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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Bac-Ha-OS – Linux Mint based distribution
Bac-Ha-OS is a Linux Mint-based desktop distribution offering separate Cinnamon and MATE editions.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors
This article focuses on stacking Wayland compositors. Only free and open source software is included in this article.
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TwinHunter – find and clean up duplicate files
TwinHunter is a command-line utility for finding and cleaning up duplicate files.
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9 Top Data Analysis Free and Open Source Tools for Big Data
Big Data analysis can be performed with data mining software. Here’s the best free tools to perform data analysis on big data.
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Medama – self-hosted, privacy-focused website analytics platform
Medama is a self-hosted, privacy-focused website analytics platform. It provides real-time traffic information without using cookies.
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Cantor – graphical front-end for mathematical, statistical and scientific computing software
Cantor provides an interface for a collection of external programming languages, computer algebra systems and numerical computing packages.
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tg – Telegram terminal client
tg is a Python Telegram terminal client with messaging, media, voice notes, secret chats, notifications and vi-style keybindings.
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OpenPanel – web and product analytics platform
OpenPanel is a web and product analytics platform designed as an open source alternative to Mixpanel.
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lsoff – lists listening TCP/UDP ports
lsoff is a cross-platform CLI and TUI for finding processes listening on TCP and UDP ports, with search, JSON output and process termination.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Email Clients
We feature our recommended graphical email clients. They are all free and open source goodness.
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hyprmag – screen magnifier
hyprmag is a screen magnifier for wlroots-compatible Wayland compositors. It displays a magnifying lens that follows the mouse pointer.
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49 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Emulators
A terminal emulator is computer software which emulates a dumb video terminal. We make our recommendations.
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Livebook – create interactive and collaborative code notebooks
Livebook is a web application for creating interactive and collaborative code notebooks.
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BlossomOS – immutable Linux distribution with KDE Plasma
BlossomOS is an immutable open source Linux distribution with KDE Plasma, image-based updates, broad software support and a focus on privacy.
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shmooz – Wayland presentation and screenshot tool
shmooz is a Wayland presentation and screenshot tool. It lets you magnify and pan the current output, add annotations
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tgt – terminal user interface for Telegram
tgt is a Rust terminal user interface for Telegram with messaging, media, search, themes, file handling, voice playback and proxy support.
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Spaced Linux – desktop Linux distribution built on Devuan
Spaced Linux is a desktop Linux distribution built on Devuan. It combines the traditional MATE desktop with Compiz
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Swetrix – privacy-first, cookieless web analytics platform
Swetrix is a privacy-first, cookieless web analytics platform. It combines real-time traffic statistics with custom events, user flows…
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