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Best Free and Open Source Software: May 2025 Updates

June 1, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Software

May 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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ZSH Quickstart Kit

June 2, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

ZSH Quickstart Kit is a simple ZSH quickstart for using ZSH, zgenom, oh-my-zsh and a curated list of extra plugins.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Script to use a ZRAM swapdrive

June 2, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Tutorials

Installing a script to enable ZRAM and optimize its effectiveness on Raspberry Pi computers. It’s very useful for low RAM Pi models.

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Pins creates and edits app shortcuts

June 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Pins allows you to customize your app menu by editing .desktop files. It’s written in C.

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Network

ncgopher is a gopher, gemini and finger client

June 2, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

ncgopher is a gopher, gemini and finger client for the modern internet. It’s written in the Rust language.

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AxOS is an Arch-based Linux distribution for the desktop

June 2, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

AxOS is a cutting-edge operating system that draws its inspiration from Arch Linux, with a French touch.

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dgb-n64 is an experimental low-level N64 emulator

June 2, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

dgb-n64 is a experimental low-level N64 emulator written in C and a bit of C++. It’s under heavy development and not ready for prime time.

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Antigen is a plugin manager for zsh

June 1, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Antigen is a small set of functions that help you easily manage your shell (zsh) plugins, called bundles.

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Security

Bouncer chooses the correct firewall zone for wireless connections

June 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Security

When you connect to a new network, Bouncer will open a window prompting you for what kind of network (e.g. home, public, work) it is.

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Stream Overlay provides browser overlays on your screen

June 1, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Stream Overlay provides borderless, transparent, click-through browser windows for streaming.

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Photobooth is photobooth software for the Raspberry Pi and PC

June 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Photobooth is software is intended to run on a Raspberry Pi 2 and upwards, but it can run on any Linux PC.

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