Skip to content
LinuxLinks

LinuxLinks

The Linux Portal Site

  • Home
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Series
  • Search
Bosgame M7 Mini PC

Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Benchmarking

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The BOSGAME M7 is a very powerful mini PC based on the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H processor with integrated Intel Arc 140T graphics.

Read more
Minisforum AI X1 Pro

Minisforum AI X1 Pro: Easy Diffusion

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Scientific

Easy Diffusion’s newer v4 engine can use the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370’s Radeon 890M GPU for image generation. It makes a big difference.

Read more
MS-02 Ultra

Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Introduction

May 8, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

The Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX targets users who want a compact but highly expandable workstation or mini server.

Read more
Bosgame M7 Mini PC

Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Introduction to the Series

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a new series looking at the Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H mini PC running Linux.

Read more
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I’ll walk through installing Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on the Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation.

Read more
Sound Systems

10 Useful Free and Open Source Audio Effects, Mixers, and PipeWire Routing Tools

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This type of software is useful for musicians, streamers, podcasters, gamers, and anyone who wants more control over how audio flows.

Read more

The UPERFECT UColor T6 Review

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

The UPERFECT UColor T6 is a 16-inch 4K portable display with a touchscreen panel and a bright, detailed image.

Read more
Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: April 2026 Updates

April 30, 2026 Steve Emms Software

April 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

Read more
Internet radio

PMRP-NG – terminal internet radio player

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

PMRP-NG is a lightweight terminal internet radio player for Linux and macOS that uses Radio-Browser to provide searchable access.

Read more
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: BIOS

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation.

Read more

7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web-Based Ham Radio Tools

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Roundup, Web Apps

Ham radio is a popular hobby and service bringing people, electronics and communication together. We pick our favorite ham radio tools.

Read more
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Power Consumption

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation comparing it to other machines.

Read more
Internet Radio

TuneIn CLI – browse and listen to thousands of radio stations

April 22, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

TuneIn CLI is a Rust-based terminal application for browsing and listening to internet radio stations from the command line.

Read more
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Benchmarks

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I put the Minisforum MS-R1 through a series of benchmarks and compare its results to a variety of machines.

Read more
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Introduction

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The Minisforum MS-R1 is an ARM-based mini workstation aimed at developers and homelab enthusiasts looking for Linux/ARM experimentation

Read more
New App of the Week

rig.fm – internet radio in your terminal

April 15, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

rig.fm is an appealing little project that knows exactly what it wants to be: an internet radio player for the terminal.

Read more
Machine Learning

waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan – upscaler and denoiser

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan is a command-line image upscaler and denoiser built on the ncnn inference framework.

Read more
Image showing an example of pixel artwork

Pixed – pixel art editor

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Pixed is a touch-friendly pixel art editor written in C# and .NET 9 using the Avalonia UI framework.

Read more
DNA

11 Best Free and Open Source Web Based Genome Browsers

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

A Genome browser provides a graphical interface for users to browse, search, retrieve and analyze genomic sequence and annotation data.

Read more
Image showing an example of pixel artwork

PixlPunkt – modern, cross-platform pixel art editor

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

PixlPunkt is a pixel art editor that brings together painting tools, layered editing, animation workflow and tile work.

Read more
Linux Distributions

ALBA Linux Project – Japanese Linux distribution

May 12, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

ALBA Linux Project is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. It uses the Cinnamon desktop environment with Japanese support.

Read more
Food and Drink Software

15 Best Free and Open Source Food and Drink Software

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 15 high quality food and drink software.

Read more
Git Clients

git-open – small command-line helper

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-open is a small command-line helper that adds a handy git open command to Git.

Read more
Coding

24 Best Free and Open Source Python Linter Tools

May 12, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix Python code.

Read more
Machine Learning

chaiNNer – node-based image processing GUI

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

chaiNNer is a node-based image processing application that lets users build visual workflows by connecting processing nodes.

Read more
Encrypted Files

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI File Encryption Tools

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

This roundup looks at the finest GUI-based file encryption tools. Only free and open source software is included.

Read more

pydoclint – Python docstring linter

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pydoclint is a Python docstring linter intended for developers who want stricter, more reliable docstring validation in Python projects.

Read more
Git Clients

git-when-merged – command-line tool

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-when-merged is a command-line tool that helps you find the merge commit that first brought a specific commit into a branch.

Read more
Documentation

advcpmv – patch for cp

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

advcpmv is a maintained patch set for Core Utilities that extends cp and mv with progress-aware transfer output.

Read more
Documentation

cpx – modern replacement for the traditional cp command

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cpx is a command-line utility for Linux that rethinks the classic cp command with an emphasis on speed, resilience.

Read more
Git Clients

git-fixup – command-line helper for Git users

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-fixup is a command-line helper for Git users who rely on interactive rebase and autosquash.

