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lastwake – analyze system boot, suspend and resume history

Updated October 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lastwake analyzes systemd journal entries to report boot, suspend, hibernate and resume times, with per-cycle durations and boot history.

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Documentation

uptimed – daemon for tracking system uptime records

Updated October 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

uptimed tracks the longest system uptimes, with historical records, sortable rankings, milestone notifications and configurable limits.

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Coding

Rust – systems programming language

November 21, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

Rust is an open source, curly-brace, block-structured expression, general purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled language.

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Graphics

Argyll – color management system

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics

Argyll is an ICC compatible color management system. It supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, CMYK printers, and more.

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getmail – mail retrieval system

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

getmail is a mail retriever designed to allow you to get your mail from one or more mail accounts on various mail servers to your local machine.

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Beets – media library management system

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

Beets is a media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks.

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fuseiso – FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images

November 13, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

fuseiso is a FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images. It implements a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program.

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Best Free and Open Source Interactive Fiction Tools

FrobTADS – Authoring System to Create Your Own Interactive Fiction

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Games

FrobTADS is a full version of TADS for Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X.

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Best Free and Open Source Interactive Fiction Tools

Inform – Design System for Interactive Fiction

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. It’s a radical reinvention of the way interactive fiction is designed.

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Web Delivery

Responsive Aeon Grid System – elegant & minimalist CSS grid

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

Responsive Aeon Grid System is a simple and minimalist alternative to start with Responsive Design and fluid Grids for Web Designers.

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File Managers

cdls – Curses based file manager for system managers

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

cdls is a curses-based file manager for quickly browsing directories and files. The screen can be dynamically adjusted to include all information.

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Snes9x – freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator.

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Video-Emulators

higan – Nintendo multi-system emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

higan emulates a number of classic video-game consoles of the 1980s and 1990s, allowing you to play classic games on a modern general-purpose computer.

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Video-Emulators

Stella – Multi-platform Atari 2600 Video Computer System

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Stella allows you to enjoy all of your favorite Atari 2600 games once again by emulating the 2600’s hardware with software.

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Video-Emulators

Mednafen – multi-system emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Mednafen is a portable, utilizing OpenGL and SDL, argument (command-line)-driven multi-system emulator with many advanced features.

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Mega Drive

Xe – multi system emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Xe is a multi system emulator for Linux that emulates many console and handheld video game systems. It offers great compatibility and high accuracy.

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Mega Drive

DGen/SDL – emulator for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive systems

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

DGen/SDL is an emulator for Unix-esque operating systems supported by the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library.

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Retro

Atari800 – Atari 8-bit computer systems and 5200 game console emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Software

Atari800 is an Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator with various extensions (320kB RAM, stereo sound and more).

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Retro

MAME – recreates the hardware of arcade game systems in software

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

MAME is an emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms.

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Internet Forum Software

Phorum – free message board system written in PHP

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Phorum is a flat-threaded message board system written in PHP. Phorum uses a database to manage its messages.

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