How quiet is the Beelink EQi Core 3 304 under Linux? We assess idle, load and fan noise, plus its unusually flexible BIOS fan controls.
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Review: MusiQt – simple music player
MusiQt is a lightweight Qt audio player with gapless playback, directory browsing, compact views and broad format support.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Process Managers
Process management software helps users launch, supervise and control long-running applications and background services.
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MinisCloud OS Review – customised Linux NAS operating system
MinisCloud OS is a customised Linux NAS operating system developed for Minisforum. I take a detailed look at the OS.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: July 2026 Updates
July 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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fooyin v0.12.0 adds audio conversion and new visualisations
fooyin v0.12.0 adds audio conversion, new visualisations and playback improvements.
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Emojify – lightweight, native emoji picker
Emojify is a lightweight, native emoji picker for the Linux desktop.
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Hedy – gradual textual programming language
Hedy is a gradual textual programming language designed to teach programming concepts and prepare learners for Python.
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Zyphor OS – Linux distribution
Zyphor OS is a Debian and Kali-based Linux distribution focused on simplicity, performance, and learning.
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jsPDF – JavaScript library for generating PDF documents
jsPDF is a JavaScript library for generating PDF documents in web browsers and Node.js.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Syntax Highlighters
We explore specialised open source tools that offer syntax highlighting for a whole raft of programming languages.
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Basecoat – component library
Basecoat is a component library that brings shadcn/ui-style interfaces to web stacks. It uses semantic HTML, Tailwind CSS and JavaScript.
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25 Best Free and Open Source Build Systems
Build automation is the process of automating the creation of a software build and the associated processes.
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oha – command-line HTTP load generator
oha is a command-line HTTP load generator with a real-time terminal user interface that’s written in the Rust language.
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nwg-drawer – GTK-based application launcher
nwg-drawer is a GTK-based application launcher designed for Sway, Hyprland and other wlroots-based Wayland compositors.
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Beer CSS – lightweight CSS framework
Beer CSS is a lightweight CSS framework for building Material Design 3 interfaces with semantic HTML.
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sklauncher – terminal-based application launcher
sklauncher uses the skim fuzzy finder to locate and launch desktop applications, executable files and commands.
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Anyrun – Wayland-native application launcher
Anyrun is a Wayland-native application launcher inspired by KRunner. It offers a highly extensible plugin architecture
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ATMIRAL – accessible text-based menu interface
ATMIRAL is an accessible text-based menu interface for launching applications and commands from the Linux shell.
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Kornia – differentiable computer vision library
Kornia is a differentiable computer vision library built on PyTorch. It provides image-processing and geometric-vision operations.
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Highlight – source code converter
Highlight is a source code converter that produces syntax-highlighted output for web pages, documents and terminals.
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20 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Email Clients
Here are our recommended console email clients. All free and open source goodness.
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PdfPig – PDF library
PdfPig is a .NET library for reading text and other content from PDF documents. It provides access to low-level PDF structures.
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16 Best Free and Open Source Java Micro-Frameworks
This article examines the best Java micro-frameworks. Micro means the framework is small, with little or no tools and libraries.
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pikepdf – Python library for reading, writing, repairing and transforming PDF files
pikepdf provides a Pythonic interface to qpdf, a mature C++ library for PDF manipulation and repair. Free and open source software.
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8 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript Object-Relational Mapping Software
ORM is a programming technique for converting data between incompatible type systems using object-oriented languages.
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