This is a new series looking at the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux. I take a look at the laptop’s BIOS.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates
February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Soundboards
A soundboard is a useful tool that showcases various sound clips—think effects, jingles, voice snippets, and music—arranged in a grid layout for easy access.
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Linux Candy: tanuki – hourly animal crossing vibes
tanuki is a small GUI program that plays the hourly music from Animal Crossing on your computer.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Benchmarks
I run a series of benchmarks on the newly released Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus. It’s a very capable laptop.
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Trix Player – Linux music player built with Rust
Trix Player (or Trix) is a lightweight, high-performance music player written in Rust. Aimed at Linux users who favor the terminal
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Specifications
This is a new series looking at the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux. I grill the laptop using the inxi tool.
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tmuzika – Terminal music player for Linux
tmuzika aims to offer quick and simple music playback directly in the terminal, with full keyboard control.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Hardware Review
The Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus positions itself as a lightweight, mid-range productivity machine that blends premium materials with good performance.
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NM GUI – NetworkManager GUI
NM GUI is a simple, lightweight GTK4-based GUI for NetworkManager using nmcli.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Continuous Delivery Systems
Continuous delivery (CD) is a software engineering approach in which developers produce software in short cycles.
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MaxOr OS – European open-source operating system
MaxOr OS is a Debian Linux–based distribution designed to provide a highly optimized, performance-focused desktop experience.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Matrix Clients
This roundup features the finest terminal-based Matrix clients. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.
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Gollama – manage Ollama models
Gollama is a tool for managing Ollama models. It provides a TUI for listing, inspecting, deleting, copying, and pushing Ollama models.
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10 Top Free and Open Source C++ Web Frameworks
We recommend the best free and open source C++ frameworks.
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domain-check – check domain availability
domain-check is a CLI tool for checking domain availability using RDAP and WHOIS protocols.
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BBP Pairings – Swiss-system chess tournament engine
BBP Pairings is an engine for pairing players in a Swiss-system chess tournament.
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MCP Probe – MCP protocol debugger and interactive client
MCP Probe is a powerful Terminal User Interface (TUI) for debugging, testing, and interacting with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
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Iosevka – open source typeface family
Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif + slab-serif, monospace + quasi‑proportional typeface family
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WHPH – productivity app
WHPH is billed as a comprehensive productivity app designed to help you manage tasks, develop new habits, and optimize your time.
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fre – track your most-used directories and files
fre is a CLI tool for tracking your most-used directories and files.
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FyshOS – lightweight but attractive Linux based OS
FyshOS is a lightweight but attractive Linux based operating system. Built using modern tools and the Go language.
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Perch – terminal social client for Mastodon and Bluesky
Perch is billed as a beautiful terminal social client for Mastodon and Bluesky.
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Mindwtr – Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system
Mindwtr (Mind Like Water) is a complete Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system for desktop and mobile.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ping
This article spotlights alternative tools to ping. All software featured here is free and open source goodness.
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TLEscope – satellite visualization tool
TLEscope is a satellite visualization tool designed to transform Two-Line Element (TLE) sets into intuitive, interactive data.
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4 Best Free and Open Source Shutdown Timers
Linux is blessed with an abundance of useful utilities. We feature interesting shutdown timers. Open source goodness as you’d expect.
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ring – ping rewritten in Rust
ring is a simple ping too that’s been written in Rust.
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