cointop is a fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application for tracking and monitoring cryptocurrency coin stats in real-time.
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Author: Luke Baker
I've been using Linux seriously for the past couple of years. I'm a huge fan of the Arch and Manjaro distributions. And of course the Raspberry Pi.
AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Web Browsing – Week 6
Over the years, I’ve tried almost every web browser available for Linux. For the AWOW AK41, my focus has rested primarily with Chrome and Firefox. I’ve used them extensively on the AK41 for the past 6 weeks browsing hundreds of web sites that are laden to the hilt with JavaScript.
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Byte – music player designed for elementary OS
Byte is a GTK-based music player. It was created with the desire to make a good music player for elementary OS. It focuses on two aspects: features and design.
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AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Gaming – Week 5
For this week’s blog, Luke looks at gaming on the AWOW AK41 Mini PC. This tiny computer uses the Intel UHD Graphics 605, an integrated processor graphics unit from the Gemini Lake generation.
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AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Multiple Operating Systems – Week 4
In this week’s blog, I look at some of the ways you can run programs from different operating systems on the AWOW AK41. I examine hardware virtualization, dual booting, as well as using a compatibility layer.
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AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Video and Audio – Week 3
A weekly blog about the AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC. This week examines multimedia on this tiny PC including video, audio, and more.
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AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Running Linux – Benchmarks – Week 2
This article benchmarks the AWOW AK41 Mini PC with three other systems to put the results into context. All the tests use the Phoronix Test Suite unless stated. This is the second article in a series focusing on the AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC.
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AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Running Linux – Week 1
In the first of a weekly series, Luke puts the AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC under the microscope. This tiny PC sports a Celeron J4115 processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, triple display 4K@60Hz and NVMe SSD. The AWOW Mini PC has its Windows installation wiped and replaced with Linux.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Manage your Personal Collections – Week 36
For this week’s blog, Luke looks at a few best-of-breed collection management programs. Free and open source goodness as usual.
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DownZemAll! – Qt-based download manager
This article reviews DownZemAll! (DZA!), an open source standalone download manager.
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