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StygianSift – terminal file explorer

January 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

StygianSift will navigate you through the rivers of data and forests of directories with unparalleled ease.

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Zasper – IDE for Data Science

January 8, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Scientific

Zasper is an IDE designed from the ground up to support massive concurrency.

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rlxOS – independent, safely mutable and privacy oriented Linux distribution

January 7, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

rlxOS is a Linux distribution that’s built from scratch to offer better control over the core and working.

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1Panel – modern web-based control panel for Linux server management

January 7, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

1Panel enables users to effortlessly manage their Linux servers.

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OptiImage – GUI image compressor

January 7, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics

Optimize your images with OptiImage, a useful image compressor that supports PNG, JPEG, WebP and SVG file types.

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Mobian – Debian derivative for mobile devices

January 7, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

Mobian is a Debian-based distro intended for smartphones and other mobile devices.

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Network simulator

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Network Simulators

January 7, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Network simulation is a technique whereby a software program replicates the behavior of a real network. We make our picks.

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Linux Distributions

TileOS – Debian based Linux distribution using tiling window managers

January 7, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

TileOS is a Debian-based distro using tiling window managers as its user interface.

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TerminusDM – cross platform terminal download manager

January 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

TerminusDM is a powerful cross-platform terminal application download manager built with Rust.

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Help The Site: Suggest an Active Linux Distribution

January 6, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

Help expand our coverage by submitting an active Linux distribution to our compilation.

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Encryption

5 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

GnuPG is a superb tool though it’s a command line affair. If you’re looking for a GUI frontend, check out these tools.

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Performance

AB Download Manager – manage and organize downloading files

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Reviews

AB Download Manager is software which is designed to make it easier and quicker to download files from anywhere.

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Ghostty – feature-rich and cross-platform terminal emulator

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

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Network

ns-3 – discrete-event network simulator

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ns-3 is a discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems, targeted primarily for research and educational use.

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Painting

Sly – friendly image editor

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics

Sly is billed as a friendly free and open source image editor that requires no internet connection or preexisting expertise.

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Best Free Window Managers

croissant – stacking Wayland compositor

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop

croissant is a stacking Wayland compositor that’s written in the C programming language.

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File Managers

kupo – terminal file browser

January 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

kupo is a terminal file browser written in Python.

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Network simulator

Cooja – network simulator

January 5, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Cooja is a network simulator that’s written in Java.

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HTTP

getparty – HTTP download manager with multi-parts

January 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

getparty is free and open source software written in Go.

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Chordcat – chord naming program

January 5, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia

Chordcat is a desktop app that helps you identify and name chords based on inputted notes.

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