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Proprietary App of the Week

PangoTerm – modern cross-platform SSH client

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Proprietary, Reviews, Utilities

PangoTerm is a modern SSH client for developers and system administrators that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Introduction

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The Minisforum MS-R1 is an ARM-based mini workstation aimed at developers and homelab enthusiasts looking for Linux/ARM experimentation

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New App of the Week

rig.fm – internet radio in your terminal

April 15, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

rig.fm is an appealing little project that knows exactly what it wants to be: an internet radio player for the terminal.

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Music

Ratic – offline music player

April 14, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Ratic is an offline music player for Linux. It’s designed for playing local music collections rather than relying on streaming services.

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Transfer Files

9 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based File Sharing Tools

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

This roundup focuses exclusively on web-based tools. Terminal-based and GUI-based software are covered in separate roundups.

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Gem of the Week

Super Productivity – todo app with timeboxing & time tracking capabilities

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Reviews

Super Productivity combines tasks, time tracking, focus tools, planning, work logs, exports, and developer integrations.

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File Managers

7 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based File Sharing Tools

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

We are always on the look out for easy, simple and secure ways to transfer files and folders. Try these terminal-based tools.

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Developer of the Week

Developer of the Week: Matthias Ettrich

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Matthias Ettrich, born on 14 June 1972, is a German computer scientist who founded the KDE and LyX projects.

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15 Best Free and Open Source Linux TUI Typing Tutors

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Productivity, Roundup, TUI

We look at the finest TUI-based typing tutors for Linux.

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Internet radio

RadioGoGo – surf global radio waves

April 9, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

RadioGoGo is a terminal application for browsing and playing internet radio stations. Written in Go, it uses the RadioBrowser API.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2026 Updates

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms Software

March 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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BOSGAME M4 Plus

BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: BIOS

March 24, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Configuring Ubuntu 25.10

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

In this article in this series I look at configuring one of the most widely used Linux distributions on the Chuwi laptop.

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Network

rdapper – performs domain registration lookups

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

rdapper is a Node library that performs domain registration lookups and returns the results in a consistent structure.

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13 Useful Free and Open Source 3D Model Viewers

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

This article focuses on software tools which let you view 3D models. There’s a wide range of formats available.

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Benchmarking

UnixBench – original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

UnixBench is the original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite, to provide a basic indicator of the performance of Unix-like systems.

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Image of Files

Dongle – move around deep directory trees

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Dongle is a terminal utility that helps you move around deep directory trees without typing long cd paths by hand.

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Travel Planner

7 Best Free and Open Source Travel Planners

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This roundup focuses on software which act as a digital travel assistant.

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Online 3D Viewer – browser-based application for inspecting 3D models

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Web Apps

Online 3D Viewer is a browser-based application for inspecting 3D models without installing desktop software.

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Benchmarking

glmark2 – graphics benchmark

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

glmark2 is a graphics benchmark designed to measure the performance of OpenGL 2.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0 implementations

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Castle Model Viewer – supports 3D and 2D model formats

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Castle Model Viewer is an interactive viewer for inspecting 3D and 2D assets supported by Castle Game Engine on Linux.

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Turkey

GraphHopper – fast, memory-efficient routing engine

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

GraphHopper is a fast, memory-efficient routing engine for developers building navigation, route planning, and geospatial applications.

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Static Site Generator

8 Best Free and Open Source C Static Site Generators

April 18, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

We have compiled a list of the finest C static site generators.

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unifly – management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

unifly is a terminal-based management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers.

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Turkey

openrouteservice – build route planning and spatial analysis services

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

openrouteservice is a Java-based routing backend for building route planning and spatial analysis services from OpenStreetMap data.

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Linux Distributions

openRuyi – Linux Distribution for RISC-V

April 18, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

openRuyi is an open source Linux distribution, initiated and long-term maintained by Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Static Site Generator

Bonobo – minimalist static site generator

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Bonobo is a minimalist static site generator written in C. It’s designed to be very small and easy to understand.

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Best Free and Open Source Perl Linter Tools

April 18, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

A linter is a tool used in software development to analyze code for potential errors, stylistic issues, and adherence to coding standards.

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Turkey

OpenTripPlanner – multi-modal trip planner

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

OpenTripPlanner is a Java-based backend for building multimodal journey planning services.

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Static Site Generator

bloggy – lightweight static blog generator

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

bloggy is designed for people who want a personal blog with a simple file-based workflow.

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OpenRDAP – command line client for the Registration Data Access Protocol

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

OpenRDAP is a command line client for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) written in Go.

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Static Site Generator

swege – static website generator written in C

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

swege is a static website generator written in C. It uses the Discount library to build a website from a set of Markdown files.

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Photo Metadata

8 Best Free and Open Source Photo Metadata Editors

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

A metadata editor is computer software which allows users to view and edit metadata tags interactively and save them in the graphics file.

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