fooyin v0.12.0 adds audio conversion, new visualisations and playback improvements.
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Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC Review – Cores
Beelink EQi 304 Linux benchmarks compare its P-core and LP E-cores with the Intel N100, showing strong gains and scaling.
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Revisited: mpz – Linux music player
We revisit mpz to assess its new gapless playback, equalizer and internet radio features, and whether the player is now worth recommending.
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Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC Review – BIOS
Explore the Beelink EQi Core 3 304 mini PC BIOS, including CPU, power, fan, Secure Boot, Wake-on-LAN and boot settings.
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Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC Review – Power Consumption
I test the Beelink EQi Core 3 304 mini PC’s Linux power consumption at idle, under light use and full CPU load, with electricity costs.
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SparkPlayer – visually appealing media player
SparkPlayer is a terminal media player with album art, video playback, playlists, visualizers and extensive theme support.
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Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC Review – Benchmarking
Beelink EQi 304 Linux benchmarks covering Core 3 304 CPU, Xe3 graphics, LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 storage performance.
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koan – audiophile music player
koan is a terminal-based music player designed for high-quality local and streamed audio playback. Written in Rust with a Ratatui interface.
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Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC Review – Introduction to the Series
Beelink EQi Core 3 304 Linux review covering design, ports, hardware, Linux compatibility, 10GbE networking and initial performance.
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Ploopy Bean Pointing Stick Mouse Review
Ploopy Bean review: an open-source pointing stick mouse with precise control, programmable buttons, VIA support and strong Linux compatibility.
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ATK Dragonfly A9 Air Ultimate Lightweight Wireless Mouse Review
ATK Dragonfly A9 Air Ultimate review covering Linux compatibility, build quality, 8K wireless performance, battery life and usability.
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BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC running Linux – Noise
BOSGAME VTA-439 noise tested under Linux. I assess fan behaviour, acoustics at idle and heavy load, and the mini PC’s BIOS fan options.
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bulletty – TUI RSS/Atom feed reader
Explore bulletty, a terminal-based RSS and Atom feed reader with offline access, local Markdown storage, and a keyboard-driven interface.
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Revisited: Trix Player – Linux music player
I revisit Trix Player for Linux after its developer adds gapless playback and Vim-style navigation to this frugal terminal music player.
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NETGEAR Orbi 770 Series Tri-Band WiFi 7 Mesh System Review – RBE773 3-Pack
NETGEAR Orbi 770 RBE773 review: superb WiFi 7 mesh performance with near-2.5GbE wireless backhaul speeds, broad coverage and easy setup.
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BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC running Linux – BIOS
Explore the BOSGAME VTA-439 BIOS, including hidden settings, fan modes, Secure Boot and iGPU memory allocation.
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BM – minimalist terminal music player
BM is a modern terminal music player with directory browsing, album artwork, fuzzy search, playlists and MPRIS2 support.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Manga and Comic Downloaders for Linux
This roundup focuses on free and open source tools designed to help readers download, organise, and enjoy manga and comics on Linux.
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Cudy WR11000 Wi-Fi 7 Router Review
This is a review of the Cudy WR11000, a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router with 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz wireless, plus four 2.5GbE ports.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: June 2026 Updates
June 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Minisforum MKB i83 wireless mechanical keyboard review
Minisforum MKB i83 is an an 83-key mechanical keyboard with a small footprint, aluminium alloy body, RGB lighting, and PBT keycaps.
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P-Cores, E-Cores and LP E-Cores Compared Across 4 Intel Processors
Intel P-Cores, E-Cores, and LP E-Cores compared across Core Ultra 7 356H, Core Ultra 9 285HX, Core Ultra 9 285H, and Core Ultra 7 255H.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Sound Systems
A sound system is software that manages the use of and access to audio devices (usually a sound card). It commonly runs as a background process.
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SimpleImageViewer – high-performance image viewer
SimpleImageViewer is a high-performance image viewer designed for rapidly browsing large photo and image collections.
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Autokit – drum machine plugin and standalone app
Autokit is a sample-based drum machine that runs as a standalone application or as a VST3 and CLAP plugin.
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OneUptime – self-hosted observability and incident management platform
OneUptime is a self-hosted observability and incident management platform.
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Saltcorn – no-code application development platform
Saltcorn is an extensible no-code platform for building web and mobile database applications.
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Overmind – process manager for Procfile-based applications
Overmind uses tmux to run multiple application processes in a single terminal while retaining access to each process individually.
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LibreBooking – self-hosted resource reservation system
LibreBooking is a web-based resource scheduling and reservation system. It helps organisations manage bookings for rooms, equipment.
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27 Best Free and Open Source PHP Web Content Management Systems
Manage a website with these free and open source PHP-based web content management systems.
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Oxpecker – full-stack F# web framework
Oxpecker is a full-stack F# web framework. It provides an idiomatic functional interface to ASP.NET Core Endpoint routing.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Tools to Search the Filesystem
Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.
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cls – terminal-based soundboard
cls is a terminal-based soundboard that combines file management with command-driven audio playback.
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11 Top Free and Open Source Lisp Web Frameworks
A web framework offers the developer a choice about how to solve a specific problem. Here’s our recommended Lisp frameworks.
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spectatui – manage projects built with GitHub Spec-Kit
Spectatui is a terminal dashboard for managing projects built with GitHub Spec-Kit. It provides a central interface for tracking features
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CImg – lightweight C++ toolkit
CImg is a lightweight C++ toolkit for developing image-processing applications.
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WBCE CMS – user-friendly content management system
WBCE CMS is a user-friendly content management system designed for creating and maintaining websites.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Animation Tools
There is a huge range of open source software available to create, modify and convert 2D and 3D computer graphics. In the field of animation, we make these recommendations.
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Soundboard – desktop audio mixing application
Soundboard is a desktop audio mixing application for playing sound clips through voice chats and games.
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ClassicPress – lightweight content management system
ClassicPress is a lightweight content management system designed for creating and managing websites without a block-based editing interface.
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