Sturm Reader is an ebook reader for Linux tailored for Ubuntu Touch and portable devices.
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LinuxLinks – The Home of Linux
Our popular series on the best free and open source Linux software, hardware including mini PCs and SBCs, phones, and NAS devices.
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BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Introduction to the Series
This is a new series looking at the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux. It’s a very capable mini PC at a competitive price point.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: stow
Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct sets of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem.
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Useful Free and Open Source Security Testing Software
Here’s some useful software for performing security testing. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.
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TUISIC – simple TUI online music streaming software
TUISIC is a simple TUI online music streaming application written in C++ with vim keybindings.
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Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: 3 Types of Cores
The 12-core processor has a quad-core Cortex-A720 large core, quad-core Cortex-A720 medium core, and quad-core Cortex-A520 small core.
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ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.2 released: AI grammar and spell check, customizable hotkeys, macro recording, improved PDF redaction and forms
The latest version of ONLYOFFICE Docs is already available, bringing an AI-powered grammar and spelling checker that can be enabled through the built-in AI plugin. However, the 9.2 release also brings more customization (custom keyboard shortcuts), automation (macro recording), improved PDF redaction, and clearer form-building tools, all the small changes that add up to a smoother editing workflow.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: cTDP
Delving into the UM890 Pro’s BIOS reveals an option not available in the other mini PC’s I’ve been writing about. The BIOS setting lets you set the AMD Configurable TDP (cTDP).
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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2025 Updates
November 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Process Memory Tools
In this roundup we focus on useful tools that help you work out the amount of memory used by programs.
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Benchmarking the Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer
I put the Orange Pi 6 Plus through a series of benchmarks and compare its results to a variety of its competitors.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption
I subject the Minisforum M890 Pro to a series of power consumption tests and compare it to other machines.
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Benchmarking the Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC
The Minisforum UM890 Pro is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS processor. I put it through various benchmark tests
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Benchmarking the HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop in Linux
I put a refurbished HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop through a series of benchmarks comparing it to other machines.
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Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux – Introduction to the Series
The Minisforum UM890 Pro is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen 9 Pro 8945HS processor with integrated Radeon 780M graphics.
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HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Specifications in detail
Let’s look at the specifications of the laptop in more detail. I’ll use a popular system profiler, inxi, to help delve into the laptop’s specs.
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Orange Pi 6 Plus Running Linux: Introduction to the Series
This is the first article in a new series looking at the latest piece of kit from Orange Pi. It’s the Orange Pi 6 Plus development board.
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HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Introduction to the Series
This is a new series looking at running Linux on a refurbished HP laptop.
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trickle – bandwidth shaper
trickle is a lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper. Currently, trickle supports the shaping of any SOCK_STREAM connection established via the socket interface. Furthermore, trickle will not work with statically linked executables, nor with setuid executables. trickle is highly configurable; download and
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CSSLint – CSS code quality tool
CSSLint is a tool to help point out problems with your CSS code. It does basic syntax checking as well as applying a set of rules to the code
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NooDS – portable Nintendo DS and GBA emulator
NooDS aims to be a fast and portable DS and GBA emulator. It features accurate software rendering with upscaling.
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Vanish – rm with cache
Vanish (vx) is a .modern, safe file deletion tool with recovery capabilities.
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Eldiron – classical RPG creator
Eldiron is a cross-platform creator for classic retro role-playing games (RPGs). It supports 2D and first-person RPGs.
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Dash – rich terminal UI for GitHub
Dash is a rich terminal UI for GitHub that doesn’t break your flow.
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Pipewire Soundpad – soundboard application
PipeWire Soundpad (PWSP) is a simple yet powerful soundboard application written in Rust.
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KaTeX – fast math typesetting for the web
KaTeX is a fast, easy-to-use JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web.
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dashi – simple shell for Linux window managers
Dashi is a simple shell for lightweight window managers on Linux with minimal resources.
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6 Best Free and Open Source CalDAV Servers
CalDav (Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV) is an internet standard allowing clients to access scheduling or meeting information on a remote server.
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Mensch – CSS parser
Mensch is a CSS parser. It’s a non-validating CSS parser.
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yarp – yet another registry parser
yarp is yet another registry parser written in the Python programming language.
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Citron – Nintendo homebrew emulator
Citron is a cutting-edge Nintendo Homebrew emulator offering an optimized experience for playing your favorite games and exploring new ones.
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CSScomb – coding style formatter for CSS
CSScomb is a coding style formatter for CSS. You can easily write your own configuration to make your style sheets beautiful and consistent.
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mgrep – semantically grep everything
mgrep is a calm, CLI-native way to semantically grep everything, like code, images, pdfs and more.
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clipbox – clipboard manager for Wayland
clipbox is a clipboard manager for Wayland with rofi integration, featuring multiple buffers, pinning, image preview, and password masking.
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Regex TUI – test and visualize regular expressions in real-time
Regex TUI is a terminal user interface (TUI) application for testing and visualizing regular expressions in real-time.
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NATMap – TCP/UDP port mapping for full-cone NAT
NATMap is used to establish a TCP/UDP port mapping from an ISP NAT public address to local private address.
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kapp – simple deployment tool
kapp CLI encourages Kubernetes users to manage resources in bulk by working with “Kubernetes applications” (sets of resources with the same label).
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