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Minisforum N5 Pro

Minisforum N5 Pro Review – Five-Bay NAS with Ryzen AI 9 Power

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, NAS, Reviews

Minisforum N5 Pro review with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370, NVMe storage and 10GbE networking.

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Termora – Terminal Emulator and SSH Client

August 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Productivity, Reviews

Termora is an open source terminal emulator and SSH client with host management, SFTP transfers, remote editing, plugins and more.

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Review: Mellow – music player

August 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Mellow is an open source Linux music player with adaptive colours, gapless playback, queue editing, and removable-drive support.

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Linux Distributions

MinisCloud OS Review – customised Linux NAS operating system

August 3, 2026 Steve Emms Distro, Hardware, NAS, Reviews

MinisCloud OS is a customised Linux NAS operating system developed for Minisforum. I take a detailed look at the OS.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: July 2026 Updates

July 31, 2026 Steve Emms Software

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

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Music sketch

Meelo – self-hosted music server

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

Meelo is a self-hosted music server designed for music collectors. It provides a flexible way to organise, browse, search

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Emacs Software

13 Best Free and Open Source Emacs-Like Text Editors

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

The original program was written in 1976 as a set of macros for an existing text editor called TECO.

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3D Printer

Fluidd – web interface for managing Klipper-powered 3D printers

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities, Web Apps

Fluidd is a responsive web interface for managing Klipper-powered 3D printers.

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Application Launchers

33 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Application Launchers

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

Application launchers play an integral part in making the Linux desktop a more productive environment to work and play.

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Documentation

Ymacs – Emacs-like editor

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Web Apps

Ymacs is an Emacs-like code and text editor that runs in a web browser.

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Cloud

ManageIQ – enterprise management platform

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

ManageIQ is an enterprise management platform for hybrid IT environments. It provides insight, control and automation.

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Tools that help you

keyb – terminal-based custom hotkey cheatsheet

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

keyb is a terminal-based custom hotkey cheatsheet. It lets you organize shortcuts into sections and quickly find them.

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PDF-Manipulation-Tools

Dompdf – HTML to PDF converter

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter written in PHP. It provides a CSS-driven layout and rendering engine

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Security

XMap – fast network scanner

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

XMap is a fast network scanner for large-scale IPv4 and IPv6 research.

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Files

MicroEmacs – compact Emacs-like text editor

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

MicroEmacs is a compact Emacs-like text editor suitable for experienced programmers and beginners.

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Files

edmv – bulk rename files

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

edmv is a command-line utility that lets you bulk rename files using your preferred text editor.

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Image Processing

17 Best Free and Open Source Image Processing Libraries

August 13, 2026 Eilidih Parris Graphics, Roundup

In this article we recommend the finest image processing libraries. All free and open source goodness.

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Files

Jasspa MicroEmacs – compact Emacs-like text editor

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Jasspa MicroEmacs is a compact Emacs-like text editor suitable for experienced programmers and beginners.

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Hex Editor

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Hex Editors

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

A hex editor is a special type of editor that can open any type of file and display its contents, byte by byte. This type of editor lets you view and edit binary files.

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LMS – lightweight, self-hosted music streaming server

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

LMS is a lightweight, self-hosted music streaming server that lets you access and play your music collection through a web interface.

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owo-colors – zero-allocation Rust library

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

owo-colors is a zero-allocation Rust library for adding colours and text styling to terminal output.

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Bullframe CSS – lightweight Sass framework

August 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Bullframe CSS is a lightweight Sass framework for building responsive, accessible user interfaces.

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CSS

Losty – functional-style web framework for OpenResty

August 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Losty is a functional-style web framework for OpenResty with minimal dependencies.

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Files

pipe-rename – command-line batch renamer

August 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pipe-rename is a command-line batch renamer that lets you edit filenames using your preferred text editor.

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