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Author: Steve Emms

MS-02 Ultra

Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Cores

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Benchmarking the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra on Linux, comparing P-cores and E-Cores with crafty, Coremark, and smallpt.

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Finance

FinanzPilot – personal finance manager

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

FinanzPilot is a self-hosted finance app with bank CSV imports, category budgeting, loan schedules and optional AI-assisted analysis.

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Family History

Liberu Genealogy – family tree management

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Liberu Genealogy builds shared family trees, imports GEDCOM and Gramps XML, manages research sources, DNA comparisons and privacy.

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System Cleaning

uCareSystem – automated maintenance utility

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

uCareSystem is a system maintenance utility for Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Raspberry Pi OS, WSL2, and other Debian-based systems.

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Family History

Genealogy – family tree PHP application

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Genealogy is a Laravel-based family tree application with team permissions, event timelines, media uploads, backups and GEDCOM support.

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Finance

BG Finanças – JavaFX personal finance manager

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, GUI

BG Finanças is a desktop finance manager for accounts, income, expenses, credit cards, scheduled payments, spending limits and reports.

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Audio Analyzers

asak – terminal audio tool

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, TUI

asak is a terminal audio tool that provides a keyboard-driven interface for working with audio files.

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Graphics

Trophy – terminal-based 3D model viewer

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Trophy renders OBJ, GLB and STL models directly in the terminal, with interactive navigation, textured rendering and lighting controls.

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PELADN-WO4

PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC: Power Consumption

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I test the PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC’s power use tested at idle, under load, and for annual UK electricity costs.

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System Cleaning

CrunchyCleaner – terminal-based application cache cleaner

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

CrunchyCleaner removes application caches and temporary files through a terminal interface, with dry-run and automated cleaning modes.

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Finance

Cashlytics – personal finance and budget planning

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

Cashlytics is a self-hosted personal finance app with account tracking, transfers, budgeting forecasts, CSV reconciliation and analytics.

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Office

Collabora Office – desktop office suite with modern interface

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Office

Collabora Office brings document, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing editors to the desktop with offline editing and PDF export.

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Hypervisors

Firecracker – lightweight virtualization technology

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, System Software

Firecracker runs lightweight KVM-based microVMs with REST API controls, network and storage isolation, snapshots and security hardening.

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Personal Finance

Ledge – terminal-based personal finance tracker

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Ledge is a keyboard-driven personal finance tracker with monthly budgets, transaction filters, spending summaries and CSV data exchange.

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Finance

YAFFA – personal finance application

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

YAFFA is a self-hosted personal finance application with bank accounts, split transactions, recurring payments, budgets and investments.

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Finance

moneyflow – personal finance transaction manager

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

moneyflow manages personal finance transactions across Monarch Money, YNAB and imported statements with terminal and browser interfaces.

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Manga

ani-l – terminal-based anime library and streamer

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Other, TUI

ani-l lets users browse, search, and stream anime directly from the terminal, with a TUI or command-line options.

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Minisforum M2

MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: BIOS

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

BIOS, or Basic Input/Output System, remains one of the most important pieces of low-level software in any computer. Here’s a look at the M2’s BIOS.

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Finance

Savvy – personal finance and expense tracker

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

Savvy is a self-hosted finance tracker with multi-currency accounts, debt management, transaction rules, CSV imports and spending reports.

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Web

Souin – configurable HTTP caching system

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Souin provides standards-aware HTTP response caching, configurable storage, invalidation, monitoring and reverse proxy integration.

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