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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Euporie – work with Jupyter kernels and notebooks
Euporie is a suite of terminal applications for working with Jupyter kernels and notebooks.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Font Viewers
This article highlights useful tools to view your fonts. We only feature free and open source software in this article.
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Duplito – command-line file lister and duplicate-file finder
Duplito is a command-line file lister and duplicate-file finder. It builds a persistent database of file hashes and then uses that index
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Cicada – Bash-like Unix shell
Cicada is a Bash-like Unix shell written in Rust. It is designed as a simple daily-use command interpreter.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Mobile Application Development Frameworks
Mobile application development is the process by which software is created for handheld devices. Here’s our verdict.
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meme-generator-rs – flexible meme creation toolkit
meme-generator-rs is a meme creation toolkit written in Rust. It combines a graphics engine with a large collection of built-in templates.
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AI-2 – Artix-based Linux distribution with local AI assistant
AI-2 is an Artix-based Linux distribution that brings local AI to ordinary and older PCs using llama.cpp and hardware-aware model selection.
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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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