cutieascii is a simple and cute command-line tool that displays random ASCII art emojis.
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BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Power Consumption
For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC.
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HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Setting up Ubuntu 25.10
Installing and configuring Ubuntu 25.10 on the HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop.
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Benchmarking the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI Mini PC
The BOSGAME M6 is a very powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. I put it through various benchmark tests.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Clojure Linter Tools
This article picks some useful tools to help you fix Clojure code.
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LinuxLinks.com reaches epic milestone
We at LinuxLinks.com are thrilled to announce a remarkable achievement: we’ve just published our 10,000th article on all things Linux!
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Useful Ubuntu Touch Apps – Sturm Reader
Sturm Reader is an ebook reader for Linux tailored for Ubuntu Touch and portable devices.
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LinuxLinks – The Home of Linux
Our popular series on the best free and open source Linux software, hardware including mini PCs and SBCs, phones, and NAS devices.
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BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Introduction to the Series
This is a new series looking at the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux. It’s a very capable mini PC at a competitive price point.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: stow
Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct sets of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem.
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Useful Free and Open Source Security Testing Software
Here’s some useful software for performing security testing. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.
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TUISIC – simple TUI online music streaming software
TUISIC is a simple TUI online music streaming application written in C++ with vim keybindings.
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Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: 3 Types of Cores
The 12-core processor has a quad-core Cortex-A720 large core, quad-core Cortex-A720 medium core, and quad-core Cortex-A520 small core.
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ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.2 released: AI grammar and spell check, customizable hotkeys, macro recording, improved PDF redaction and forms
The latest version of ONLYOFFICE Docs is already available, bringing an AI-powered grammar and spelling checker that can be enabled through the built-in AI plugin. However, the 9.2 release also brings more customization (custom keyboard shortcuts), automation (macro recording), improved PDF redaction, and clearer form-building tools, all the small changes that add up to a smoother editing workflow.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: cTDP
Delving into the UM890 Pro’s BIOS reveals an option not available in the other mini PC’s I’ve been writing about. The BIOS setting lets you set the AMD Configurable TDP (cTDP).
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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2025 Updates
November 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Process Memory Tools
In this roundup we focus on useful tools that help you work out the amount of memory used by programs.
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Benchmarking the Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer
I put the Orange Pi 6 Plus through a series of benchmarks and compare its results to a variety of its competitors.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption
I subject the Minisforum M890 Pro to a series of power consumption tests and compare it to other machines.
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Benchmarking the Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC
The Minisforum UM890 Pro is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS processor. I put it through various benchmark tests
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Benchmarking the HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop in Linux
I put a refurbished HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop through a series of benchmarks comparing it to other machines.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux – Introduction to the Series
The Minisforum UM890 Pro is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen 9 Pro 8945HS processor with integrated Radeon 780M graphics.
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HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Specifications in detail
Let’s look at the specifications of the laptop in more detail. I’ll use a popular system profiler, inxi, to help delve into the laptop’s specs.
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Orange Pi 6 Plus Running Linux: Introduction to the Series
This is the first article in a new series looking at the latest piece of kit from Orange Pi. It’s the Orange Pi 6 Plus development board.
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HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Introduction to the Series
This is a new series looking at running Linux on a refurbished HP laptop.
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4 Best Free and Open Source Native XML Databases for Big Data
Big Data is an all-inclusive term that refers to data sets so large and complex that they need to be processed by specially designed hardware and software tools.
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AyanDict – basic dictionary app
AyanDict is a simple cross-platform desktop dictionary application based on Qt framework and written in Go.
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4 Best Free and Open Source Noise Suppression Tools
This article selects our pick of the available noise suppression tools. We only explore free and open source software here.
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ParserLib – CSS3 SAX-inspired parser
The ParserLib CSS parser is a CSS3 SAX-inspired parser written in JavaScript.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Git Clients
Git is an open source distributed version control system which was originally designed by Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, in 2005 for Linux kernel development. We explore our recommended web-based tools.
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NZBGet – binary Usenet downloader
NZBGet is a binary downloader, which downloads files from Usenet based-on information given in nzb files.
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Frappe Learning – Learning Management System
Frappe Learning is an easy-to-use learning system that helps you bring structure to your content.
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doudou – personal music player that puts privacy first
Stream your music collection from your own media server with a beautiful, modern interface that works on all your devices.
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Omeka S – web publication system for universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums
Omeka S consists of a local network of independently curated exhibits sharing a collaboratively built pool of items, media, and their metadata.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Documentation Generators
A documentation generator is a programming tool that generates documentation intended for programmers and end users.
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Lidarr – music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent
Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new tracks
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TigerBeetle – financial transactions database
TigerBeetle is a reliable, fast, and highly available database for financial accounting.
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Musoq – SQL Swiss Army Knife
Stop writing throwaway scripts. Use SQL instead.
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cmdcreate – create custom commands
cmdcreate allows you to create custom commands for your Linux terminal without needing to enter the same “complex” commands
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rumdl – Markdown linter
rumdl is a modern Markdown linter and formatter, built for speed with Rust.
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Headphones – automated music downloader for NZB and Torrent
Headphones is an automated music downloader for NZB and Torrent. It supports SABnzbd, NZBget, Transmission, µTorrent, Deluge and Blackhole.
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bp – cross-platform clipboard tool
bp (“better paste”) is a cross-platform clipboard tool written in Rust, based on cb.
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csc – command-line scientific calculator
csc is a command-line scientific calculator that’s written in the Rust language.
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Best Free and Open Source IaaS Software
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a service model where an organization outsources the equipment used to support storage, hardware, servers and networking components.
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