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Linux Candy: Lolcat++ is a rewrite of the popular LOLCAT

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

Lolcat++ is a rewrite of lolcat. The original is written in Ruby, whereas this rewrite is coded in the C++ language.

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Image Viewers

Lightning Image Viewer – fast and lightweight desktop image viewer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Reviews

Lightning Image Viewer (LIV) is billed as a desktop image (previewer) with some notable UX features.

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S3

7 Useful Free and Open Source S3 File Systems and Tools

February 16, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This roundup focuses on software that turns S3 into a convenient file system. We also include a few useful S3 utilities.

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Notes

5 Useful Free and Open Source TUI Notes Apps

February 14, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, TUI

There is a wide range of competent note taking software for Linux. This article focuses on apps that have a Text User Interface (TUI).

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SSD

cull – reclaim precious disk space

February 12, 2026 Steve Emms Reviews, TUI, Utilities

cull is a program written in Go that helps you clean up your system. It’s a lovely small utility. Give it a whirl!

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NoctaVox – TUI music player for local music

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

NoctaVox recently caught my attention. It’s billed as a lightweight, plug and play TUI music player for local music.

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Framework

3 Useful Free and Open Source Haskell TUI Frameworks

February 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

The software featured in this roundup helps developers create TUI programs. All the software featured is written in Haskell.

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Coding

3 Useful Free and Open Source YAML Code Formatters

February 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This roundup selects some useful code formatters for YAML developers.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: sigye – terminal clock

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, TUI

sigye is a terminal clock with ASCII art fonts. The name “sigye” (시계) means “clock” in Korean. It also offers Pomodoro functionality

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Ampere – lightweight music player

February 5, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Ampere is a GUI-based playlist-based audio player written in Python and Qt. It’s free and open source software.

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ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: BIOS

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H.

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Pipeline – watch YouTube and PeerTube videos

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Access YouTube content without using a web browser. Pipeline goes one step further by letting you also view PeerTube content.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: January 2026 Updates

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms Software

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

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Framework

5 Useful Free and Open Source Rust TUI frameworks

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, TUI

The software featured in this roundup helps developers create TUI programs. All the software featured is written in Rust.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: asciify – turn images into attractive ASCII art

January 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews

asciify is a CLI tool that converts images into ASCII art. It’s part of our Linux Candy series.

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Volla Phone Quintus running Volla OS: Introduction to the Series

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Phone, Reviews

This series looks at Volla OS, an Android operating system which has been de-googled. All your data is yours.

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Music

Hummingbird – modern music player

January 28, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Hummingbird is a cross-platform Rust-based music player with basic functionality already implemented. It’s worth checking out!

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Minisforum AI X1 Pro

Minisforum AI X1 Pro running Linux: BIOS

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the Minisforum AI X1 Pro.

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Site Updates: Our Plans

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Software

I’m delighted to discuss our updated plans with the Linux community!

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CSharpier – opinionated code formatter for C# and XML.

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

CSharpier is an opinionated code formatter for C# and XML. It parses your code and re-prints it using its own rules.

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ClockTemp – TUI clock

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

ClockTemp is a TUI clock inspired by tty-clock that displays the time, date, temperature and more.

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Task Manager

corner – terminal-based task journal for developers

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

corner is a terminal-based task journal for developers. Capture ideas without leaving your workflow, find them when you need them.

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Development Tools

8 Top Free and Open Source Dart Web Frameworks

February 20, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Dart is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented, class defined, garbage-collected, scripting language using a C-style syntax that transcompiles optionally into JavaScript.

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Find Duplicates

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: grep

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.

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Development Tools

Jaspr – modern web framework for building websites in Dart

February 20, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

Jaspr is a modern web framework for building websites in Dart. Supports client-side and server-side rendering, and static site generation.

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krep – optimized string search utility

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

krep is an optimized string search utility designed for maximum throughput and efficiency when processing large files and directories.

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Presentation Software roundup

Kyma – terminal-based presentation tool

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Kyma is a terminal-based presentation tool that creates beautiful presentations from markdown files with smooth animated transitions.

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Calendar

13 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Calendar Tools

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on the finest free and open source terminal-based calendar software.

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Selection of utilities

hapless – run and manage background processes

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hapless is a small utility that lets you easily run and manage background processes.

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Security

PRS – web security scanner

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

PRS is a CLI-based scanner focused on safe assessment of web targets.

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CasterSoundboard – podcasting tool

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

CasterSoundboard is a soundboard for hot-keying and playing back sounds. It’s designed for podcasting.

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Clipboard

TFCBM – clipboard manager

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

TFCBM is a clipboard manager for Linux. It keeps a searchable history of everything you copy.

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Database

Squall – TUI SQLite viewer and editor

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Database, TUI

Squall is a SQLite viewer and editor that runs in your terminal. Squall is written in Python and uses the Textual package.

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typos – source code spell checker

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

typos finds and corrects spelling mistakes among source code: Fast enough to run on monorepos. Low false positives so you can run on PRs.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Runa – GUI package manager for the AUR

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Runa is a graphical AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager for Linux. It works on any desktop environment that supports GTK3.

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Selection of utilities

rgrc – Rusty Generic Colouriser

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rgrc is a fast,Rust-based command-line tool that colorizes the output of other commands using regex-based rules.

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Dealve – find game deals

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Games, TUI

Dealve simplifies finding the best game deals across Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, Epic Games, and more.

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WiFi

AIRCTL – WiFi management tool

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

AIRCTL provides a clean interface to scan, connect, and manage wireless networks.

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