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3D Printer

PrusaSlicer – export print files for your 3D printer

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

PrusaSlicer takes 3D models (STL, OBJ, AMF) and converts them into G-code instructions for FFF printers or PNG layers for mSLA 3D printers.

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3D Printer

Cura – state-of-the-art slicer app

February 27, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Cura is a state-of-the-art slicer app to prepare your 3D models for your 3D printer. Fine-tune your 3D model with 400+ settings.

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Images of shells by the sea

arsh – statically typed scripting language

February 25, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

arsh is a statically typed scripting language with shell-like features.

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Magnus – very simple screen magnifier

February 23, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Magnus is billed as a very simple screen magnifier. It’s designed for Ubuntu but runs on other Linux distributions.

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QRab – QR code reader

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

QRab is software that grabs text of QR code from a screen and copies it to the clipboard.

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QR Tools

Zint – barcode generating solution

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

The Zint project aims to provide a complete cross-platform open source barcode generating solution.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Magnifier

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Magnifier is a screen magnifier app intended for visually impaired people to use when running Microsoft Windows. We recommend the best FOSS alternatives.

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Flashcards

hascard – minimal command-line utility for reviewing notes

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Utilities

hascard is a minimal command-line utility for reviewing notes. ‘Flashcards’ can be written in markdown-like syntax.

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QR Tools

libqrencode – encoding data in a QR Code symbol

February 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

libqrencode is a fast and compact library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol,

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QR Tools

ClipQR – scan QR codes

February 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

ClipQR is a simple app to scan QR codes on screen and from camera, the result is in your clipboard.

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QR Tools

Decoder – scan and generate QR codes

February 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Decoder is billed as a fancy yet simple QR Codes scanner and generator. It’s written in Rust.

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Magnifiqus – Qt based screen magnifier

February 17, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Magnifiqus is a screen magnifier system tray tool; once started, a floating window appears after clicking on the tray icon.

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KMagnifier – screen magnifier

February 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

KMagnifier is a screen magnifier created by KDE.

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QR Tools

Qrca – QR code scanner for Plasma Mobile

February 15, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Qrca is a simple application for Plasma Desktop and Plasma Mobile that lets you scan many barcode formats and create your own QR code images.

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Monitoring

stree – visualize the directory tree structure of an S3 bucket

February 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stree is a CLI tool designed to visualize the directory tree structure of an S3 bucket.

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Linux

39 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Emulators

February 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A terminal emulator is computer software which emulates a dumb video terminal. We make our recommendations.

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GNOME Extensions

Refine – tweak various aspects of GNOME

February 14, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Refine is a simple tool that lets you tweak various aspects of GNOME.

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Utility Software

greentext – create green-text memes

February 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

The GreenText Generator CLI is a command-line tool built with Go that lets you create classic greentext with ease.

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Remote Display

Dippi – calculate display info like DPI and aspect ratio

February 12, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Dippi is a tool which can analyze any display. Input a few details and figure out the aspect ratio, DPI, and details of a particular display.

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Home Automation

Butler – companion for Home Assistant

February 12, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Butler is a hybrid native and web app for Home Assistant. Butler is designed and developed on and for GNOME.

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