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Developer of the Week

Developer of the Week: Wim Taymans

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Wim Taymans is a Belgian Linux multimedia developer.

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Network Security

HashVerifier – checksum generation and verification utility

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

HashVerifier is a cross-platform checksum generation and verification utility for Linux and Windows.

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Linux Distributions

Butterbian – Debian-based Linux distribution with XFCE

April 19, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Butterbian is a Debian 13 (Trixie) live ISO built around reliable rollback and recovery from the start.

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Benchmarking

vkmark – Vulkan benchmarking suite

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

vkmark is a Vulkan benchmarking suite built around targeted, configurable scenes to measure different aspects of Vulkan performance.

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Network Security

Rust Hash Sum – calculate and verify file checksums

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

rhashsum is a desktop utility for generating and checking file integrity hashes through a graphical interface.

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Benchmarking

iperf3 – active measurement of network performance on IP networks

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

iperf3 is a command-line utility for active measurement of network performance on IP networks.

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Network

rdapper – performs domain registration lookups

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

rdapper is a Node library that performs domain registration lookups and returns the results in a consistent structure.

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Benchmarking

UnixBench – original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

UnixBench is a classic system benchmark for Unix-like systems, combining CPU, process, file, shell, system call, and graphics tests.

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Image of Files

Dongle – move around deep directory trees

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Dongle is a terminal utility that helps you move around deep directory trees without typing long cd paths by hand.

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Online 3D Viewer – browser-based application for inspecting 3D models

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Web Apps

Online 3D Viewer is a browser-based application for inspecting 3D models without installing desktop software.

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Benchmarking

glmark2 – graphics benchmark

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

glmark2 is a graphics benchmark designed to measure the performance of OpenGL 2.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0 implementations

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Castle Model Viewer – supports 3D and 2D model formats

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Castle Model Viewer is an interactive viewer for inspecting 3D and 2D assets supported by Castle Game Engine on Linux.

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Turkey

GraphHopper – fast, memory-efficient routing engine

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

GraphHopper is a fast, memory-efficient routing engine for developers building navigation, route planning, and geospatial applications.

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unifly – management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

unifly is a terminal-based management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers.

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Turkey

openrouteservice – build route planning and spatial analysis services

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

openrouteservice is a Java-based routing backend for building route planning and spatial analysis services from OpenStreetMap data.

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Linux Distributions

openRuyi – Linux Distribution for RISC-V

April 18, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

openRuyi is an open source Linux distribution, initiated and long-term maintained by Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Static Site Generator

Bonobo – minimalist static site generator

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Bonobo is a minimalist static site generator written in C. It’s designed to be very small and easy to understand.

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Turkey

OpenTripPlanner – multi-modal trip planner

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

OpenTripPlanner is a Java-based backend for building multimodal journey planning services.

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Static Site Generator

bloggy – lightweight static blog generator

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

bloggy is designed for people who want a personal blog with a simple file-based workflow.

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OpenRDAP – command line client for the Registration Data Access Protocol

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

OpenRDAP is a command line client for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) written in Go.

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