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SlyOS – lightweight Arch-based distribution

September 3, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

SlyOS is an Arch-based desktop distribution built around Niri, OpenRC, privacy-conscious defaults and a curated selection of applications

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Testing Software

27 Best Free and Open Source Test Automation Tools

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Test automation frameworks are a set of best practices, common tools, and libraries that help quality-assurance testers.

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Voice Recognition

aTrain – automatically transcribe recorded speech

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

aTrain is a graphical application to transcribe recorded speech while keeping source audio and resulting text on the user’s own computer.

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16 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Bookmark Managers

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

We focus on open source text-based bookmark managers. Most of the tools featured in this article let you manage your bookmarks for websites.

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Astronomy

Gnuastro – manipulate and analyse astronomical data

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Gnuastro is a collection of command-line programs and libraries for manipulating and analysing astronomical data.

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ZFontManager – cross-platform font manager

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ZFontManager is a cross-platform font manager for previewing, organising, installing and controlling fonts.

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Voice Recognition

faster-whisper – reimplementation of OpenAI’s Whisper

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

faster-whisper is a reimplementation of OpenAI’s Whisper automatic speech recognition model built around CTranslate2

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Project Management

Schedule – kanban-style planner

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Schedule is a kanban-style planner designed to help organise tasks and activities across a series of customisable columns.

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14 Best Free and Open Source GUI Weather Tools

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Scientific

Here’s our verdict on the best GUI weather tools. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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Bookmark manager tool

Postmarks – self-hosted bookmark manager and linkblog

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Postmarks is a self-hosted bookmark manager and linkblog with ActivityPub support

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Linux Distributions

SweetPotatOs – Arch-based Linux distribution for low-spec PCs

September 2, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

SweetPotatOs is an Arch-based Linux distribution with the lightweight Swirl Wayland compositor, built to revive older and low-spec PCs.

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Bookmark manager tool

Faved – self-hosted bookmark manager

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Faved is a self-hosted bookmark manager designed for large collections and more demanding organisational requirements.

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Photo Metadata

FerrumPix – desktop photo manager and image editor

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

FerrumPix is a desktop photo manager and image editor for Linux and Windows.

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K’uychi – generate colour palettes from a base tone

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

K’uychi is a GNOME colour palette generator that creates perceptually uniform lighter and darker shades and copies their hexadecimal values.

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GNOME Extensions

50 Excellent GNOME Shell Extensions for GNOME 50

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Roundup

Discover 50 excellent open source GNOME Shell extensions compatible with GNOME 50, covering docks, tiling, monitoring and customization.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: chmod

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to chmod, software that changes file mode bits.

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Stamps

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Collection Managers

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

There is a wide range of collection manager software available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source options.

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Selection of utilities

rwx – TUI file permissions and ownership manager

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

rwx is a Rust TUI for inspecting and changing Unix file permissions and ownership, with octal editing, special bits, previews, and recursive mode.

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Web Browsers

10 Best Free and Open Source Console Web Browsers

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

A web browser is the quintessential desktop application. We recommend the finest free and open source console based web browsers.

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Voice Recognition

PocketSphinx – speaker-independent continuous speech recognition engine

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

PocketSphinx is a compact, speaker-independent continuous speech recognition engine originating from CMU Sphinx.

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