Read more

Refurb – modernize Python codebases

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Refurb is a command-line utility that helps developers modernize Python codebases

Read more
Git Clients

git-autofixup – Git helper that creates fixup commits for topic branches

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-autofixup is a Git helper that creates fixup commits for topic branches.

Read more
Linux Distributions

Insanely Small Linux – minimalist x86_64 Linux system

May 11, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Insanely Small Linux is a minimalist x86_64 Linux system focused on reducing the operating system footprint as far as possible.

Read more

Posts pagination

1 2 3 … 364 Next Posts»

Best Free Software

Document Management Systems
Documents
Web Browsers
Internet
Education
Education
Internet Radio
Audio
YouTube Tools
Video
Paint Palette
Graphics
System Administration
Admin
Docks
Desktop
Productivity
Productivity
Genome Browsers - Web Based
Science
Games
Games
Vulnerability detection
Security
Replacements for du
Utilities
Object Relational Mapping
Coding
Stockmarket
Finance
Web Delivery
Web Apps
Crafting
Other
Programming Books
Books

Data Science

Data ScienceTake our free interactive courses in data science. There are courses for Python using pandas and plotnine and R using ggplot2.

Get up to speed in 20 minutes. No programming knowledge is required.

Recent Comments

  • Steve Emms on Review: Late Night Linux – for discerning Linux adults
  • Torin Doyle on Review: Late Night Linux – for discerning Linux adults
  • Liam on Why I moved over to CachyOS from Manjaro
  • Molasses on Docky – full fledged dock application
  • Miko on Docky – full fledged dock application
  • George on Why I moved over to CachyOS from Manjaro
  • Steve Emms on Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Introduction
  • Josh on Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Introduction
  • Naomi on Why I moved over to CachyOS from Manjaro
  • Bill on Why I moved over to CachyOS from Manjaro

Programming Books

Read our curated lists of great free programming books. Learn Java, C, Python, C++, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and many more languages.

Alternatively, check out our series of great free programming tutorials.

Feedback

Help expand our coverage of Linux software by completing our:

  • Open-source software form
  • Linux distro form

Your feedback is very much appreciated. Complete our contact form.

Support Us


Donate
to LinuxLinks

Thank you for supporting LinuxLinks. If you like our site, the best way to ensure it remains available is to make a donation.

Small Devices

We’re publishing a series of articles for each of these Linux-based phones, Mini PCs, SBCs, and NAS devices.

Minisforum MS-02 Mini Workstation
BOSGAME M7 285H – Intel
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation
Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus laptop
BOSGAME M6 HX370 – AMD
BOSGAME M4 Plus – AMD
Minisforum AI X1 Pro – AMD
Minisforum UM890 Pro – AMD
Volla Phone Quintus with UT (ARM)
HP ProBook 440 G8 Refurb – Intel
ASRock NUC BOX-255H – Intel
Aiffro K100 All-SSD NAS – Intel
Orange Pi 6 Plus (ARM)
Orange Pi R2S (RISC-V)
Orange Pi RV2 (RISC-V)
Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Max (ARM)
Raspberry Pi 5 (ARM)

Other SBC series are available on our Series landing page.

Replace Proprietary Software

Migrate from large multinational software companies and embrace free and open source solutions.

Google
Google
Microsoft
Microsoft
Apple
Apple
Adobe
Adobe
IBM
IBM
Autodesk
Autodesk
Oracle
Oracle
Atlassian
Atlassian
Corel
Corel
Cisco
Cisco
Intuit
Intuit
SAS
SAS
Progress
Progress
Salesforce
Salesforce
Citrix
Citrix

Reviews

ReviewsWe’ve written tons of in-depth and completely impartial reviews of open source software. Read our reviews.

New to Linux?

NewbieBegin your Linux journey with our easy-to-understand guide designed for newcomers.

Mega Compilations

100 GUI Apps
100 TUI Apps
100 CLI Apps

Recent Posts

  • waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan – upscaler and denoiser
  • Pixed – pixel art editor
  • Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Benchmarking
  • 11 Best Free and Open Source Web Based Genome Browsers
  • PixlPunkt – modern, cross-platform pixel art editor
  • ALBA Linux Project – Japanese Linux distribution
  • 15 Best Free and Open Source Food and Drink Software
  • git-open – small command-line helper
  • 24 Best Free and Open Source Python Linter Tools
  • chaiNNer – node-based image processing GUI

Desktops

9 Best Desktops
24 KDE Themes
33 KDE Widgets
42 GNOME Extensions
Pantheon, Trinity, LXDE

Archives

Related

Contact us
Link us
FAQ
Comment FAQ
ForFOSS.com
OSSBlog.org
Privacy Policy

© LinuxLinks 1998-2026: Designed by LinuxLinks.