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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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Data Science

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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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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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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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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Kavita – self-hosted digital library

July 11, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with a focus for being a full solution for all your reading needs.

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COPS – Calibre OPDS (and HTML) PHP Server

July 11, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

COPS is a light alternative to Calibre content server / Calibre2OPDS. It serves ebooks (epub, mobi, pdf and other formats).

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Komga – comics/manga media server

July 11, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Komga is a media server for your comics, mangas, BDs and magazines.

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Calibre-Web – browse, read and download eBooks

July 11, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Calibre-Web is a web app for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks using a valid Calibre database.

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Subtitld – edit, transcribe and create subtitles

July 11, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Subtitld is software to create, edit and transcribe subtitles. It supports SRT, SSA, TTML, SBV, DFXP, VTT, XML, SCC and SAMI file formats.

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subedit – command-line subtitle editor

July 11, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

subedit is a command-line subtitle editor written in Bash. The script generally works with srt (SubRip) and sub (MicroDVD) subtitle files.

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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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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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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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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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