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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Best Free and Open Source Software: October 2025 Updates
October 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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passless – software FIDO2 authenticator
passless is a software FIDO2 authenticator that emulates a hardware security key. It’s built with soft-fido2
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blue – Python code formatter
blue is a somewhat less uncompromising code formatter than black, the OG of Python formatters.
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fsel – fast TUI app launcher and fuzzy finder
fsel is a fast TUI app launcher and fuzzy finder for Linux and *BSD.
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wifitui – fast featureful friendly wifi terminal UI
wifitui is a fast, featureful, and friendly replacement for nmtui.
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kbd-backlight – intelligent keyboard backlight daemon
kbd-backlight is an intelligent keyboard backlight daemon for Linux laptops with automatic brightness control
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Vigil – microservices status page
Vigil is a Status Page you can host on your infrastructure, used to monitor all your servers and apps
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ddhx – hex editor
ddhx is a simple multi-platform modal Text UI hex editor.
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AliaCan – shell alias manager
AliaCan is billed as a powerful, user-friendly shell alias manager for Linux with automatic backups, cross-shell support, and more.
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lazysql – cross-platform TUI database management tool
lazysql is a cross-platform TUI database management tool.
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AyuGram – desktop Telegram client
AyuGram is a Telegram client focusing on improving life with features that can’t be implemented in regular clients.
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Charta – generate colorful terminal graphs
Charta is a utility written in Go to display small colored charts in the terminal.
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ASTAP – Astrometric STAcking Program
ASTAP is a free stacking and astrometric solver (plate solver) program for deep sky images.
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star – command line bookmark manager
star is a (slightly over-engineered) Unix command line bookmark manager.
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Kubethor – Kubernetes management web application
Kubethor is a Kubernetes management web application built using Go and React.
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OpenTrace – GUI wrapper for NextTrace
OpenTrace is a cross-platform GUI wrapper for NextTrace, a visual routing tool that aims to be lightweight.
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TERM39 – modern terminal multiplexer
TERM39 is a modern terminal multiplexer with classic MS-DOS aesthetic, built with Rust.
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NextTrace – visual route tracking CLI tool
NextTrace is a visual routing tool that aims to be lightweight. It’s developed using Golang.
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marimo – reactive Python notebook
marimo is a reactive Python notebook: run a cell or interact with a UI element, and marimo automatically runs dependent cells
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: traceroute
traceroute tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to a given host. We recommend the best alternatives.
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6 Useful Free and Open Source Arch Client-Side Mirror Tools
The software typically compares the mirror databases with the local database.
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