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HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S Keyboard Review

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Accessories, Hardware, Reviews

The HHKB Professional Hybrid is a compact 60-key keyboard with a very particular audience in mind. Here’s my review.

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Biwin Black Opal NV7400 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Review

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

Biwin Black Opal NV7400 1TB review: Linux benchmarks, real-world file tests, thermals, and sustained write performance.

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PELADN-WO4

PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC: Introduction to the Series

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The PELADN WO4 is built around a familiar idea: keep the price low, the design simple, and the performance good enough for everyday desktop use.

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Minisforum M2

MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Benchmarks

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I’ve benchmarked the Minisforum M2 Mini PC using a range of tests, most of them run with the Phoronix Test Suite.

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Bosgame M7 Mini PC

Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Power Consumption

May 19, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H comparing it to other machines.

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MINISFORUM M2 Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Testing the NPU in CachyOS

May 18, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

There are a few things to install to get the NPU ready for software. I set up the NPU with the CachyOS Linux distribution.

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Minisforum M2

MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction

May 18, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The MINISFORUM M2 is a compact mini PC built around Intel’s Panther Lake platform. I’m reviewing it using CachyOS and Ubuntu.

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MS-02 Ultra

Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Benchmarking

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

I’ve benchmarked the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra using a range of tests, most of them run with the Phoronix Test Suite.

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TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD 1TB Review

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

TEAMGROUP’s T-FORCE G50 1TB delivers fast, cool PCIe 4.0 performance for Linux users seeking affordable mainstream NVMe storage without fuss.

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Bosgame M7 Mini PC

Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Benchmarking

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The BOSGAME M7 is a very powerful mini PC based on the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H processor with integrated Intel Arc 140T graphics.

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Minisforum AI X1 Pro

Minisforum AI X1 Pro: Easy Diffusion

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Scientific

Easy Diffusion’s newer v4 engine can use the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370’s Radeon 890M GPU for image generation. It makes a big difference.

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Bosgame M7 Mini PC

Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Introduction to the Series

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a new series looking at the Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H mini PC running Linux.

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Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I’ll walk through installing Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on the Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: April 2026 Updates

April 30, 2026 Steve Emms Software

April 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Clipboard

Clapboard – clipboard manager

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Clapboard is a clipboard manager for Wayland written in Rust.

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Fractals

rsfrac – terminal-based fractal explorer

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

rsfrac lets you explore Mandelbrot, Burning Ship, and Julia fractals from a text user interface.

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Email

Mailu – self-hosted mail server stack

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Mailu is a self-hosted mail server stack delivered as a set of Docker images.

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Saving Money with Linux

LACT – Linux GPU Control Application

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

LACT is a Linux GPU control application for AMD, Nvidia, and Intel graphics hardware.

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Email

7 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Email Clients

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Email clients offer a variety of features. Many email clients offer a slew of features, some stick with just the basics.

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CNC Software

CAMotics – 3-axis CNC GCode simulator

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Scientific

CAMotics is a CNC simulation and computer-aided machining application that lets you load 3-axis GCode programs.

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Business Intelligence

17 Best Free and Open Source Linux Business Intelligence Software

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Office, Productivity, Roundup

A business intelligence platform includes three layers: a database layer, a business intelligence layer, and an analytics/performance management layer. Here’s our roundup of the best business intelligence software.

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SQL

usql – command-line database client

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents

usql is a command-line database client that gives a single, consistent interface for working with many different database systems.

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Emacs

minimal-emacs.d – minimal Emacs starter kit

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

minimal-emacs.d is a minimal Emacs starter kit that provides a ready-made early-init.el and init.el for users.

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SQL

Skeema – manage MySQL and MariaDB schema changes

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents

Skeema is a declarative schema management system for MySQL and MariaDB.

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Audio Analyzers

25 Best Free and Open Source Audio Analyzers

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This article examines audio analyzers. This type of software lets you visualize audio spectrum for real-time signals. Some of the programs also lets you analyze amplitude and phase spectrum as well.

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Email

Nextcloud Mail – email client application for the Nextcloud platform

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Nextcloud Mail lets users access and manage email from within their self-hosted cloud environment.

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VoIP

continuwuity – community-driven Matrix homeserver

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Continuwuity is a community-driven Matrix homeserver written in Rust.

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cut command

cuts – Perl command-line utility

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cuts is a Perl command-line utility that enhances the traditional Unix/POSIX cut tool for extracting columns from text files.

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Document Management Systems

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Document Management Systems

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Office, Roundup

Here’s our updated verdict.

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Git Clients

wrkflw – validate and run GitHub Actions workflows locally

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

wrkflw is a command-line tool for validating and running GitHub Actions workflows locally.

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Reference Management

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI-Based Bibliography Tools

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Roundup, Scientific

A common misconception is that bibliography tools are really only useful for academics. However, this type of software is a type of reference manager offering the ability to collect large amounts of metadata.

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Emacs

MinEmacs – complete and fast Emacs configuration framework

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

MinEmacs is a complete and fast Emacs configuration framework designed for daily use.

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