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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Lunet – modular static website generator
Lunet is a fast, modular static website generator for .NET. It uses the Scriban templating language
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Dart Frog – fast, minimalistic backend framework
Dart Frog is a fast, minimalistic backend framework for Dart. It provides a small API surface and a unified Dart toolchain.
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11 Useful Free and Open Source S3 File Systems and Tools
This roundup focuses on software that turns S3 into a convenient file system. We also include a few useful S3 utilities.
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Apache Kvrocks – distributed key-value NoSQL database
Apache Kvrocks is a distributed key-value NoSQL database built on RocksDB. It implements the Redis protocol.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Ruby Static Site Generators
Investigate the best static site generators written in the Ruby programming language. They are all free and open source software.
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asmdiff – compare C function assembly across compilers
asmdiff is a command-line tool for inspecting and comparing the assembly generated for individual C functions.
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4 Easy Ways to Access R from a Python Program
This roundup picks the finest software which lets you access R from within a Python program.
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sph-web-publish – static site generator
sph-web-publish manages website content in a directory, processes source files into deployable output, and uploads the finished site to local or remote destinations.
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makeblog – lightweight static blog generator
makeblog is a lightweight static blog generator written as a BSD makefile. It converts locally written Markdown posts into HTML.
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TiKV – distributed transactional key-value database
TiKV is a distributed transactional key-value database. It provides conventional key-value operations with ACID-compliant distributed transactions.
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DocuDart – static documentation generator
DocuDart is a static documentation generator for Dart projects. Powered by Jaspr, it converts Markdown content and Dart components.
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Typsite – static site generator
Typsite is a static site generator that lets authors create website content using Typst.
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ForgePages – lightweight static site generator
ForgePages is a lightweight static site generator written in Lua. It combines HTML pages with reusable template fragments.
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11 Best Free and Open Source Perl Static Site Generators
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of the best Perl static site generators.
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Mountpoint for Amazon S3 – high-throughput file client
Mountpoint for Amazon S3 is a high-throughput file client that mounts an Amazon S3 bucket as a local file system.
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3 Easy Ways to Access Python from R
This roundup picks the finest software which lets you access Python from R.
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Kodama – command-line static site generator
Kodama is a command-line static site generator designed for creating interconnected Zettelkasten-style note collections.
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5 Useful Free and Open Source Make Static Site Generators
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of static site generators that use make
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Keyward – terminal user interface for managing SSH keys and configuration
Keyward is a terminal user interface for managing SSH keys and configuration from a single keyboard-driven application.
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