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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Battery Life

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the battery life of the laptop in more detail. The 16″ model of the laptop has a 60Wh battery.

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Backup software

39 Best Free and Open Source Linux Backup Tools

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Linux offers a wide range of backup solutions. We take a look at the best free and open source solutions

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YouTube

ytdl-gui – graphical interface for yt-dlp

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

ytdl-gui is a graphical yt-dlp downloader for videos and audio with resolution selection, playlists and multiple output formats.

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voxcii – terminal-based ASCII 3D model viewer

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

voxcii renders OBJ and STL models as interactive terminal ASCII art, with depth buffering, lighting-based shading and optional colours.

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Presentation Software roundup

FreeShow – Linux presentation application

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

FreeShow is a presentation application designed for displaying lyrics, scriptures, announcements, and multimedia content on large screens.

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Static Site Generator

gohan – static site generator

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

gohan is a static site generator with incremental builds, multilingual content, Mermaid diagrams, syntax highlighting and feeds.

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Wallpaper Setter

Walt – terminal and graphical wallpaper manager for Hyprland

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, TUI

Walt manages Hyprland wallpapers with terminal and graphical interfaces, image previews, display controls, random selection and rotation.

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Documentation

conceal – operate the recycle bin

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

conceal is a command line recycle bin utility that follows the FreeDesktop Trash specification.

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Security

Nibble – local network scanning tool

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security, TUI

Nibble is a CLI tool for local network scanning that focuses on speed and ease of use.

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Color My Desktop – personalize your Linux desktop with custom generated themes

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, GUI

Color My Desktop is an easy to use tool for creating, managing, and applying custom color palettes to custom generated themes.

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Hard disk

Backup with these Linux DeDuplicating Encryption Tools

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Making file backups is an essential activity for all users, yet many users do not take adequate steps to protect their data.

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YouTube

musicfetch-ng – download and tag music from YouTube

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

With Musicfetch you can use the power of yt-dlp to search for Albums, Songs or Playlists, download them.

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Selection of utilities

Arf – fzf Pacman wrapper and AUR helper

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Arf is an fzf Pacman wrapper and AUR helper written in Python.

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Documentation

TrID – identify file types from their binary signatures

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

TrID is a CLI utility designed to identify file types by analysing their binary signatures rather than relying on filename extensions.

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Files

Deletor – file deletion tool

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

Deletor is a file deletion tool that combines a powerful text interface with visual directory navigation, and classic command line mode.

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Selection of utilities

Firm – terminal-based work management system

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Firm is a text-based work management system for technologists.

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Home Automation

micasa – modal TUI for tracking home projects

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

micasa is a modal TUI for tracking home projects, maintenance schedules and vendor quotes.

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Hex Editor

HexWalk – hex editor, viewer, and analyzer

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

HexWalk is a graphical hex editor and binary analysis application designed for inspecting and modifying binary files.

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Graphics card image

GPU-T – graphics card information utility

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

GPU-T identifies AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards on Linux, showing hardware specifications, live sensor readings and graphics API support.

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Internet Radio

Receiver – a modern internet radio player progressing rapidly

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Receiver is an awesome open source internet radio player. If you like internet radio, you really should try it today!

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