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NviWatch – terminal user interface for monitoring NVIDIA GPUs

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

NviWatch is a terminal user interface for monitoring NVIDIA GPUs and managing the processes using them.

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14 Best Free and Open Source Subtitle Editors

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, Utilities

A subtitle editor is software that lets users create and edit subtitles. We pick the finest open source software.

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Audio Editors

AudioMass – browser-based audio and waveform editor

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Web Apps

AudioMass is a browser-based audio and waveform editor that processes files locally

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all-smi – monitor GPUs, NPUs, and other system resources

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software, TUI

all-smi is a terminal-based tool for monitoring GPUs, NPUs and other system resources.

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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Magnifying Tools

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on screen magnification accessibility tools.

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OrbitDeck – satellite tracking and orbital analysis software

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

OrbitDeck is a cross-platform desktop application for tracking artificial satellites and analysing their orbits

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rustic – fast, encrypted and deduplicated backups

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, System Software

rustic is a secure backup tool with deduplication, encryption, compression, and local and cloud storage support.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Wiki GUI Notes Apps

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Roundup

Desktop wiki applications offer a different approach to note taking from conventional note apps.

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Linux Distributions

BcalcOS – Devuan-based Linux distribution

August 27, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

BcalcOS is a Devuan-based, systemd-free Linux distribution combining sysvinit, XLibre, SLiM and the Xfce desktop.

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Remote Display

18 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Servers

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article examines the best free Linux remote desktop servers.

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Economics

Dynare – software platform for handling a wide range of economic models

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Financial

Dynare is a software platform for handling a wide range of economic models, particularly dynamic stochastic general equilibrium

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Notes

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Handwritten GUI Notes Apps

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Roundup

Handwritten note-taking applications bring pen-and-paper workflow to the Linux desktop. We pick the best tools for the job.

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loksh – Linux port of the Korn shell

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

loksh is a Linux port of the Korn shell supplied by OpenBSD. It follows the OpenBSD source closely

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Web Browsers

Carboxyl – community-maintained fork of Carbonyl

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Carboxyl is a community-maintained fork of Carbonyl, a Chromium-based web browser designed to run inside a terminal.

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Marcel – modern shell

August 26, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Marcel is a modern shell that uses Python values rather than plain text as the primary data passed through pipelines.

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Reference Management

Papr – terminal workspace for academic research

August 26, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Scientific, TUI

Papr is a terminal research workspace combining arXiv discovery, PDF management, reading, notes and LaTeX and Typst manuscript editing.

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Planet Earth

TerriaMap – build and deploy geospatial data explorers

August 26, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

TerriaMap is a complete web application for building and deploying geospatial data explorers. It uses the TerriaJS platform.

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Linux Distributions

CarotOS – Linux distribution for learning cybersecurity

August 26, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

CarotOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed to help beginners learn about cybersecurity tools.

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Hypervisors

Multipass – lightweight virtual machine manager

August 26, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Multipass is a lightweight virtual machine manager for Linux, Windows and macOS.

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IRC Servers

Edbrowse – command-line text editor, web browser, email client, IRC client and database interface

August 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Edbrowse is modelled on the ed text editor and presents web content through a command-response interface

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