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Category: Utilities

3D Printer

OrcaSlicer – G-code generator for 3D printers

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Orca Slicer is a powerful slicer for FFF (FDM) 3D Printers. OrcaSlicer is originally forked from Bambu Studio.

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Utility

which – show the full path of commands

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

which is a utility that is used to find which executable (or alias or shell function) is executed when entered on the shell prompt.

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Start up

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Boot Utilities

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Here’s 8 useful boot utility tools. They are all free and open source software.

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Batch Renamers

11 Best Free and Open Source GUI Batch Renamers

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

A batch renamer lets you renames files and folders without having to click on every single file individually. Here’s some open source goodies.

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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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QR Tools

12 Best Free and Open Source QR Code Tools

February 25, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

A QR code (also known as a quick-response code) is a type of two-dimensional matrix barcode invented for labelling automobile parts.

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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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Diff Tools

16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools

February 23, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result is known as a diff.

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