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Developer of the Week

Developer of the Week: Arun Prakash Jana

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Arun Prakash Jana, better known on GitHub as jarun, represents a strain of open source development that feels increasingly rare.

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fooyin

fooyin’s release 0.10.x adds important improvements

March 28, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, News

Many users consider fooyin to be the best open source music player available for Linux. Its worth checking out the new release!

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Forecast – view weather predictions

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Reviews, Scientific

A reader suggested I take a look at Forecast, a simple weather application designed for the COSMIC desktop. This is free and open source software.

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New App of the Week

Radiotrope – AI agent-enabled internet radio player

March 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Radiotrope is a GUI and TUI internet radio player for Linux. It’s an AI agent-enabled player built with Rust, Slint, and MCP.

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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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Gem of the Week

ImageGlass – versatile image viewer

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Reviews

ImageGlass is a lightweight, versatile image viewer with a clean, modern interface that’s now available for Linux.

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Feedr – polished Linux terminal-based RSS/Atom feed reader

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Reviews, TUI

Feedr rivals Newsboat in many respects as the finest terminal news aggregator for Linux.

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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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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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Documentation Generators

tiki – documentation and issue management tool

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Tiki is a lightweight terminal-based project and knowledge management tool designed to work directly inside a Git repository.

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Backup software

10 Best Free and Open Source BorgBackup Front-Ends

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Roundup, System Software

BorgBackup (Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. We recommend the best front-ends for Borg.

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Linux Distributions

Debian Pixel – remix of the Raspberry Pi Foundation PIXEL

March 29, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Debian 12 Pixel allows you to run Raspberry Pi’s PIXEL Desktop on a PC or Mac.

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Electronic circuit

CircuitSim – real-time circuit simulator

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

CircuitSim is an interactive, real-time electronic circuit simulator written in Java using Swing.

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Backup software

Borg UI – modern web-based interface for BorgBackup

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Borg UI is a modern web-based interface for BorgBackup to manage backup operations through a clean and intuitive graphical environment.

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Art

31 Delightful Free and Open Source ASCII Art Tools

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures.

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Linux Distributions

PluriOS – Bolivian Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS

March 29, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

PluriOS is an open-source project that aims to standardize a Linux desktop environment for Bolivia.

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PIM-Software

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Personal Information Managers

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms Office, Productivity, Roundup

A personal information manager (often known as a PIM tool) is a type of collaborative software that can help you manage your life.

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Earth Science

MetPy – read, visualize and perform calculations with weather data

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

MetPy is a Python library that provides a comprehensive suite of tools for working with meteorological data.

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Data Tools

DDRescue-GUI – frontend for ddrescue

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

DDRescue-GUI is a graphical frontend for ddrescue designed to simplify the process of recovering data from failing storage devices.

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Linux Distributions

Linux KDu – Brazilian Ubuntu-based operating system

March 28, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Linux KDu is a Brazilian, Ubuntu-based operating system in the Brazilian-Portuguese language version.

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Database

QuestDB – high-performance time-series database

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents

QuestDB is a high-performance time-series database designed for handling large volumes of timestamped data with extremely low latency.

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Linux Distributions

AçorOS – Debian-based Linux distribution

March 28, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

AçorOS is an arm64 and amd64 Debian-based Linux distribution from Portugal.

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Earth Science

OpenDrift – framework for ocean trajectory modelling

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Scientific

OpenDrift is a Python-based framework for modelling the trajectories and behaviour of particles, objects, or substances drifting in the ocean and atmosphere.

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Database

IoTDB – high-performance time-series database

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents

IoTDB is a high-performance time-series database designed for managing large volumes of data generated by Internet of Things (IoT) devices. 

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Testing Software

21 Best Free and Open Source Test Automation Tools

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Test automation frameworks are a set of best practices, common tools, and libraries that help quality-assurance testers.

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Linux Distributions

ZestISO – desktop Linux distribution built on Arch Linux

March 28, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

ZestISO is a rolling-release desktop Linux distribution built on Arch Linux. It’s available in two editions: “KDE Gaming” and “Xfce”.

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Bookmark manager tool

5 Best Free and Open Source GUI Bookmark Managers

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We focus on open source GUI-based bookmark managers. The featured let you effectively manage your bookmarks for websites.

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Testing Software

CodeceptJS – scenario-driven end-to-end testing framework for Node.js

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

CodeceptJS is a scenario-driven end-to-end testing framework for Node.js.

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