This is the first in a series of articles looking at the Firefly AIBOX 3588S embedded fanless ARM-based mini PC.
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This is the first in a series of articles looking at the Firefly AIBOX 3588S embedded fanless ARM-based mini PC.
Read moreFBX Review is a lightweight, standalone software tool for viewing 3D assets and baked animations quickly and efficiently.
Read moreIn this article I document transferring my Ubuntu distribution from the microSD card to the eMMC. It makes the distro much snappier on the RV2.
Read moreAutodesk Fusion is a CAD, CAM, and PCB design software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
Read moreLet’s try to improve the Raspberry Pi 5’s Wi-Fi performance (transfer speed and latency) with a USB 3.0 adapter from BrosTrend.
Read moreOptions for installing software are a bit more limited with the RV2 compared with ARM-based single board computers. Let’s build a piece of open source software.
Read moreAutodesk Motion FX is software to create real-time video effects using your computer’s camera. It’s also a video editor.
Read moreFor this review, I’ve evaluating the Kioxia Exceria Plus G2 Portable SSD. It’s available in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities. I’m reviewing the 2TB version.
Read moreIn this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Orange Pi 5 Max and compare it to some other computers.
Read moreThis is a review of the BrosTrend USB WiFi 6 Adapter. It supports Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Ubuntu Mate, and other distributions.
Read moreThe Orange Pi R2S features a RISC-V processor, four wired network ports (two 2.5G ethernet ports and two 1G ethernet ports).
Read moreMy RV2 board is running Ubuntu 24.04. Included is a configuration tool called orangepi-config. Let’s see what it offers.
Read moreThis is a review of the Luckfox 15.6″ Portable Monitor. It’s an IPS screen with 1920×1080 resolution, 100% sRGB, and supports HDR.
Read moreIn this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Banana Pi BPI-F3 and compare it to some other computers.
Read moreJune 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
Read moreI’m testing the 2TB PD20 Mini External SSD which provides plenty of capacity for backing up a computer or holding a good chunk of data.
Read moreThis is a series of articles looking at the Orange Pi R2S, the latest addition to the range of single board computers from Orange Pi.
Read moreIn this article I explore a simple upgrade to improve the Raspberry Pi 5’s network speed.
Read moreI’ve been evaluating the Intehill 16″ 3K Touchscreen Portable Monitor U16ZT with a variety of Linux devices. Here are my findings.
Read moreIn this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Orange Pi RV2 and compare it to some other computers.
Read moreIn this article I benchmark the Banana Pi BPI-F3 and compare it to other single board computers as well as an N100 Mini PC.
Read moreI benchmark the Orange Pi 5 Ultra, Orange Pi 5 Max, Orange Pi RV2 against a Raspberry Pi 5 and a DreamQuest N100 Mini PC.
Read moreReek is a tool that examines Ruby classes, modules and methods and reports any Code Smells it finds.
Read moreBiome is a toolchain for web projects, that offers formatter and linter, usable via CLI and LSP
Read moreNetwork configuration management (NCM) is a process that every device on the network is subjected to throughout its life cycle.
Read moreTruffleHog is a secret scanning engine that detects and helps resolve exposed secrets across your entire tech stack.
Read moreUnleash the magic of Unicode characters with Runemaster.
Read moreBrickGPT generates a toy brick structure from a user-provided text prompt in an end-to-end manner.
Read moreForge Sparks is a simple notifier app with support for Github, GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo.
Read moreDo you find your Linux desktop background rather mundane but have problems in finding attractive wallpapers?
Read moreytcc is a command line tool to keep track of your favorite playlists on YouTube and many other places.
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