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Ásbrú Connection Manager – graphical frontend for SSH

March 4, 2023 Eilidih Parris Internet, Reviews, Software

Ásbrú Connection Manager is a user interface that helps organizing remote terminal sessions and automating repetitive tasks.

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Free and open source software

Best Free and Open Source Software – February 2023 Updates

February 28, 2023 Steve Emms Software

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

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cTune – ncurses based internet radio player

February 8, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

cTune is an ncurses based internet radio player written in C. This is free and open source software.

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Revisited: PyRadio – curses based internet radio player

February 6, 2023 Luke Baker CLI, Internet, Multimedia, Reviews

PyRadio is a cross-platform curses based internet radio player written in Python. Let’s check out the current version.

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Video editing

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Pinnacle Studio

February 3, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia, Software

Corel Pinnacle is a full-featured, near-pro-level video editing application without a steep learning curve. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Revisited: termusic – terminal-based music player

February 1, 2023 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, Software

termusic has added gapless playback and podcast support. Here’s our verdict on this terminal-based music player.

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Free and open source software

Best Free and Open Source Software – January 2023 Updates

January 31, 2023 Steve Emms Software

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

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Log Analyzers

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Console

January 25, 2023 Steve Emms Software, System Software

Apple Console is a system utility which collects log messages that are generated from your computer and connected devices. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Excellent Utilities: Nushell – flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel

January 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Nushell is billed as a new type of shell. The aim is to adopt the Unix philosophy of shells where pipes connect command together.

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Backup

34 Best Free Linux Backup Software (Updated 2023)

January 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Backup software is used to perform a complete back up of a file, data, database, system or server. Here’s the best open source backup software.

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Television

xine – plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs

January 5, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

xine is a powerful multimedia program, specializing in video playback. It also serves as a library and engine for other software products.

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Best Free and Open Source Software

Best Free and Open Source Software – December 2022 Updates

January 1, 2023 Steve Emms Software

December 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Compositing Window Managers

velox – simple window manager based on swc

December 29, 2022 Steve Emms Desktop

velox is a simple window manager based on swc. It is inspired by dwm and xmonad.

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Compositing Window Managers

newm – Wayland compositor

December 29, 2022 Steve Emms Desktop

newm is a Wayland compositor written with laptops and touchpads in mind.

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Compositing Window Managers

Vivarium – dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots

December 29, 2022 Steve Emms Desktop

Vivarium is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.

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Laptop

Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Ultrabook running Linux – Part 5 – Multimedia

December 19, 2022 Steve Emms Blog, Multimedia, Reviews, Software

For this part in the series, we investigate the multimedia performance of the Lenovo T470 laptop including power management.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: Cerebro – productivity tool

December 14, 2022 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, Utilities

Cerebro is billed as a launcher to improve your productivity and efficiency. This is free and open source software.

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Office

Google Docs – web-based office suite

December 7, 2022 Steve Emms Documents

Google Docs is a Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and form application developed by Google.

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Best Free and Open Source Software

Best Free and Open Source Software – November 2022 Updates

December 1, 2022 Steve Emms Software

November 2022 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Laptop

Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Ultrabook running Linux – Part 2 – Specifications

November 28, 2022 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Reviews

This is a blog looking at a refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Ultrabook running Linux. We check out the specs of the T470.

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