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Ubuntu Kylin – official Chinese version of Ubuntu

July 22, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro

Ubuntu Kylin is the official Chinese version of the Ubuntu distribution. It is intended for desktop and laptop computers.

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System Administration

Flatpak KCM – Flatpak Permissions Management

July 22, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Flatpak KCM allows changing what permissions have been granted to installed Flatpak applications.

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Feeling Finder – help convey emotion in text communication

July 21, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, Utilities

Feeling Finder is software to help convey emotion in text communication. It’s written in Dart and C++.

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malcontent – implements parental controls support

July 21, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

malcontent implements support for restricting the type of content accessible to non-administrator accounts on a Linux system.

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GitButler – Git branch management tool

July 21, 2024 Steve Emms Programming

GitButler is a Git branch management tool, built from the ground up for modern workflows.

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siduction – desktop-oriented, rolling-release operating system

July 21, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro

siduction is a desktop-oriented, rolling-release operating system based on the ‘unstable’ branch of Debian.

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Gibbon – school management system

July 20, 2024 Steve Emms Software

Gibbon is a flexible school management platform designed to make life better for teachers, students, parents and leaders.

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Agregore – minimal web browser for the distributed web

July 20, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Agregore works by letting you load web pages and content from peer to peer protocols the same way you would load them from a website.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft PowerPoint

July 19, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful slide show presentation program. This is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Bodhi Linux – lightweight distribution featuring the Moksha Desktop

July 19, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro

Bodhi Linux is a lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu.

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Network

Geopard – colorful, adaptive Gemini browser

July 19, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Geopard is a Gemini client written in Rust, using the GTK4 toolkit.

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Email

neatmail – non-interactive email client

July 18, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

neatmail is a non=interactive mail client. It generates listings of, and executes ex-like commands on messages in mailboxes in mbox format.

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Pop!_OS – operating system for STEM and creative professionals

July 18, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro

Pop!_OS is billed as an operating system for STEM and creative professionals who use their computer as a tool to discover and create.

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Network

Castor – graphical client for plain-text protocols

July 18, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Castor is a graphical client for plain-text protocols written in Rust with GTK. It supports the Gemini, Gopher and Finger protocols.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Notepad

July 17, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Notepad is a simple text editor; it creates and edits plain text documents. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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JSON Tools

jqp – TUI playground to experiment with jq

July 17, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

jqp is a TUI tool that lets you explore with JSON objects in the terminal.

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Network

Kristall – small internet browser

July 17, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Kristall is a browser without support for css/js/wasm or graphical websites.

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Email

meli – configurable and extensible e-mail client with sane defaults

July 17, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

meli is a configurable and extensible e-mail client with sane defaults. It is targeted at both new and power users of the terminal.

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Git Clients

hercules – gain advanced insights from Git repository history

July 17, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Hercules is a fast and highly customizable Git repository analysis engine. It’s written in the Go language.

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Network

Lagrange – GUI client for browsing Geminispace

July 16, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Lagrange is a GUI client for browsing Geminispace. It offers modern conveniences familiar from web browsers,

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