Over the last few months, I've moved back to Linux Mint as my Daily Driver OS. In many ways, it's much better than Windows, and it's free.
I've also written some software for Linux Mint that is freely available and has proved very useful to me.
Desklet Apps
System Monitor
A lightweight desktop desklet that displays your system's vital stats at a glance — CPU usage, RAM, GPU and disk activity, all updated in real time.
Newsfeed
A desktop desklet that shows live headlines from your chosen news sources, so you can keep up with the news without opening a browser.
Full System Info
A comprehensive system monitor desklet for the Cinnamon desktop with a fully transparent background.
Stand-Alone Applications
Morning Dashboard
A personal daily briefing app for the Linux desktop, built with Python and GTK4.
- ⚙️ Preferences — dark/light theme, font size, location search
- 📖 Spurgeon Morning & Evening devotional
- 📰 News — BBC, AI & Tech headlines
- 🌤️ Weather — current conditions and 7-day forecast
- 📜 Bible reader — 10 translations, all 66 books
- ✏️ Sermon notes with Google Drive sync
- 📅 Google Calendar — 7-day view across all calendars
- 🙏 Prayer list with checkboxes
Mint Migrate
A GTK4 GUI for backing up and restoring a Linux Mint system — home folder, installed packages, desktop settings, and system config — all into a single zip archive.
Features
- Backup — home folder & dotfiles, dpkg package list, dconf desktop settings (panel layout, applets, Cinnamon config), and system files (
/etc/hosts,/etc/fstab,/etc/crontab, timezone) - Restore — extracts everything back on a new machine; system files written via polkit (no terminal needed)
- Dry run — preview exactly what will be backed up or restored without touching any files
- Smart exclusions — caches,
node_modules, browser caches always excluded; large reinstallable folders (Steam, flatpak, VirtualBox, etc.) off by default with per-folder toggles - Extra paths — add any additional home folder paths to the backup
CPU LCD Monitor
A program that displays temperature on the cooler's digital screen for Linux.
