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Useful Ubuntu Touch Apps – Sturm Reader
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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dnspyre – command-line DNS benchmark tool
dnspyre is a command-line DNS benchmark tool built to stress test and measure the performance of DNS servers. This tool is based and originally forked from dnstrace, but was largely rewritten and enhanced with additional functionality. This is free and
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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Family History Software
This article highlights the best genealogy software that runs under Linux.
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snipt – text snippet expansion tool
snipt is a powerful text snippet expansion tool that boosts your productivity by replacing short text shortcuts with longer content.
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g1c – Google Cloud Instances Terminal UI Manager
g1c is a terminal user interface for monitoring and managing Google Cloud Instances.
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pygitzen – Python-native terminal-based Git client
pygitzen lets you navigate and manage your Git repositories with a beautiful TUI interface inspired by LazyGit.
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ChartDB – web-based database diagramming editor
ChartDB is a powerful, web-based database diagramming editor. Instantly visualize your database schema with a single “Smart Query.”
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6 Best Free and Open Source Email Encryption Tools
Sending encrypted messages is one method of ensuring electronic privacy. We feature the best free and open source email encryption tools.
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hgrep – grep with human-friendly search output
hgrep is a grep tool to search files with a given pattern and print the matched code snippets with human-friendly syntax highlighting.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Type 1 Hypervisors
This article identifies the finest open source Type 1 hypervisors that are available to download.
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LibrePGP – updated specification of the OpenPGP encryption standard
LibrePGP wants to preserve the core principles of openness and compatibility.
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6 Useful Code Formatters for Python
This roundup selects some useful code formatters for Python developers.
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prek – reimagined version of pre-commit
prek is a reimagined version of pre-commit, built in Rust. It is designed to be a faster, dependency-free and drop-in alternative
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cdncheck – detect various technology for a given IP address
cdncheck is a tool for identifying the technology associated with dns / ip network addresses.
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NotNative – modern note-taking app
NotNative is a modern note-taking app built for Linux with Vim-like editing, AI chat, MCP automation, and YouTube integration.
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albafetch – displays system information
albafetch is a simple and fast program to display a lot of system information.
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PasteLock – encrypted clipboard manager
PasteLock is an encrypted clipboard manager with login, scrollable history and text/image paste storage.
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Dax – shell with CLI
Dax is a custom Unix shell implementation. It provides a familiar command-line interface with support for standard shell features.
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mq – jq-like command-tool for Markdown processing
mq is a markdown processor that can filter markdown nodes by using jq-like syntax.
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Gearcoleco – cross-platform ColecoVision emulator
Gearcoleco is a very accurate cross-platform ColecoVision emulator written in C++ that runs on Linux, BSD, RetroArch, macOS, and Windows.
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