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Compositing Window Managers

fht-compositor – dynamic tiling Wayland compositor

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop

fht-compositor is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that implements a window management model inspired by X11 window managers such as dwm and xmonad.

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System administration

syca – minimal sudo-like privilege elevation tool

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

syca is a minimal sudo-like privilege elevation tool for Linux with PAM authentication and system-wide secure password caching.

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Point of Sale

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Point-of-Sale Software

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Linux has a good range of open source Point-of-Sale software which can help retailers make considerable cost savings, not simply due to the lack of licensing and upgrade fees.

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Maths

8 Essential Free and Open Source Python Maths Tools

December 28, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup, Scientific

Great libraries and tools that are ideal for mathematicians working with Python.

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Compression

ripunzip – unzip an archive in parallel

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

This is a Rust library (and command-line tool) which uses the power of Rust’s rayon library to unzip a zip file in parallel.

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Compositing Window Managers

9 Best Free and Open Source Compositing Window Managers

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

A compositing window manager, or compositor, is a window manager that provides applications with an off-screen buffer for each window.

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Security

letmein – authenticated port/firewall knocking

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms Security

Letmein is a port knocker with a simple and secure authentication mechanism. It can be used to harden against pre-authentication attacks.

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xpdig – tools to explore crossplane resources

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

xpdig provides a terminal based UI (similar to k9s) to interactively explore Crossplane traces

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Archive Manager

dtrx – intelligent archive extraction tool

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dtrx cleanly extract many archive types.

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Fernflower – decompiler from Java bytecode to Java

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Fernflower is a decompiler from Java bytecode to Java.

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Files

treemd – modern Markdown viewer

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, TUI

treemd is a modern markdown viewer combining tree-based navigation with interactive TUI. It’s like tree but interactive.

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Comic Books

Seanime – media server

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Seanime is a media server with a web interface and desktop app for managing your local library, streaming anime and reading manga.

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Wallpaper Setter

Wallpaper Splitter – apply a single image

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Wallpaper Splitter allows you to apply a single image as your wallpaper spanning all of your screens on KDE.

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hcxdumptool – capture packets from wlan devices

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

hcxdumptool captures packets from WLAN devices and to discover potential weak points within own WiFi networks.

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Web

Optimize Web Delivery with these Open Source Tools

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Web proxy software forwards HTTP requests without modifying traffic in any way. They can be configured as a transparent proxy with no client-side configuration required.

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Hex Editor

Hextazy – colorful hexadecimal editor

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Hextazy is a colorful hexadecimal editor, inspired by hexyl.

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Data Science

11 Best Free and Open Source Python Data Validation

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Our recommended tools for performing data validation using Python.

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Text Editor

10 Best Free and Open Source Distraction-Free Tools for Writers

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Productivity, Roundup

Here are the finest distraction-free applications to help you focus on writing without interruption.

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process

lnko – simple stow-like dotfile linker

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms Software

lnko is a simple stow-like dotfile linker written in the Lua programming language.

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dna-medical

6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Electronic Medical Records Software

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This article focuses on software that provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR) functionality.

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