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GIVE – build custom genome browser websites

July 23, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

GIVE (Genomic Interactive Visualization Engine) is a HTML5 library that lets you embed genomic visualization panels.

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touche – touch command

July 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

touche is a Rust implementation of the touch utility. This tool was inspired by bonk, another Rust implementation.

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bonk – fast touch alternative

July 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

bonk is billed as a blazingly fast touch alternative with a sprinkle of mkdir. It’s written in the Rust programming language.

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Why Understanding Open Source Software Is Important for Aspiring Data Scientists

July 19, 2023 John O'Donnell Scientific

The data science field is continuously expanding as our digitized technologies produce unprecedented volumes of information.

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Science

Best Free and Open Source Software – Science

July 18, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific, Software

Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, data analysis, statistics, astronomy, weather, and more.

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Radio – Simple Radio App written in Vala

July 17, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Software

Radio is billed as a simple radio with a clear and concise interface. It’s written in Vala and published under an open source license.

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Password Managers

prs – fast and secure password manager for the terminal

July 15, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

prs is a secure, fast and convenient password manager for the terminal. Security is backed by the battle-tested GPG.

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Password Managers

KWalletManager – password management tool

July 15, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

KWalletManager is a tool to manage the passwords on your system. It provides a secure way to store passwords and other secret information.

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Secrets – password manager

July 15, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Secrets is a password manager which makes use of the KeePass v.4 format.

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Backup

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Time Machine

July 14, 2023 Steve Emms Software, System Software

Time Machine is a built-in backup feature to back up your personal data automatically, including apps, music, photos, emails and documents. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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htmlq – like jq but for html

July 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

htmlq is like jq, but for HTML. It uses CSS selectors to extract bits of content from HTML files. This is free and open source software.

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zet – command-line utility for doing set operations on files considered as sets of lines

July 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zet is a command-line utility for doing set operations on files considered as sets of lines. It’s free and open source software.

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Security

JavaSnoop – tool for testing Java desktop applications or applets

July 7, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

JavaSnoop is a tool for testing (re: hacking) Java desktop applications or applets.

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ebook reader

CoolReader – cross-platform XML/CSS based eBook reader

July 6, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

CoolReader is a small cross-platform XML/CSS based eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices.

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ebook reader

crqt-ng – ebook reader using crengine-ng

July 6, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

crqt-ng is a cross-platform open source e-book reader using crengine-ng. It is a fork of the CoolReader project.

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Documentation

killport – kill processes running on a specified port

July 5, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

killport is a command-line utility for killing processes listening on specific ports. It’s designed to be simple, fast, and effective.

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ebook reader

Crowbook – convert books written in Markdown to HTML, LaTeX/PDF and EPUB

July 2, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

Crowbook’s aim is to allow you to write a book in Markdown without worrying about formatting or typography.

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RSS Feeds

Raven Reader – cross-platform RSS reading software

July 1, 2023 Erik Karlsson Internet, News, Reviews, Software

Raven Reader is a desktop news reader application. It’s built using Electron, a popular framework with developers.

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Linux recommended software

Best Free and Open Source Software (June 2023 Updates)

July 1, 2023 Steve Emms Software

June 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Documentation

Miller – small and powerful CLI tool to do all your data processing

June 30, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for data formats such as CSV, TSV, JSON, JSON Lines, and positionally-indexed.

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