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Developer of the Week

Developer of the Week: Matthias Ettrich

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Matthias Ettrich, born on 14 June 1972, is a German computer scientist who founded the KDE and LyX projects.

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Developer of the Week: Lennart Poettering

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Lennart Poettering is one of the most consequential, polarizing, and prolific open source developers of the Linux era.

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Developer of the Week: Arun Prakash Jana

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Arun Prakash Jana, better known on GitHub as jarun, represents a strain of open source development that feels increasingly rare.

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Developer of the Week: Matthew Forrester Wolffe

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Matthew Forrester Wolffe has one of those GitHub profiles that immediately caught my attention.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Configuring Ubuntu 25.10

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

In this article in this series I look at configuring one of the most widely used Linux distributions on the Chuwi laptop.

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Developer of the Week: Todd C. Miller

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

This series shines a spotlight on open source developers who make a real difference. Too often, their contributions go unrecognised.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Battery Life

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the battery life of the laptop in more detail. The 16″ model of the laptop has a 60Wh battery.

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Dud of the Week: LeafView

March 9, 2026 Scott Donaldson Blog, Opinion

LeafView is billed as a minimalist image viewer. It’s cross-platform software running under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Power Consumption

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux.

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Blog Applications

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Blog Software

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Weblog software (also known as blog software or blogware) enables users to maintain an ongoing chronicle of information on a website.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: BIOS

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

This is a new series looking at the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux. I take a look at the laptop’s BIOS.

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Web Content Management Systems

10 Best Free and Open Source Flat File Content Management Systems

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Roundup, Web Apps

A flat file CMS stores content as flat files, instead of storing in a database. We capture our recommendations.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Benchmarks

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

I run a series of benchmarks on the newly released Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus. It’s a very capable laptop.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Specifications

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

This is a new series looking at the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux. I grill the laptop using the inxi tool.

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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus

Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Hardware Review

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Laptops, Reviews

The Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus positions itself as a lightweight, mid-range productivity machine that blends premium materials with good performance.

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ASROCK NUC BOX-255H Running Linux

ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: BIOS

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H.

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Smartphone

Volla Phone Quintus running Volla OS: Introduction to the Series

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Phone, Reviews

This series looks at Volla OS, an Android operating system which has been de-googled. All your data is yours.

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Minisforum AI X1 Pro

Minisforum AI X1 Pro running Linux: BIOS

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the Minisforum AI X1 Pro.

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Linux software

Site Updates: Our Plans

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Software

I’m delighted to discuss our updated plans with the Linux community!

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Minisforum UM890 Pro

Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: BIOS

January 13, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the Minisforum UM890 Pro.

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