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SSD

SquirrelDisk – fast and attractive disk usage analyzer

October 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Reviews, Utilities

SquirrelDisk is a fast open source disk usage analyzer with sunburst and treemap views, cleanup tools, SSH scanning, cloud storage and themes.

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Dictionary Tools

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Dictionary Tools

October 1, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Roundup, Utilities

We recommend the best free and open source dictionary tools.

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Best Free GUI Diff Tools

gap – simple native graphical text diff utility

September 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

gap is a native graphical diff utility for Linux with file and directory comparison, inner diffs, configurable views and Git integration.

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zsv – high-performance CSV processing tool

September 30, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

zsv is a high-performance CSV parser and extensible command-line tool with SIMD acceleration, SQL queries, conversion and data viewing.

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Best Free GUI Diff Tools

meld-rs – visual diff and merge tool

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

meld-rs is a Rust and GTK 4 visual diff and merge tool with file and directory comparison, three-way merging and VCS integration.

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Shell prompt

13 Best Free and Open Source Zsh Plugin Managers

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Zsh is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a command interpreter for shell scripting.

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pacrank – pick the fastest Arch Linux mirrors

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

pacrank ranks Arch Linux mirrors using latency and real download throughput, then safely replaces Pacman’s mirrorlist with the fastest choices.

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Selection of utilities

Select Default Application – graphical MIME association manager

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Select Default Application is a Qt GUI for managing XDG MIME associations, defaults and conflicts across Linux desktop environments.

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handlr-regex – manage default applications with regular expressions

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

handlr-regex is a fast Rust CLI for managing default applications, MIME handlers and regex-based rules, with scripting and selector support.

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mime-tui – keyboard-driven MIME association manager

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

mime-tui is a keyboard-driven TUI for managing default applications and MIME associations with fuzzy search, safe writes and XDG-aware handling.

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36 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Time Tracking Software

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

Time tracking software is a type of computer software that records time spent on tasks. This category of software can enable users to run billing reports, and prepare invoices for clients.

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Selection of utilities

Mimic – manage default applications and file associations

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Mimic is a GTK4 application for managing default applications and MIME file associations through a clean graphical interface on Linux.

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Dictionary Tools

dictd – dictionary database server for the DICT protocol

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

dictd is a DICT protocol dictionary server for Linux providing access to multiple databases, configurable search strategies and access controls.

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tuidict – fast FreeDict dictionary TUI

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

tuidict is a fast FreeDict TUI with live prefix search, multiple language pairs, local dictionaries and integrated downloads and management.

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Dictionary Tools

Slob Dictionary – flexible GTK dictionary application

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Slob Dictionary is a GTK 4 dictionary app for Linux with broad format support, simultaneous lookup, history, bookmarks and GNOME integration.

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Folder navigation

SD – dynamic directory navigation utility

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

SD is a shell directory navigation utility that ranks visited locations by frequency and recency and supports cycling through matching paths.

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Folder navigation

Zsh-z – fast directory navigation for Zsh

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Zsh-z is a pure Zsh directory navigation tool that learns frequently and recently visited locations and jumps to them with short queries.

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Task Manager

30 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical Task Managers

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A task manager is software which enables users to compile a list of tasks to be completed. This list is also known as a to-do list or things-to-do.

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Clocks

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Clocks

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

The clocks featured in this article are more sophisticated than the basic tray clock.

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fzf-make – fuzzy command runner for project tasks

September 17, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

fzf-make is a TUI for finding and running make targets, package scripts, just recipes and Task tasks with previews, history and fuzzy search.

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