – next generation node graph drawing tool

September 10, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

Project Graph is a simple but powerful tool for drawing graphs. Unleash creativity and streamline workflows with AI-powered graph design.

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Chemistry

Periodic Table Tools: 6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Tools

September 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Roundup, Scientific

The periodic table, also known as the periodic table of the elements, is a rows and columns arrangement of the chemical elements.

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Science

Webots – robot simulator

September 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Webots provides a complete development environment to model, program, and simulate robots, vehicles, and mechanical systems.

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Data Science

LG4X-V2 – GUI for X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) curve fitting

August 27, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

LG4X-V2 is a GUI for X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) curve fitting based on the python lmfit package.

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Chemistry

Cantera – chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and transport tool suite

August 24, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

Cantera is a collection of object-oriented software tools for problems involving chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and transport processes.

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DNA

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Genome Browsers

August 18, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

There are numerous tools to browse genomes. While there’s considerable overlap in functionality, each software offers unique features or data.

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Machine Learning

Holloway’s Upscaler – image and video upscaling

August 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Scientific

A consolidation of AI image/video upscaling product for a working CLI-friendly image and video upscaling program.

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Machine Learning

Real-ESRGAN GUI – AI image enlargement tool

August 15, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Scientific

Real-ESRGAN GUI is an open source graphical interface for the AI image restoration algorithm Real-ESRGAN.

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Chemistry

Nucleus – browse the chemical elements

August 14, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Nuclues gives you the ability to view the periodic table of the elements, as well as a variety of properties for each element,

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Machine Learning

jdPixelUpscaler upscale images per pixel

August 14, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Scientific

jdPixelUpscaler upscales images by simply replacing one pixel with several of the same color.

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Machine Learning

Aeternum – simple and minimal image upscaler

August 13, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Scientific

Aeternum (lt.: “Eternal”) is a simple and minimal image upscaler using upscayl-ncnn as it’s backend. Aeternum is built using Rust and egui.

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Travel Planner

4 Best Free and Open Source Travel Planners

August 9, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This roundup focuses on software which act as a digital travel assistant.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Table Habit – establish and track your own micro habit

August 3, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Table Habit is an app that helps you establish and track your own micro habit. It includes a complete set of growth curves and charts

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