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Audio Analyzers

Bootleg Toolbox – verify and manage lossless concert recordings

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

Bootleg Toolbox checks live concert recordings, detects lossy audio sources, repairs sector boundary errors and creates private torrents.

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YouTube

gytm – terminal-based YouTube Music player

October 31, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

gytm is a Rust-based YouTube Music TUI featuring searching, playlists, multi-account support, queue management and audio playback.

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YouTube

ytm – terminal-based YouTube Music player

October 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, TUI

ytm is a terminal YouTube Music player with interactive search, queues, lyrics, radio, playlists and mpv-powered audio playback.

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TV

EngPlayer – IPTV player and media center

October 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

EngPlayer combines IPTV streams, M3U playlists, programme guides, recording, on-demand video, subtitles, and local media playback.

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YouTube

ytdl-sub – automate media downloads and metadata generation

October 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

ytdl-sub automates media downloads and metadata preparation for Kodi, Jellyfin and Plex with configurable subscriptions and presets.

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Audio

15 Best Free and Open Source Audio Converters

October 27, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 12 high quality free and open source Linux audio converters.

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Audio Editors

Transition – graphical multimedia to audio converter

October 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Transition converts audio and video files to MP3, FLAC, Opus, Vorbis and WAV on Linux, with batch processing and smart quality settings.

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100 Great Free and Open Source GUI Applications for Linux

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Software

Discover 100 outstanding free and open source Linux GUI applications for productivity, creativity, multimedia, development, and more.

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Remote Display

Moonlight Qt – stream games and applications from another computer

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Moonlight Qt streams games and applications from a Sunshine host to Linux with hardware decoding, HDR, surround sound and gamepad support.

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Audio Analyzers

25 Best Free and Open Source Audio Analyzers

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This article examines audio analyzers. This type of software lets you visualize audio spectrum for real-time signals. Some of the programs also lets you analyze amplitude and phase spectrum as well.

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Synthesizers

23 Best Free and Open Source Linux Synthesizers

October 19, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

A software synthesizer, also known as a softsynth, is computer software which creates digital audio. We feature the best free synthesizers.

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Linux Distributions

Tobi Xu – Debian Sid-based Linux distribution

October 6, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Tobi Xu is a Debian Sid-based rolling Linux distribution with KDE Plasma, aimed at STEM, creative, and multimedia users.

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DVDs

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning

October 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Best free and open source alternatives to Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning for burning, copying, ripping and authoring optical discs on Linux.

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Linux Distributions

LinuxTV – Debian-based Linux distribution designed for televisions

October 3, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

LinuxTV is a Debian-based distribution that boots into a fullscreen, remote-friendly launcher designed for television use.

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Video Editors

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Roxio Easy VHS to DVD

October 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

Best free and open source alternatives to Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for capturing, converting, editing and authoring analogue video on Linux.

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Video Editors

22 Best Free and Open Source Linux Video Editors

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Linux represents an excellent platform for editing video. We recommend the best free and open source video editors.

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How to Download YouTube Videos, Playlists, and Channels on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus

September 22, 2026 John O'Donnell GUI, Multimedia, Software

Download YouTube videos, playlists, channels, subtitles and audio on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus and its graphical interface.

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Podcast

4 Best Free and Open Source Linux Self-Hosted Podcast Managers

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Discover the finest free and open source podcast managers for Linux, offering subscriptions, downloads, playback, and syncing.

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Video Conversion

LoMux – lightweight FFmpeg media converter

September 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

LoMux is a lightweight media converter with an FFmpeg-powered GUI, presets, batch processing, trimming, subtitles, metadata, and yt-dlp support.

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Video Editors

Drift – desktop video editor built with Qt 6 and FFmpeg

September 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Drift is a Qt 6 and FFmpeg video editor with multitrack editing, effects, transitions, captions, audio tools, multicam, and export.

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