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Music player

Musik – lightweight audio player

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Musik is a lightweight audio player built for the KDE Plasma desktop.

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Web Browsers

11 Best Free Graphical Web Browsers

June 25, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

A web browser is the quintessential desktop application. Everyone needs one, and there is not a desktop Linux distribution around that does not make a web browser available.

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ebook reader

PageEdit – visual XHTML editor for ePub books

June 23, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

PageEdit is a visual XHTML editor for ePub books, developed by the Sigil-Ebook project.

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Selection of utilities

Discover – find and install applications, games, and tools

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Discover helps you find and install applications, games, and tools. You can search or browse by category, and look at screenshots.

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Selection of utilities

Tauno Serial Plotter – graphical serial data plotting tool

May 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Tauno Serial Plotter is a graphical serial data plotting tool designed for Arduino boards and other embedded devices.

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Mixer

pavucontrol-qt – Pulseaudio mixer in Qt

May 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

pavucontrol-qt is a Qt port of pavucontrol, the PulseAudio volume control utility.

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Encrypted Files

SirKali – Qt/C++ GUI front end

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

SiriKali is a Qt and C++ graphical application for working with encrypted folders and remote file systems.

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Git Clients

Kommit – graphical Git client

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Kommit is a graphical Git client from KDE that gives Linux users a desktop interface for working with Git repositories.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

Notepad Next – cross-platform text and source code editor

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Notepad Next is a cross-platform text and source code editor that reimplements the familiar Notepad++ workflow.

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SigDigger – digital signal analyzer and graphical front end for Suscan

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

SigDigger is a Qt-based digital signal analyzer and graphical front end for Suscan that’s designed to help investigate and extract information.

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Radio

AetherSDR – Linux-native client for FlexRadio Systems transceivers

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

AetherSDR is a Linux-native client for FlexRadio Systems transceivers that communicates directly using the SmartSDR protocol.

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Selection of utilities

Sadhana – enhance your daily Buddhist practice

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Sadhana is a cross-platform desktop application for supporting Buddhist practice.

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Merkaartor – OpenStreetMap mapping program

April 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Merkaartor is a native desktop editor for OpenStreetMap written in C++ and Qt.

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CoMaps – community-led maps and navigation application

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

CoMaps is a community-led maps and navigation application built around OpenStreetMap data.

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Image of Files

Katalog – manage catalogs of disks and files

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Katalog is a desktop application for cataloging files and storage devices so you can search, browse, and analyze their contents.

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Proprietary App of the Week

HiFile – cross-platform file manager that rocks

April 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Proprietary, Reviews

HiFile is a Qt6-based orthodox file manager and sports a classic dual-pane interface. It’s proprietary software.

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SafeScript – code snippet manager

April 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

SafeScript gives developers a dedicated place to store and organize reusable code fragments in a local SQLite database.

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Monitor Calibration

ddcui – graphical user interface for ddcutil

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Utilities

ddcui is a graphical user interface for ddcutil, a Linux utility used to control and query monitor settings via the DDC/CI protocol.

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fooyin

fooyin’s release 0.10.x adds important improvements

March 28, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, News

Many users consider fooyin to be the best open source music player available for Linux. Its worth checking out the new release!

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Bookmark manager tool

RabbitMark – desktop bookmark manager built with Qt

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

RabbitMark is a desktop bookmark manager built with Qt for people who want to keep large bookmark collections under control.

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