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Halo

Nimbus – minimal weather applet

November 27, 2024 Steve Emms Scientific

Nimbus is an applet which lets you view the current temperature and weather conditions for your location.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

Atoms – manage persistent Linux environments

November 22, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Atoms provides a GTK desktop interface for persistent Linux environments with terminal tabs, tiling, permission controls and process tools.

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PDF

PDF Tricks – small manipulations in PDF files

November 14, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

PDF Tricks is billed as a simple, efficient application for small manipulations in PDF files. It’s written in Vala.

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Linux

Black Box – GTK 4 terminal

October 21, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

Black Box is an elegant and customizable terminal for GNOME. This is free and open source software written in Vala.

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Notes

Folio – Markdown note-taking application for GNOME

September 30, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Folio is a GNOME Markdown notebook with near-WYSIWYG editing, note links, search integration, autosave and customisable notebook colours.

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Typesetting Tools

Enter TeX – LaTeX editor for GNOME

September 4, 2024 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Enter TeX simplifies editing LaTeX documents on GNOME with completion, build tools, templates, spell checking and structure navigation.

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PDF

Paper Clip – PDF metadata editor for GNOME

August 16, 2024 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Paper Clip edits PDF document metadata including titles, authors, keywords, dates, software details and additional properties.

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Image Viewers

ParaPara – lightweight image viewer for pictures and comics

August 1, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

ParaPara is a lightweight image viewer with single-page, double-page and continuous viewing modes, making it suitable for comics and photographs.

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Emojis

Mingle – play with Google’s Emoji Kitchen

July 23, 2024 Steve Emms Other

Mingle is a simple application to combine emojis using Google’s Emoji Kitchen.

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Mastodon

Tuba – browse the Fediverse

May 6, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Explore the federated social web with Tuba for GNOME. Stay connected to your favorite communities, family and friends.

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Backup

cronopete – graphical backup utility based on Apple Time Machine

April 11, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software

Cronopete is a backup utility for Linux, modeled after Apple’s Time Machine. It aims to simplify the creation of periodic backups.

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Recording Studio

wayfarer – screen recorder

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms Multimedia

wayfarer is a screen recorder for GNOME (and other desktop environments).

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Backup

Déjà Dup – simple backup software

March 20, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, System Software

Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. The software hides the complexity of doing backups the ‘right way’ (encrypted, off-site, and regular).

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Application Launchers

Pin It! – pin shortcuts for your favorite portable apps to your app launcher

March 17, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, Utilities

Pin It! is a small utility which lets you pin shortcuts for portable apps to your app launcher.

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Files

Files – file manager for elementary OS

February 29, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Files is elementary OS’s file manager with column browsing, smart path navigation, tabs, folder colours, search, and network locations.

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Internet

Torrential – minimalist BitTorrent client

December 19, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Torrential is a minimalist graphical BitTorrent client for elementary OS, with a Transmission-based legacy release and newer rewrite.

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Music

Xnoise – media player for Gtk

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

Xnoise is a media player for Gtk+ with an attractive graphical user interface, fast performance, and bags of features.

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Internet Radio

Raddiola – simple radio app

November 15, 2023 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Reviews

Raddiola is billed as a simple radio with a clear and concise interface. Here’s our verdict.

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File Managers

Marlin – GTK3 file manager

November 13, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

Marlin is a sleek and fast GTK3 file manager which focuses on speed, simplicity and ease of use. It is an alternative to the Nautilus file manager.

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Music

Nuvola Player – music player

November 13, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

Nuvola Player is a project that offers cloud music integration for your desktop. It looks like a native application as possible.

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