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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: file

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

file determines the type of data contained in a file by examining its contents rather than relying on filename extensions.

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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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Gem of the Week

Ratarmount – access large archives as a filesystem

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

Ratarmount collects all file positions inside a TAR so that it can easily jump to and read from any file without extracting it

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WiFi

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Wi-Fi Terminal Managers

March 14, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

NetworkManager is the standard networking stack on many Linux distributions, especially desktop-oriented systems.

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Internet Radio

Receiver – a modern internet radio player progressing rapidly

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Receiver is an awesome open source internet radio player. If you like internet radio, you really should try it today!

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms Software

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

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TAYGA – out-of-kernel stateless NAT64 implementation

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

TAYGA is a stateless NAT64 implementation designed to provide IPv6 connectivity to IPv4-only hosts and services.

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Selection of utilities

RepoRover – universal Linux package updater

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

RepoRover is a graphical Linux system update utility written in Go.

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Web Browsers

11 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Graphical Web Browsers

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article identifies the finest free and open source graphical web browsers that have a small footprint.

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batctl – battery charge threshold manager for Linux laptops

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, TUI, Utilities

batctl is a terminal UI and CLI tool that lets you control battery charge thresholds on Linux.

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Web Browsers

Dooble – minimal, scientific, and stable web browser

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Dooble is a Qt-based web browser that focuses on stability, privacy-oriented browsing features, and a compact codebase.

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Flashcards

Lapse – cross-platform flashcard app

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Lapse uses spaced repetition to help users review and retain information more effectively, and offers a modern interface.

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Media Center

Best Free and Open Source Media Centers

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 6 impressive free Linux media centers.

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Accountancy

Bigcapital – accounting and inventory software

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

Bigcapital is designed to help organise business finances, automate accounting processes, and generate financial statements and reports.

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Bioinformatics

FastQC – quality control tool for high throughput sequence data

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

FastQC is a quality control tool for high throughput sequence data.

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Tower Oops! – tower building game

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms Games

Tower Oops! is a modern GTK4 port of the classic “Crazy Towers”, rewritten in Rust.

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Bioinformatics

minimap2 – versatile sequence alignment program

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms Security

minimap2 is a versatile sequence alignment program for genomic and spliced nucleotide sequences.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Hister – web history management tool

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Hister is a web history management tool that provides fast, content-based search for visited websites.

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Bioinformatics

BCFtools – variant calling and manipulating files in the Variant Call Format

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

BCFtools is a set of utilities for working with variant calls in Variant Call Format (VCF) and its binary counterpart BCF.

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Diff Tools

dead-ringer – binary diff utility

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dead-ringer is a Rust-based command-line utility designed to compare two binary files.

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Accountancy

Frappe Books – modern accountancy software

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

Frappe Books is desktop accounting software for small and medium businesses. It is designed to simplify financial management.

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NewsGoat – terminal-based Linux RSS reader

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

NewsGoat is a terminal-based RSS reader written in Go using the Bubble Tea TUI framework.

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Bioinformatics

SPAdes – versatile toolkit for assembling and analysing sequencing data

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

SPAdes is a versatile toolkit for assembling and analysing sequencing data. It is primarily developed for Illumina sequencing data

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Circuit board

zfetch – displays key system information

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

zfetch is a lightweight command-line utility that displays key system information directly in the terminal.

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Linux Distributions

AbeirOS – Void-based Linux distribution

March 17, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

AbeirOS is a Void Linux-based distribution that ships with a vanilla KDE Plasma desktop.

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