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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Das Keyboard 5QS Mark II Review – Smart RGB mechanical keyboard
Das Keyboard 5QS Mark II reviewed on Linux: full-size design, Cherry MX2A Brown switches, RGB Q software, Linux support, and value verdict.
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fooyin v0.11 released with internet radio browsing and much more
fooyin v0.11.0 adds internet radio browsing, spectrum visualisations, playlist improvements, layout refinements, and better playback handling.
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27 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Music Players
All music libraries are different, and the right open source music player can make a world of difference – especially if you’ve a large collection. We recommend the best terminal-based music players.
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Publii – desktop content management system
Publii is a desktop content management system for creating fast, secure static websites.
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15 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript Static Site Generators
A static site works very well in certain use cases. For example, it’s great for documentation. And static sites can be just as engaging as dynamic sites.
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mkweb – compact static website generator
mkweb is a compact static website generator for Node.js. It builds websites from Markdown and HTML source files.
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htagcli – view, edit and validate metadata tags
htagcli is a command-line utility for viewing, editing and validating metadata tags in audio files.
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MacroExpress – small, asynchronous web framework
MacroExpress is a small, asynchronous web framework for Swift. It offers APIs modelled on Node.js and Express.
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Lume – fast and flexible static site generator
Lume is a fast and flexible static site generator for Deno. It seeks inspiration from Jekyll and Eleventy.
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Aletheia – detect hidden messages in digital images
Aletheia is a command-line toolbox for detecting hidden messages in digital images. It uses machine learning.
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Vantum – lightweight Linux distribution
Vantum is a lightweight Ubuntu-based Linux distribution built with Woof-CE, the official Puppy Linux build system.
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19 Best Free and Open Source Key Value Stores for Big Data
This article recommends the best free and open source software key value stores for Big Data.
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Vaadin-on-Kotlin – web application framework
Vaadin-on-Kotlin (VoK) is a web application framework for building database-backed applications in Kotlin.
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5 Best Free and Open Source C++ Application Servers
An application server is computer software which provides the business logic for an application program. Here’s our recommended C++ servers.
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PM2 – production process manager
PM2 is a production process manager designed primarily for Node.js and Bun applications.
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8 Best Free and Open Source C# Static Site Generators
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we share the best C# static site generators.
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Rspress – fast static site generator
Rspress is a fast static site generator built on Rsbuild and the Rspack ecosystem.
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LemonLDAP::NG – web single sign-on, access management and identity federation platform
LemonLDAP::NG provides authentication, authorisation and accounting services for protecting web applications and centralising identity management.
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Supranim – full-featured web framework
Supranim is a full-featured web framework for building web applications, REST APIs and real-time services in Nim.
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Logto – identity and access management platform
Logto is an identity and access management platform designed for SaaS, web, mobile and AI applications.
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NTag – graphical audio file tag editor
NTag is a graphical audio file tag editor written in Java. It lets users view and edit metadata, artwork and extended tag fields.
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10 Top Free and Open Source Nim Web Frameworks
We look at the best free and open source Nim web frameworks. Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language.
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