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File Managers

Sunrise Commander – Orthodox File Manager for Emacs

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Sunrise Commander is a portable file manager for the Emacs text editor. It’s built atop of Dired and takes advantage of all its power.

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lxt (linuXtree) – file manager program inspired by XTreeGold

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

lxt is a file manager program for Linux (and other Unix variants) that was inspired by the popular DOS program XTreeGold.

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VFU File Manager – VF File Manager for UNIX

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

VFU is a console (text mode) file manager for UNIX/Linux.VFU covers all file managing needs and offers a large set of behaviour options.

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dired – the first file browser

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Dired (for Directory Editor) is a computer program for editing file system directories. It typically runs inside the Emacs text editor.

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NFFM (Not a Fancy File Manager) – mouseless ncurses file manager

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

NFFM (Not a Fancy File Manager) is a mouseless ncurses file manager written in C.

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mfiler4 – 2 pane console file manager with xyzsh shell script language

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

mfiler4 is a 2 pane console file manager with xyzsh shell script language.

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FDclone – console-based lightweight file manager

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

FD (FD stands for “File and Directory”) is an easy-to-use file management tool for Un*x newbies.

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

bsnes – standalone SNES emulator using the higan SNES core

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

bsnes is a Super Nintendo / Super Famicom emulator. The emulator concentrates on performance, features, and ease of use.

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ZSNES – free Super Nintendo emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

ZSNES is an emulator of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It can run most of the SNES games at full speed with sound and special graphic filters.

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Video-Emulators

Mesen – high-accuracy NES and Famicom emulator and NSF player

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Mesen is a cross-platform NES/Famicom emulator for Windows and Linux.

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Nestopia UE (Undead Edition) – portable NES/Famicom emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Nestopia UE (Undead Edition) is an NES/Famicom emulator. It’s a fork of the original source code, with enhancements from members of the emulation community.

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Mupen64Plus – N64 emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Mupen64Plus is a cross-platform plugin-based N64 emulator which is capable of accurately playing many games.

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Dolphin – GameCube and Wii emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii.

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SameBoy – user friendly Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

SameBoy is an open source Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator, written in portable C.

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mGBA – Game Boy Advance emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

mGBA is an emulator for running Game Boy Advance games. It aims to be faster and more accurate than many existing Game Boy Advance emulators.

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DeSmuME – Nintendo DS emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator that aims to be portable. It can be run from the command line directly or as a graphical program.

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Video-Emulators

Citra – work-in-progress Nintendo 3DS emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Citra is a work-in-progress Nintendo 3DS emulator started in early 2014. It runs under Windows and Linux.

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PCSX2 – PlayStation 2 emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

PCSX2 is an open source PlayStation 2 emulator.The emulator contains highly optimized dynamic translators for the PS2’s MIPS and VU chips.

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Video-Emulators

RPCS3 – free and open source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

RPCS3 is an experimental open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger. About 35% of PS3 game are playable with the emulator.

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PPSSPP – free and open source PSP emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

PPSSPP is a fast and portable PSP emulator released under an open source license. PPSSPP simulates the BIOS and the internal OS.

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