In this article I explore running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the Orange Pi 6 Plus single board computer.
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3 Useful Free and Open Source Kotlin Code Formatters
This roundup selects some useful code formatters for Kotlin developers. Only free and open source software is included.
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4 Useful Free and Open Source Kotlin Linters
This article picks some useful tools to help you fix Kotlin code. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.
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Linux Candy: Fractal Art – desktop wallpaper generator
Fractal Art is software which generates colorful wallpapers. It’s free and open source software written in Haskell.
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BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Fan Noise
Fan noise can ruin my enjoyment of using a computer. In this article I report my findings on the BOSGAME M6 Mini PC.
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goradion – command line radio player
goradion is a TUI internet radio player for Linux. It uses mpv as its playback engine.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: BIOS
In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the Minisforum UM890 Pro.
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Musicat – desktop music player
Musicat is billed as a sleek music player for your local music library. It supports MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, and OGG formats.
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3 Useful Free and Open Source R Linters
This article picks some useful tools to help you fix R code.
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14 Useful Free and Open Source CSS Parsers
A CSS parser is a component of a web browser (or any CSS-processing tool) that reads CSS code and turns it into a structured format.
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Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: Power Consumption
For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Orange Pi 6 Plus comparing it to other machines.
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podliner – terminal-based podcast player
podliner is a terminal-based podcast player. It’s cross-platform software that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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Linux Candy: ascii_moon – displays the moon phase
ascii_moon is a small TUI program that displays the moon phase in ASCII art. It’s a small single native binary.
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BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – BIOS
In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the BOSGAME M6 Plus.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: December 2025 Updates
December 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2025
I’ve trawled through our statistics and found our ten most well received posts/series that saw the highest page views for 2025.
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LinuxLinks.com reaches epic milestone
We at LinuxLinks.com are thrilled to announce a remarkable achievement: we’ve just published our 10,000th article on all things Linux!
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LinuxLinks – The Home of Linux
Our popular series on the best free and open source Linux software, hardware including mini PCs and SBCs, phones, and NAS devices.
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Beartype – static type checking
Beartype is a pure-Python PEP-compliant near-real-time hybrid runtime-static third-generation type-checker emphasizing efficiency
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vcs2l – fork of vcstool
vcs2l is a fork of vcstool which is a version control system (VCS) tool, designed to make working with multiple repositories easier.
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cview – terminal-based user interface toolkit
cview is a terminal-based user interface toolkit. This package is a fork of tview.
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Lip Gloss – style definitions for nice terminal layouts
Lip Gloss takes an expressive, declarative approach to terminal rendering. Users familiar with CSS will feel at home with Lip Gloss.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Linux HTML Editors
An HTML editor is computer software for creating web pages.
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dodo – fast and configurable PDF viewer
dodo is billed as a fast, keyboard-friendly PDF reader built for smooth reading, quick navigation, and deep customization.
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Hancho – build system
Hancho is a simple, pleasant build system that fits in a single Python file with no dependencies and no installation required.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Linux CRM Software
The purpose of this article is to focus on software which helps to improve the level of service provided by a firm to its customers, as well as to maximise the organisation’s profitability.
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Proslenkey – application launcher
Proslenkey is a lightweight GTK4 application launcher for Wayland.
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Schedrem – cross-platform task scheduler and reminder
Schedrem is a Python package that provides a tool for scheduling tasks and setting reminders.
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netwhy – diagnose slow or unreliable network connections
netwhy is a lightweight Linux command-line tool that diagnoses slow or unreliable network connections.
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typomat – command-line typing practice tool
typomat is a command-line typing practice tool that creates exercises from the contents of your repository.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for mpv
mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
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gocui – create console user interfaces
gocui is a minimalist Go package aimed at creating Console User Interfaces.
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Traggo – self-hosted tag-based time tracking
Traggo is a tag-based time tracking tool. In Traggo there are no tasks, only tagged time spans.
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xt7-player-mpv – mpv GUI
xt7-player-mpv aims to be an (in)complete graphical interface to mpv, focused on usability.
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termui – Golang terminal dashboard
termui is a cross-platform and fully-customizable terminal dashboard and widget library built on top of termbox-go.
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uosc – minimalist proximity-based UI for mpv
uosc is a feature-rich minimalist proximity-based UI for mpv.
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