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Tiling Window Managers

10 Best Free and Open Source X11 Tiling Window Managers

August 28, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

There are a few different types of window managers. This article recommends the best X11 tiling window managers.

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Stamps

DVinyl – self-hosted collection manager

August 28, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Web Apps

DVinyl is a self-hosted collection manager for cataloguing physical media and collectibles.

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cjsh – POSIX-oriented shell

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

cjsh is a POSIX-oriented shell that combines a standards-focused scripting engine with a modern interactive environment.

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Bioinformatics

29 Best Free and Open Source Linux Bioinformatics Tools

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This article identifies our favourite tools which are extremely useful for anyone interested in sequence analysis, molecular modelling, molecular dynamics, phylogenetic analysis and more.

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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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Subtitles

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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Satellite Tool

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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Backup software

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 economic models

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Financial

Dynare handles DSGE, OLG and heterogeneous-agent economic models with simulation, estimation, forecasting and optimal-policy tools.

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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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