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Selection of utilities

Arch Linux MCP Server – Arch Linux MCP (Model Context Protocol)

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Arch Linux MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that bridges AI assistants with the Arch Linux ecosystem.

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Wattage – monitor the health and status of power devices

November 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

Wattage is an application designed for monitoring the health and status of your power devices.

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Backup software

httm – file-level Time Machine-like tool

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

httm is an interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs/nilfs2 (and even Time Machine and Restic backups).

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Selection of utilities

YAFI – Yet Another Framework Interface

October 15, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

YAFI is another GUI for the Framework Laptop Embedded Controller. It is written in Python with a GTK4 Adwaita theme

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Software

cylon – Arch Linux maintenance program

September 15, 2025 Steve Emms System Software, TUI, Utilities

cylon is a TUI (terminal user interface) which provides updates and maintains an Arch based Linux distribution.

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Circuit board

F-Fetch – fast and minimal system fetcher

September 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

F-Fetch is a very fast, minimal terminal system fetcher. It is highly customizable

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System

Elephant – general purpose datasource and executor

September 7, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Elephant acts as a unified backend service that aggregates data from various sources.

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System administration

Relax-and-Recover – Linux Disaster Recovery

September 5, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) is a setup-and-forget Linux bare metal disaster recovery solution.

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Bazaar – app store for GNOME

September 4, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Bazaar is a new app store for GNOME with a focus on discovering and installing applications and add-ons from Flatpak remotes, particularly Flathub. It emphasizes supporting the developers who make the Linux desktop possible. Bazaar features a “curated” tab that

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ntpd-rs – synchronizing your computer’s clock

September 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

ntpd-rs is a tool for synchronizing your computer’s clock, implementing the NTP and NTS protocols. It is written in Rust.

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Archive Manager

Bcachefs – advanced filesystem for Linux

September 1, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Bcachefs is an advanced filesystem for Linux, with an emphasis on reliability and robustness

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Log Analyzers

Gonzo – Go based TUI for log analysis

August 27, 2025 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

Gonzo is a powerful, real-time log analysis terminal UI inspired by k9s.

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System

Zoi – universal package manager and environment setup tool

August 27, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Zoi is a universal package manager and environment setup tool, designed to simplify package management and environment configuration.

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Monitor System

Updo – website monitoring tool

August 25, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Updo is a command-line tool for monitoring website uptime and performance. It provides real-time metrics on website status, response time…

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Monitor System

TkmViewer – analyse TaskMonitor output

July 31, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

TkmViewer is a graphical user interface to visualize output SQLite3 data format from the TaskMonitor daemon.

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System

µgRD – generate a custom initramfs environment

July 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

µgRD is designed to generate a custom initramfs environment to boot the system which built it.

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Selection of utilities

Sysdig – dig deeper

July 15, 2025 Steve Emms Security, System Software

Sysdig is a universal system visibility tool with native support for containers.

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System network administration

NetworkManager – networking that just works

July 7, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

NetworkManager attempts to keep an active network connection available at all times.

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System network administration

OpenWISP – modular and programmable network management system

July 6, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

OpenWISP is a solution for efficient IT network deployment, monitoring & management.

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ddogreen – smart power management

July 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

ddogreen is a simple service that automatically saves energy by switching your Linux laptop between high-performance and power-saving modes.

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