The 12-core processor has a quad-core Cortex-A720 large core, quad-core Cortex-A720 medium core, and quad-core Cortex-A520 small core.
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ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.2 released: AI grammar and spell check, customizable hotkeys, macro recording, improved PDF redaction and forms
The latest version of ONLYOFFICE Docs is already available, bringing an AI-powered grammar and spelling checker that can be enabled through the built-in AI plugin. However, the 9.2 release also brings more customization (custom keyboard shortcuts), automation (macro recording), improved PDF redaction, and clearer form-building tools, all the small changes that add up to a smoother editing workflow.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: cTDP
Delving into the UM890 Pro’s BIOS reveals an option not available in the other mini PC’s I’ve been writing about. The BIOS setting lets you set the AMD Configurable TDP (cTDP).
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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2025 Updates
November 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Process Memory Tools
In this roundup we focus on useful tools that help you work out the amount of memory used by programs.
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Benchmarking the Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer
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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Tuckr – replacement for Stow
Tuckr is a dotfile manager inspired by Stow and Git. Tuckr aims to make dotfile management less painful.
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Zoph – web based digital image presentation and management system
Zoph (Zoph Organizes Photos) is a web based digital image presentation and management system. In other words, a photo album.
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Dangerzone – make PDFs safe
Dangerzone takes potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PDF.
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Gordon – create, wire and deploy AWS Lambdas using CloudFormation
Gordon is a tool to create, wire and deploy AWS Lambdas using CloudFormation.
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PMD – extensible cross-language static code analyzer
PMD is an extensible multilanguage static code analyzer. It finds common programming flaws like unused variables, empty catch blocks
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Audiobookshelf – self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.
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Pano Scrobbler – cross-platform music tracker
Pano Scrobbler is a feature packed cross-platform music tracker for Last.fm, ListenBrainz, Libre.fm, Pleroma and other compatible services.
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Quisk – Software Defined Radio transceiver
Quisk is a Software Defined Radio (SDR), software that controls a receiver and transmitter.
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24 Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to the Top Utility
top is a small, venerable utility that offers a dynamic real-time view of a running system. We identify alternatives to top that offer more control in managing processes on a running system.
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Damselfly – photo management system
Damselfly is a server-based Digital Photograph Management system. It’s designed to manage a large, folder-based collection of photographs.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools
Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux, top is a troubleshooting tool that often comes up in conversation. We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.
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Pegasus – graphical frontend for browsing your game library
Pegasus is a graphical frontend for browsing your game library and launching all kinds of emulators from the same place.
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treex – fast, and customizable CLI directory viewer
Treex (Tree Explorer) is a lightweight and modern command-line utility that lets you explore your file system visually.
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sot – system observation tool
sot is a Command-line System Observation Tool in the spirit of top. It’s free and open source software written in Python.
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17 Best Free and Open Source Python Microframeworks
This article examines the best Python microframeworks. Micro means the framework is small, with little or no tools and libraries.
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Nemesis Linux – Artix-based distribution
Nemesis Linux is a set of lightweight, minimalist live Linux distributions seeking inspiration from the Slackware-based Porteus project
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Clastic – functional web framework
Clastic is a functional Python web framework that streamlines explicit development practices while eliminating global state.
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Syuzhet – R package
Syuzhet is an R package for the extraction of sentiment and sentiment-based plot arcs from text.
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circuits – lightweight event driven application framework
circuits is a Lightweight Event driven and Asynchronous Application Framework for the Python programming language.
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