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Perch – terminal social client for Mastodon and Bluesky

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Perch is billed as a beautiful terminal social client for Mastodon and Bluesky.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: BIOS

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

This is a new series looking at the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux. I take a look at the laptop’s BIOS.

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Task Manager

Mindwtr – Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Mindwtr (Mind Like Water) is a complete Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system for desktop and mobile.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ping

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to ping. All software featured here is free and open source goodness.

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TLEscope – satellite visualization tool

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

​TLEscope is a satellite visualization tool designed to transform Two-Line Element (TLE) sets into intuitive, interactive data.

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Shutdown

4 Best Free and Open Source Shutdown Timers

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Linux is blessed with an abundance of useful utilities. We feature interesting shutdown timers. Open source goodness as you’d expect.

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ring – ping rewritten in Rust

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ring is a simple ping too that’s been written in Rust.

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Static Site Generator

Best Free and Open Source Kotlin Static Site Generators

March 2, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

We have compiled a list of 3 best Kotlin static site generators. These tools are released under a freely distributable license.

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Linux Distributions

BRGV-OS – custom Void Linux based distribution

March 2, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

BRGV-OS is a custom Void Linux based distribution designed to help developers, researchers and users transition from Windows or macOS to Linux.

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Emojis

9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Emoji Tools

March 2, 2026 Erik Karlsson CLI, Other, Roundup, Utilities

An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages. We recommend terminal based emoji tools.

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Wi-Fi Internet

nmsurf – minimal NetworkManager frontend

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

nmsurf provides a simple interface to manage networks using NetworkManager, with support for launcher-based menus such as wofi.

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Web Content Management Systems

10 Best Free and Open Source Flat File Content Management Systems

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Roundup, Web Apps

A flat file CMS stores content as flat files, instead of storing in a database. We capture our recommendations.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

zerobrew – fast Homebrew-compatible package manager

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zerobrew is a fast Homebrew-compatible package manager.

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Selection of utilities

yamldiff – diff between two YAML files

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

yamldiff is a CLI tool to diff two YAML/JSON files. Supports multi-document YAML files (documents separated by —).

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Linux Candy

TheaTTYr – terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms TUI

TheaTTYr is a terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations. It’s written in the Rust language.

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Monitor System

ecscope – monitor AWS ECS resources from the terminal

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI, Utilities

ecscope lets you monitor AWS ECS resources from the terminal. It provides a TUI which shows services, tasks and containers in a single view.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Cursus – stores your history and makes it searchable

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Cursus writes your commands into an sqlite database.

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Vulnerability Detection

14 Best Free and Open Source Vulnerability Detection Tools

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Vulnerability scanning is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend the best free and open source vulnerability detection tools.

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Security

ZGrab – application-layer network scanner

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

ZGrab is a fast, modular application-layer network scanner designed for completing large Internet-wide surveys.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

OneDriveGUI – simple Linux GUI for OneDrive

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

OneDriveGUI is a simple GUI for OneDrive Linux client with multi-account support.

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