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Memerist – simple meme editor designed for Linux desktops

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Memerist offers an easy way to create memes by loading an image and adding captions or graphical elements directly on top.

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bigsay – display tool

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

bigsay is a high-visibility GTK4 text display tool written in the Python language.

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Selection of utilities

Launcher Studio – create and manage .desktop files

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Launcher Studio is a GTK4 desktop application for creating and managing .desktop files on Linux.

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Font Tools

Lipi – install fonts from Google Fonts GitHub Repo

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Lipi is an app for installing fonts from Google Fonts Github Repo written in Python, using GTK4 and Libadwaita.

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RustConn – manage remote connections

March 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

RustConn is a connection orchestrator for Linux with a GTK4/Wayland-native interface.

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Wi-Fi Internet

nmrs – Rust API for NetworkManager over D-Bus

March 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

nmrs is Rust API for NetworkManager over D-Bus. The goal is to provide a safe and simple high-level API for managing Wi-Fi connections

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WiFi

Orbit – WiFi and Bluetooth manager for Wayland

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Orbit is a native WiFi/Bluetooth manager for Wayland using Rust, GTK4, and layer-shell with a high-contrast glassmorphism UI.

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Internet Radio

Receiver – Linux tool to enjoy 30,000+ verified radio stations

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Reviews

Receiver is an excellent program. With a bit more development, it’ll replace Shortwave, Tuner and Transistor as my go to GUI internet radio player.

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Wi-Fi Internet

NM GUI – NetworkManager GUI

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

NM GUI is a simple, lightweight GTK4-based GUI for NetworkManager using nmcli.

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Wallpaper Setter

Wallrus – generate colorful abstract wallpapers

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Wallrus is a user-friendly GNOME (GTK4) application for generating colorful abstract wallpapers based on different patterns and effects.

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WiFi

Adwaita Network – modern network manager for GNOME

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Adwaita Network offers clean WiFi and hotspot management with an Adwaita-native UI.

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Desktop Environments

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Docks

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 12 docks that genuinely add to the desktop experience.

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Luminance – control brightness of displays

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Luminance is a simple GTK application to control brightness of displays including external displays supporting DDC/CI.

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Runa – GUI package manager for the AUR

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Runa is a graphical AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager for Linux. It works on any desktop environment that supports GTK3.

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WiFi

AIRCTL – WiFi management tool

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

AIRCTL provides a clean interface to scan, connect, and manage wireless networks.

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Graphics card image

GPU-Viewer – frontend to glxinfo, vulkaninfo, clinfo and es2_info

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

GPU-Viewer aims to capture all the important details of glxinfo, vulkaninfo and clinfo in a GUI.

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Clipboard

Panox – clipboard manager

February 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Panox is a modern, visually appealing clipboard manager designed specifically for Wayland compositors.

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Game Engines

TuxTuner – Wayland-native performance control for ASUS gaming laptops

February 9, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

TuxTuner is a Wayland-native performance control for ASUS gaming laptops on Linux.

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Application Launchers

Hamr – desktop launcher

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, GUI

Hamr learns from your usage patterns to surface what you need, when you need it. Type a few characters to launch apps, calculate math…

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YouTube

Pipeline – watch YouTube and PeerTube videos

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Access YouTube content without using a web browser. Pipeline goes one step further by letting you also view PeerTube content.

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