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Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Benchmarks

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I put the Minisforum MS-R1 through a series of benchmarks and compare its results to a variety of machines.

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Gem of the Week

OmniGet – download media and other files

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Reviews

OmniGet is a desktop application built with Tauri that lets you download media and other files from a broad range of online sources.

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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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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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hzfind – compare Hetzner Server Auction machines

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

hzfind is a terminal utility for comparing Hetzner Server Auction machines by value rather than just headline specifications.

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Linux Distributions

Neko-Void – Linux distribution

April 21, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Neko-Void is a Void Linux respin aimed at desktop users who want Void Linux’s speed and minimal base with a more ready-made experience.

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Static Site Generator

Anna – static site generator

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Anna is a static site generator written in Go that builds websites from Markdown content, front matter metadata, and HTML layout templates.

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Inventory Management

15 Best Free and Open Source Network Inventory Management

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Network Inventory Management collates all network infrastructure data and keeps it up to date.

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Video Conversion

Recoder – GTK4 video transcoding application

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Recoder is a GTK4 video transcoding application for Linux built for GNOME using libadwaita.

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Video Conversion

Edconv – user-friendly FFmpeg GUI

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Edconv is a desktop application that gives FFmpeg a more approachable graphical interface for audio and video work.

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Network Security

9 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Data Hashing Tools

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Hashing is the process of passing data through a formula to produce a condensed fixed-value representation, called a hash value.

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Monitoring

watch – small command-line utility written in C

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

watch is a small command-line utility written in C that periodically runs a shell command at a user-defined interval.

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Video Conversion

Frame – desktop media conversion utility

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Frame is a desktop media conversion utility that provides a native graphical interface for FFmpeg.

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10 Useful Free and Open Source Linux WhatsApp Clients

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Roundup

WhatsApp is a popular, free messaging, social media, and voice-over-IP service that lets users send text, voice messages, and video messages

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Wayland Color Picker GTK4 – sample colours

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Wayland Color Picker GTK4 is a GTK4 application for Wayland desktops that lets you sample colours from anywhere on the screen.

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YouTube

24 Best Free and Open Source Graphical YouTube Tools Bypassing the Web-Only Barrier

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Innovative developers have created applications that allow you to bypass the web-only barrier of YouTube. We recommend the best tools.

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wl-color-picker – shell script for Wayland and wlroots sessions

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics

wl-color-picker is a shell script for Wayland and wlroots sessions to pick a colour directly from the screen and copy the result.

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Static Site Generator

Miyadaiku – Python-based static site generator

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Miyadaiku is a Python-based static site generator designed for people who want to build sites with Jinja2 templates.

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hyprpicker – wlroots-compatible Wayland colour picker for Linux

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

hyprpicker is a wlroots-compatible Wayland colour picker for Linux.

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YouTube

PsTube – Flutter-based video client

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

PsTube is a Flutter-based video client for watching and downloading YouTube videos

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Inventory Management

Netdisco – web-based network management tool

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Netdisco is a web-based network management application for small to very large networks.

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YouTube

Materialious – frontend for YouTube and Invidious

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Materialious is a privacy-focused frontend for YouTube and Invidious that uses a modern material design interface.

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DNA

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Genome Browsers

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

There are numerous tools to browse genomes. While there’s considerable overlap in functionality, each software offers unique features or data.

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