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OrangePi SBC - RISC-V

Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Installing to the eMMC

July 17, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I document transferring my Ubuntu distribution from the microSD card to the eMMC. It makes the distro much snappier on the RV2.

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CAD Software

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk Fusion

July 16, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics

Autodesk Fusion is a CAD, CAM, and PCB design software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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WiFi

Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Improve Wi-Fi

July 15, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Let’s try to improve the Raspberry Pi 5’s Wi-Fi performance (transfer speed and latency) with a USB 3.0 adapter from BrosTrend.

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OrangePi SBC - RISC-V

Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Building a Program

July 14, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Options for installing software are a bit more limited with the RV2 compared with ARM-based single board computers. Let’s build a piece of open source software.

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Digital Asset Management

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk Motion FX

July 11, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Multimedia

Autodesk Motion FX is software to create real-time video effects using your computer’s camera. It’s also a video editor.

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2TB SSD

Kioxia Exceria Plus G2 Portable SSD 2TB Review

July 10, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

For this review, I’ve evaluating the Kioxia Exceria Plus G2 Portable SSD. It’s available in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities. I’m reviewing the 2TB version.

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OrangePi SBC ARM

Orange Pi 5 Max Single Board Computer: Power Consumption

July 9, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Orange Pi 5 Max and compare it to some other computers.

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Wi-Fi

BrosTrend AX1800 USB WiFi 6 Adapter AX4L Linux Compatible

July 8, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

This is a review of the BrosTrend USB WiFi 6 Adapter. It supports Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Ubuntu Mate, and other distributions.

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OrangePi SBC - RISC-V

Benchmarking the Orange Pi R2S Single Board Computer

July 7, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The Orange Pi R2S features a RISC-V processor, four wired network ports (two 2.5G ethernet ports and two 1G ethernet ports).

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OrangePi SBC - RISC-V

Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: orangepi-config

July 4, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

My RV2 board is running Ubuntu 24.04. Included is a configuration tool called orangepi-config. Let’s see what it offers.

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Luckfox 15.6″ Portable Monitor Review

July 3, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

This is a review of the Luckfox 15.6″ Portable Monitor. It’s an IPS screen with 1920×1080 resolution, 100% sRGB, and supports HDR.

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Banana Pi BPI-F3

Banana Pi BPI-F3 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Power Consumption

July 2, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Banana Pi BPI-F3 and compare it to some other computers.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: June 2025 Updates

July 1, 2025 Steve Emms Software

June 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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TEAMGROUP PD20 Mini External SSD

TEAMGROUP PD20 Mini External SSD Review

July 1, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

I’m testing the 2TB PD20 Mini External SSD which provides plenty of capacity for backing up a computer or holding a good chunk of data.

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OrangePi SBC - RISC-V

Orange Pi R2S Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction

June 30, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a series of articles looking at the Orange Pi R2S, the latest addition to the range of single board computers from Orange Pi.

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Ethernet

Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: 2.5Gbps Networking

June 26, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I explore a simple upgrade to improve the Raspberry Pi 5’s network speed.

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Intehill 16″ 3K Touchscreen U16ZT Portable Monitor Review

June 25, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

I’ve been evaluating the Intehill 16″ 3K Touchscreen Portable Monitor U16ZT with a variety of Linux devices. Here are my findings.

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OrangePi SBC - RISC-V

Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Power Consumption

June 24, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Orange Pi RV2 and compare it to some other computers.

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Banana Pi BPI-F3

Benchmarking the Banana Pi BPI-F3 Single Board Computer

June 23, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I benchmark the Banana Pi BPI-F3 and compare it to other single board computers as well as an N100 Mini PC.

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ARM v RISC-V

Benchmarking the Orange Pi 5 Ultra, Orange Pi 5 Max and Orange Pi RV2

June 20, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I benchmark the Orange Pi 5 Ultra, Orange Pi 5 Max, Orange Pi RV2 against a Raspberry Pi 5 and a DreamQuest N100 Mini PC.

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Ethernet

BrosTrend 5 Port 2.5GB Switch Review

June 19, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

The BrosTrend 5 Port 2.5GB Switch retails for £38. It’s a very cheap way to upgrade your local network for faster transfers.

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ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.0

ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.0 is here: discover the redesigned interface, diagram viewer, AI tools and more

June 18, 2025 Steve Emms Office

With over 20 new features and nearly 500 improvements.

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Mind Mapping

markmap – build mindmaps with plain text

July 17, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

markmap lets you visualize your Markdown as mindmaps. It parses Markdown content and extracts its intrinsic hierarchical structure

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Mailing List Managers

12 Best Free and Open Source Mailing List Managers

July 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

We recommend the best FOSS mailing list tools.

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Selection of utilities

Dotfiles Installer – install dotfiles with the minimum of fuss

July 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Take control of your dotfiles configurations with Dotfiles Installer, designed to make dotfile management seamless.

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WhatSie – WhatsApp web client

July 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

WhatSie is billed as a feature rich WhatsApp web client based on Qt WebEngine for Linux Desktop.

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Inventory Management

InvenTree – inventory management system

July 16, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

InvenTree is an inventory management system which provides intuitive parts management and stock control.

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opencu – minimalistic serial terminal emulator

July 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

opencu is serial terminal emulator. It’s a port of OpenBSD’s serial terminal emulator cu to Linux.

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Education

Kana – learn Japanese characters

July 16, 2025 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Kana helps you hone your Japanese skills by matching romanized characters to their correct hiragana and katakana counterparts.

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Karere – GTK4 WhatsApp Client

July 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Karere is a native GTK4 application that provides a seamless WhatsApp Web experience integrated with your Linux desktop.

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