catspeak is a command-line tool that generates an ASCII picture with a message. It’s a cowsay like program of a speaking cat.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Power Consumption
For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux.
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CLIAMP – retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp
CLIAMP is billed as a retro-inspired terminal music player influenced by the classic Winamp 2.x era. It’s really cool!
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Receiver – Linux tool to enjoy 30,000+ verified radio stations
Receiver is an excellent program. With a bit more development, it’ll replace Shortwave, Tuner and Transistor as my go to GUI internet radio player.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: BIOS
This is a new series looking at the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux. I take a look at the laptop’s BIOS.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates
February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Soundboards
A soundboard is a useful tool that showcases various sound clips—think effects, jingles, voice snippets, and music—arranged in a grid layout for easy access.
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Linux Candy: tanuki – hourly animal crossing vibes
tanuki is a small GUI program that plays the hourly music from Animal Crossing on your computer.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Benchmarks
I run a series of benchmarks on the newly released Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus. It’s a very capable laptop.
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Trix Player – Linux music player built with Rust
Trix Player (or Trix) is a lightweight, high-performance music player written in Rust. Aimed at Linux users who favor the terminal
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Specifications
This is a new series looking at the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux. I grill the laptop using the inxi tool.
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tmuzika – Terminal music player for Linux
tmuzika aims to offer quick and simple music playback directly in the terminal, with full keyboard control.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Hardware Review
The Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus positions itself as a lightweight, mid-range productivity machine that blends premium materials with good performance.
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GoPlaying – TUI showing what’s playing
GoPlaying is a Now Playing TUI written in Go. Display currently playing music with album artwork and auto-extracted colors in your terminal.
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4 Best Free and Open Source Linux TUI Application Launchers
Application launchers play an integral part in making the Linux desktop a more productive environment to work and play.
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RustLock – Wayland screen locker
RustLock is a command-line tool written in Rust that allows users to quickly lock their Linux session from the terminal.
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14 Best Free and Open Source Image Processing Libraries
In this article we recommend the finest image processing libraries. All free and open source goodness.
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MRunner – fast, keyboard-first application runner for Linux
MRunner is a lightweight command runner that provides a simple way to execute and manage frequently used commands.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Syntax Highlighters
We explore specialised open source tools that offer syntax highlighting for a whole raft of programming languages.
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vm-curator – manage desktop QEMU/KVM virtual machines
vm-curator is a fast and friendly Rust TUI for managing desktop QEMU/KVM virtual machines with 3D acceleration.
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11 Best Free and Open Source CSS Front-End Frameworks
This article recommends the finest free and open source software that lets you dive into responsive design using CSS.
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Recaf – Java bytecode editor
Recaf is an easy to use modern Java bytecode editor that abstracts away the complexities of Java programs.
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mimetype – command-line utility that determines the MIME type of files
mimetype is a command-line utility that determines the MIME type of files. It uses the freedesktop.org shared MIME-info database.
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PMG – package manager guard
Package Manager Guard (PMG) protects developers from getting compromised by malicious packages.
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Go XML Formatter – format XML
The Go XML Formatter, xmlfmt, will format the XML string in a readable way.
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Conan – distributed C and C++ package manager
Conan is specifically designed and optimized for accelerating the development and Continuous Integration of C and C++ projects.
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11 Useful Free and Open Source Linux Reverse Vulnerability Analysis Tools
Vulnerability analysis is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend useful open source tools.
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oxker – TUI to view and control Docker containers
oxker is a simple TUI to view and control docker containers. It’s built in Rust, making heavy use of ratatui and Bollard.
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Blightmud – terminal client designed for playing Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) games
Blightmud provides a fast and flexible text interface that allows players to connect to MUD servers and interact with game worlds.
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4 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux Discord Clients
In this roundup, we focus on terminal-based software only. There’s a separate roundup for GUI-based clients.
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Mixtapes – modern, Linux-first YouTube Music player
Mixtapes (formerly Muse) is a modern, Linux-first YouTube Music player.
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pspg – Postgres pager
pspg is a pager (with very rich functionality) designed for work with tables. The tool is designed for PostgreSQL, but MySQL is supported too.
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Filecraft – automate file management tasks
Filecraft is a command line utility designed to automate common file organisation tasks. It’s written in Python and Go.
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