rustic is a secure backup tool with deduplication, encryption, compression, and local and cloud storage support.
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ATK Blazing Sky F1 V3 Series Esports Wireless Mouse Review
ATK Blazing Sky F1 V3 Ultimate+ wireless mouse, covering Linux support, 37g weight, PAW3955 sensor, 8K polling and battery life.
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MINISFORUM M2 Panther Lake Mini PC – NPU and Llama
Benchmarking the Minisforum M2’s Intel NPU with Llama 3.2 1B and OpenVINO, including speed, TTFT and AMD Ryzen AI comparisons.
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amdtop – TUI system monitor designed for AMD GPUs and XDNA NPU
amdtop is a terminal-based system monitor for computers powered by AMD hardware.
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NETGEAR Orbi 770: Are the Guest and IoT Networks Really Isolated?
Testing the NETGEAR Orbi 770 shows Guest Wi-Fi isolates LAN devices, while the IoT SSID does not.
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Why Linux Projects Need Dedicated Servers
Slow builds and shared hosting are costing Linux projects contributors. Here’s why dedicated servers are a must-have.
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8 Useful Free and Open Source S3 GUI Tools
Explore the best S3 desktop clients for Linux to browse buckets, manage files, transfer data, and access compatible object storage.
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TEAMGROUP T-Force G70 PRO 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVMe Review
TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G70 PRO 2TB SSD review under Linux, testing PCIe 4.0 performance, sustained writes, random access, temperatures and endurance.
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Minisforum N5 Pro NAS – NPU with FastFlowLM
FastFlowLM puts the Minisforum N5 Pro’s 50 TOPS AMD XDNA 2 NPU to work under Linux for local LLMs and private AI server workloads.
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Flux – multi-threaded Linux file manager
Flux is a fast, minimalist GTK4 file manager for Linux with archive browsing, network access, content search and extensive keyboard control.
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izrss – terminal-based RSS feed reader
izrss is a terminal-based RSS feed reader written in Go.
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Why AI-Heavy Projects Rarely Feature on LinuxLinks
I explain why AI-heavy open source projects rarely feature on LinuxLinks and the standards software must meet before I recommend it.
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Minisforum N5 Pro Review – Five-Bay NAS with Ryzen AI 9 Power
Minisforum N5 Pro review with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370, NVMe storage and 10GbE networking.
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Termora – Terminal Emulator and SSH Client
Termora is an open source terminal emulator and SSH client with host management, SFTP transfers, remote editing, plugins and more.
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MinisCloud OS Review – customised Linux NAS operating system
MinisCloud OS is a customised Linux NAS operating system developed for Minisforum. I take a detailed look at the OS.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: July 2026 Updates
July 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Wiki GUI Notes Apps
Desktop wiki applications offer a different approach to note taking from conventional note apps.
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BcalcOS – Devuan-based Linux distribution
BcalcOS is a Devuan-based, systemd-free Linux distribution combining sysvinit, XLibre, SLiM and the Xfce desktop.
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18 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Servers
This article examines the best free Linux remote desktop servers.
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Dynare – software platform for handling a wide range of economic models
Dynare is a software platform for handling a wide range of economic models, particularly dynamic stochastic general equilibrium
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Handwritten GUI Notes Apps
Handwritten note-taking applications bring pen-and-paper workflow to the Linux desktop. We pick the best tools for the job.
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loksh – Linux port of the Korn shell
loksh is a Linux port of the Korn shell supplied by OpenBSD. It follows the OpenBSD source closely
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Carboxyl – community-maintained fork of Carbonyl
Carboxyl is a community-maintained fork of Carbonyl, a Chromium-based web browser designed to run inside a terminal.
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Marcel – modern shell
Marcel is a modern shell that uses Python values rather than plain text as the primary data passed through pipelines.
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Papr – terminal workspace for academic research
Papr is a terminal research workspace combining arXiv discovery, PDF management, reading, notes and LaTeX and Typst manuscript editing.
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TerriaMap – build and deploy geospatial data explorers
TerriaMap is a complete web application for building and deploying geospatial data explorers. It uses the TerriaJS platform.
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CarotOS – Linux distribution for learning cybersecurity
CarotOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed to help beginners learn about cybersecurity tools.
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Multipass – lightweight virtual machine manager
Multipass is a lightweight virtual machine manager for Linux, Windows and macOS.
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Edbrowse – command-line text editor, web browser, email client, IRC client and database interface
Edbrowse is modelled on the ed text editor and presents web content through a command-response interface
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11 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Graphical Web Browsers
This article identifies the finest free and open source graphical web browsers that have a small footprint.
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Kudu – create and manage QEMU virtual machines from the terminal
Kudu is a Rust terminal interface for creating and managing QEMU virtual machines on Linux without requiring libvirt.
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Gocaster – lightweight terminal-based podcast
Gocaster is a lightweight terminal-based podcast client..It provides a Bubble Tea interface for browsing, subscribing to and playing podcasts.
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Amphiptere OS – Debian-based Purple Team Linux distribution
Amphiptere OS is a lightweight Debian-based Linux distribution for Purple Team operations, security testing and cybersecurity tool development.
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drydock – track outstanding work across Git repositories
drydock is a fast Rust terminal dashboard for finding uncommitted, unpushed and unreleased work across collections of Git repositories.
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