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3 Free and Open Source CLI ebook Readers

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, Productivity, Roundup, Software

This article showcases CLI ebook readers for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.

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Eigen – matrix calculator

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Eigen is a GTK4 matrix calculator for Linux that focuses on common linear algebra tasks in a clean, accessible interface.

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2026 calendar

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cal

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternatives tools to cal, a utility for displaying calendars on the command-line.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: awk

April 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to awk, software specialized for textual data manipulation.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2026 Updates

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms Software

March 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Remote Display

Lamco RDP Server – Wayland-native RDP server for Linux

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Lamco RDP Server is a Wayland-native remote desktop server that implements the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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Compression

cmix – lossless data compression program

March 14, 2026 Steve Emms Software

cmix is a lossless data compression program aimed at optimizing compression ratio at the cost of high CPU/memory usage.

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HTTP

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: Wget

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternatives tools to Wget, a non-interactive network downloader.

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Selection of utilities

Monique – MONitor Integrated QUick Editor

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms Software

MONitor Integrated QUick Editor is a graphical monitor configuration tool for Hyprland and Sway.

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Network

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ping

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to ping. All software featured here is free and open source goodness.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms Software

February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cloc

February 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative free and open source tools to cloc, a tool which counts lines of source code and comments.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: more

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to more.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: less

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to less. All of the tools are free and open source and sport a command-line interface.

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Find Duplicates

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: grep

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.

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process

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ps

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

We explore free and open source alternatives to ps, a command that reports a snapshot of the current processes.

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Screen Capture

QuickSnip – OCR and Google Lens search

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Software

QuickSnip is a Wayland utility for OCR and Google Lens search, built using Quickshell.

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Monitoring

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tree

February 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to tree, a utility that lists the contents of directories in a tree-like format.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cat

February 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

cat derives its name from concatenation and provides other nifty options too. This article spotlights alternative tools to cat.

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Notes

Glues – Vim-inspired TUI note-taking app

February 2, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Glues is a Vim-inspired, terminal-based (TUI) note-taking application that offers flexible and secure storage options.

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