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System administration

Technitium – self host a DNS server for privacy and security

March 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Technitium DNS Server is an authoritative as well as recursive DNS server that can be used for self hosting a DNS server.

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Automation

wtype – xdotool type for Wayland

March 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

wtype is a Wayland tool that allows you to simulate keyboard input like xdotool type for X11.

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System administration

SmartDNS – local DNS server

March 12, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

SmartDNS is a local DNS server that accepts DNS query requests from local clients, then gets DNS query results from multiple upstream DNS servers and returns the fastest results.

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Communique – RSS reader

March 11, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Reviews

Communique is a feed reader that supports a wide range of RSS services and local RSS feeds.

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pdnsd – DNS server

March 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

pdnsd is a DNS server designed for local caching of DNS information.

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Guitar

Rakarrack plus – rewrite of Rakarrack

March 9, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia

Rakarrack plus is a merging of the original Rakarrack project and the program’s effects ported to LV2.

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System administration

FDNS – encrypted DNS proxy

March 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

FDNS is an encrypted DNS proxy designed for small networks and Linux desktops.

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wayclip – access the Wayland clipboard

March 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wayclip is a pair of command-line utilities: waycopy and waypaste, which allow access to the Wayland clipboard.

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Latest News

Newsraft – feed reader for terminal

March 6, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Newsraft is a small text based program for reading syndication feeds.

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Email

Betterbird – Thunderbird fork

March 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Betterbird is billed as a fine-tuned version of Mozilla Thunderbird.

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Automation

xdotool – fake keyboard/mouse input, window management

March 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

xdotool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11’s XTEST extension.

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Documentation

dug – global DNS propagation checker

March 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dug is a powerful global DNS propagation checker that can output in a variety of formats.

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Hypervisors

VirtualBox – powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization software

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

VirtualBox is a family of virtual machine products targeting desktop computers, enterprise servers and embedded systems.

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Utility

which – show the full path of commands

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

which is a utility that is used to find which executable (or alias or shell function) is executed when entered on the shell prompt.

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Crosswords

GNOME Crosswords – crossword player and editor

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

GNOME Crosswords is a crossword player and editor.

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Files

Valent – connect, control and sync devices

February 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Valent is software to connect, control and sync devices. This is an implementation of the KDE Connect protocol, built on GNOME libraries.

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Warble

cwordle – Wordle clone

February 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Games

cwordle is a free and open source clone of the popular web-based word game Wordle.

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Wi-Fi

Warpinator – share files across the LAN

February 23, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Warpinator is software which lets you send and receive files across a local network.

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Encrypted Files

ccrypt – tool for encrypting and decrypting files and streams

February 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

ccrypt is a tool for encrypting and decrypting files and streams. It is based on the Rijndael block cipher.

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sxcs – minimal X11 color picker and magnifier

February 22, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics

sxcs is a minimal X11 color picker and magnifier with mouse and keyboard support.

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