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virtwold – Wake-on-LAN for libvirt based VMs

October 8, 2025 Steve Emms Software

virtwold is a daemon which listens for WOL packets and tries to start the virtual machine with the associated MAC address.

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ncpamixer – ncurses PulseAudio Mixer

October 2, 2025 Steve Emms Software

ncpamixer is an ncurses mixer for PulseAudio inspired by pavucontrol.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: September 2025 Updates

October 1, 2025 Steve Emms Software

September 2025 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: hexdump

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.

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Chess Engines

25 Strong Free and Open Source Chess Engines

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms Games, Software

Computer chess has been a phenomenal success, aiding chess analysis, and allowing players to play when no human opponents are available.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: August 2025 Updates

August 31, 2025 Steve Emms Software

August 2025 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: less

August 29, 2025 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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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: more

August 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to more.

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August 25, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Software

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ps

August 22, 2025 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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SQL

rqlite – distributed database built on SQLite

August 15, 2025 Steve Emms Software

rqlite combines the simplicity of SQLite with a fault-tolerant, highly available system.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cat

August 9, 2025 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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Selection of utilities

Stimulator keeps your computer awake

August 7, 2025 Steve Emms Software

Stimulator prevents the desktop environment (DE) from sleeping. It should work regardless of the used DE thanks to the Inhibit portal.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: July 2025 Updates

August 1, 2025 Steve Emms Software

July 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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wemake-python-styleguide – Python linter

July 30, 2025 Eilidih Parris Software

wemake-python-styleguide is a flake8 plugin, the only one you will need as your ruff companion.

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CuteCom – graphical serial terminal

July 11, 2025 Steve Emms Software

CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal that’s aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.

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filepack – file hashing and verification

July 9, 2025 Steve Emms Software

filepack is a command-line file hashing and verification utility written in Rust.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: June 2025 Updates

July 1, 2025 Steve Emms Software

June 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Google Firebase

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Firebase

June 28, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Software

Google Firebase is a platform developed by Google for creating mobile and web applications. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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