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8 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, System Software

Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux, top is a troubleshooting tool that often comes up in conversation. We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.

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Video-Emulators

Pegasus – graphical frontend for browsing your game library

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Pegasus is a graphical frontend for browsing your game library and launching all kinds of emulators from the same place.

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Monitoring

treex – fast, and customizable CLI directory viewer

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Treex (Tree Explorer) is a lightweight and modern command-line utility that lets you explore your file system visually.

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OrangePi SBC ARM

Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: 3 Types of Cores

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

The 12-core processor has a quad-core Cortex-A720 large core, quad-core Cortex-A720 medium core, and quad-core Cortex-A520 small core.

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Monitor System

sot – system observation tool

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

sot is a Command-line System Observation Tool in the spirit of top. It’s free and open source software written in Python.

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Coding

17 Best Free and Open Source Python Microframeworks

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This article examines the best Python microframeworks. Micro means the framework is small, with little or no tools and libraries.

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Linux Distributions

Nemesis Linux – Artix-based distribution

December 3, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

Nemesis Linux is a set of lightweight, minimalist live Linux distributions seeking inspiration from the Slackware-based Porteus project

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Clastic – functional web framework

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Web Apps

Clastic is a functional Python web framework that streamlines explicit development practices while eliminating global state.

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Natural Language Processing

Syuzhet – R package

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

Syuzhet is an R package for the extraction of sentiment and sentiment-based plot arcs from text.

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circuits – lightweight event driven application framework

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Web Apps

circuits is a Lightweight Event driven and Asynchronous Application Framework for the Python programming language.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Lotion – unofficial Notion.so desktop application for Linux

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

Notion is a single space where you can think, write and plan. Capture thoughts, manage projects, or even run an entire company

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DNA

oxDNA – DNA/RNA simulator with CUDA support

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

oxDNA is an extensible simulation+analysis framework. The nucleic-acid-related force fields are implemented: oxDNA1, oxDNA2, oxRNA, oxNA.

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Compositing Window Managers

hypr-cycle – cycle through workspaces on the currently focused monitor in Hyprland

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Utilities

hypr-cycle is a fast, minimal Rust utility to cycle through workspaces on the currently focused monitor in Hyprland.

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Selection of utilities

InstantCLI – consolidating lots of instantOS stuff into a single CLI

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

InstantCLI is a powerful, Rust-based command-line tool for managing dotfiles, game saves, system diagnostics, and instantOS configurations.

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CodeContexter – simple codebase serializer for LLM Context Windows

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

CodeContexter is a safety-first CLI tool that aggregates your entire codebase into a single, structured file (Markdown, JSON, or XML).

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Text Editor

MarkFlowy – modern and intelligent Markdown editor

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

MarkFlowy is billed as a modern and intelligent Markdown editor.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Crush – terminal-based AI assistant

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Crush is a powerful terminal-based AI assistant that helps with software development tasks.

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Tinct – extracts color palettes from images

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Tinct is a modern, extensible CLI tool that extracts color palettes from images and generates configuration files.

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Terminal Session Recording

t-rec – fast terminal recorder

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

t-rec is a blazingly fast terminal recorder that generates animated GIF images for the web.

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Finance

Wealthfolio – desktop investment tracker

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms Financial, GUI

Wealthfolio is a beautiful and boring investment Tracker, with local data storage. No subscriptions, no cloud.

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