Let’s see how the iGPU performs.
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Stencil – powerful batch file renamer with live previews
Stencil is a modern Linux batch file renamer with stackable operations, live previews, presets, metadata-based renaming and undo support.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning
Best free and open source alternatives to Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning for burning, copying, ripping and authoring optical discs on Linux.
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AetherTune – Terminal Internet Radio Player Review
A review of AetherTune, an open source terminal radio player with station search, favourites, audio visualisation, and themes.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Data Studio
Explore the best free and open source alternatives to Google Data Studio for dashboards, reporting, analytics and data visualisation.
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4 Best Free and Open Source PKI and Certificate Authority Tools
Explore free and open source PKI and Certificate Authority tools for managing certificates, digital identities, signing and trust.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Roxio Easy VHS to DVD
Best free and open source alternatives to Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for capturing, converting, editing and authoring analogue video on Linux.
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Wayland Has Won, But It Hasn’t Replaced Everything X11 Did
Wayland has won the Linux desktop, but remote access, automation and accessibility can still be harder than under X11.
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BOSGAME VTA-439: Run VirtualBox on the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470’s Zen 5 Cores
Run VirtualBox on the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470’s Zen 5 cores with taskset and a KDE desktop entry, avoiding slower Zen 5c cores.
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SquirrelDisk – fast and attractive disk usage analyzer
SquirrelDisk is a fast open source disk usage analyzer with sunburst and treemap views, cleanup tools, SSH scanning, cloud storage and themes.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Application Sandboxing Tools
Explore Linux application sandboxing tools for isolating software and restricting access to system resources.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: September 2026 Updates
September 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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LinuxLinks Policy on AI-Heavy Software Projects
We explain why AI-heavy open source projects rarely feature on LinuxLinks and the standards software must meet before we recommend it.
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podcast-dl – Download and Archive Podcasts from the Command Line
podcast-dl is a flexible command-line tool for downloading, filtering, archiving and organising podcast episodes from RSS feeds.
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4 Best Free and Open Source PHP Code Formatters
Explore the best free and open source tools for automatically formatting PHP source code and enforcing consistent coding styles.
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Minisforum Says Disable Four of the MS-R1’s 12 CPU Cores – Is Linux Scheduling Them Properly?
Minisforum says disable four MS-R1 CPU cores. I test whether Linux schedules its heterogeneous 12-core ARM processor properly.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Adobe Connect
Discover free and open source alternatives to Adobe Connect for virtual classrooms, webinars and online meetings
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server
Explore the best free and open source alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server.
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Linux Has Too Many Distributions – And Most New Ones Don’t Need to Exist
One of Linux’s greatest strengths is choice. It is also one of its easiest excuses.
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Beelink EQi 304: Can Linux Make Proper Use of Its One Fast CPU Core?
The Intel Core 3 304 has just one fast P-core alongside four LP E-cores. I test whether Linux gives that scarce resource to the right workloads.
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Kokoro – Open-Weight Text-to-Speech Model
Kokoro is a lightweight open-weight text-to-speech model offering local speech synthesis, multiple languages, voices, and speed control.
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How to Download YouTube Videos, Playlists, and Channels on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus
Download YouTube videos, playlists, channels, subtitles and audio on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus and its graphical interface.
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Matuwall – fast graphical wallpaper picker for Wayland
Matuwall is a lightweight Wayland wallpaper picker with previews, carousel navigation, configurable backends and hooks.
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DNSDiag – DNS measurement, troubleshooting and security auditing tools
DNSDiag provides command-line tools for DNS latency measurement, route tracing, resolver comparison, DNSSEC checks and security auditing.
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Trove – self-hosted file storage
Trove is a self-hosted file storage platform with sharing, S3 support, quotas, search, OIDC and optional video transcoding.
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PINCE – powerful GDB front-end and reverse engineering tool
PINCE is a feature-rich GDB front-end for debugging and reverse engineering with memory scanning, tracing and code injection.
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19 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Git Clients
Git is one of a number of open source revision control systems available for Linux. We recommend the finest GUI-based tools.
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jrpn – HP-15C and HP-16C inspired calculator simulators
jrpn provides faithful HP-15C and HP-16C inspired calculator simulators with scientific, programming and RPN calculation features.
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iRedis – interactive Redis command-line client
iRedis is an interactive Redis client with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, command hints, history and rich command-line editing.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Ruby Linter Tools
A linter is a tool used in software development to analyze code for potential errors, stylistic issues, and adherence to coding standards
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Ouisync – secure peer-to-peer file synchronization
Ouisync is a secure peer-to-peer file synchronization system designed to share and synchronize files without relying on a central server.
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WFM – lightweight standalone web file manager
WFM is a lightweight self-hosted web file manager with a built-in server, browser editing, WebDAV, user accounts and flexible deployment.
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Sherif – zero-config linter for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos
Sherif is a fast zero-config linter for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos, checking dependency consistency and workspace configuration.
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ESLint Markdown – lint Markdown with ESLint
ESLint Markdown brings native Markdown linting to ESLint with CommonMark and GFM support, configurable rules and fenced code processing.
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14 Useful Free and Open Source Container Managers
We focus on container managers, software which make it easy to find, run, build, share and deploy applications using open containers.
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upmd – run tasks and workflows from Markdown
upmd turns Markdown code blocks into runnable tasks and dependency-aware workflows, with TUI, CLI, CI and real pseudo-terminal execution.
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Eslapion – lightweight SliTaz-derived Linux distribution
Eslapion is a lightweight SliTaz-derived Linux distribution with 32-bit and 64-bit images, its own repositories and updated kernels.
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FileRise – self-hosted web file manager and storage hub
FileRise is a self-hosted web file manager with granular ACLs, resumable uploads, sharing, WebDAV, previews, search and encryption.
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libbsc – high performance block-sorting data compressor
libbsc provides high performance lossless block-sorting compression with multithreading and optional NVIDIA GPU acceleration.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Flashcard Software
Flashcards are one of the best tools for memorizing information. This is partly because of their versatility.
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