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OrangePi SBC - RISC-V

Orange Pi R2S Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction

June 30, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a series of articles looking at the Orange Pi R2S, the latest addition to the range of single board computers from Orange Pi.

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Ethernet

Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: 2.5Gbps Networking

June 26, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I explore a simple upgrade to improve the Raspberry Pi 5’s network speed.

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Banana Pi BPI-F3

Benchmarking the Banana Pi BPI-F3 Single Board Computer

June 23, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I benchmark the Banana Pi BPI-F3 and compare it to other single board computers as well as an N100 Mini PC.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Avoid snap pollution

June 12, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Declutter the output from df when the Pi 5 has snaps installed. Better yet, use an alternative to df for even nicer output.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Installing Software

June 9, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Explore my favourite ways of installing new software on the Raspberry Pi 5.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Script to use a ZRAM swapdrive

June 2, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Tutorials

Installing a script to enable ZRAM and optimize its effectiveness on Raspberry Pi computers. It’s very useful for low RAM Pi models.

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Music Festival

kew v3.2.0 improves internet radio support and more

May 9, 2025 Luke Baker Blog, Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

kew has added a mini-player mode, a braille visualizer mode, a favorites list for radio stations, and shows bitrate information.

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Site Update – An Apology and a Brighter Future

April 6, 2025 Steve Emms Blog

We’ve spent time optimizing the site including migrating to the latest server technology. This provides enhanced performance.

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Music Festival

kew adds internet radio support

March 31, 2025 Luke Baker Blog, Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

kew is a music player sporting gapless playback, 24-bit/192khz audio, and MPRIS support. It now has internet radio support.

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What is Fulfillment Software in E-commerce?

March 8, 2025 John O'Donnell Blog

Fulfillment software is an essential tool for any e-commerce business looking to streamline its order fulfillment process.

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Christmas presents

Season’s Greetings from LinuxLinks

December 25, 2024 Steve Emms Blog

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at LinuxLinks.

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DreamQuest N100 Mini PC

DreamQuest N100 Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption

December 2, 2024 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this instalment in the series, we examine the power consumption of the DreamQuest N100 Mini PC and compare it to four other machines.

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DreamQuest N100 Mini PC

DreamQuest N100 Mini PC Running Linux: Benchmarks

November 26, 2024 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This article benchmarks the DreamQuest N100 Mini PC with Ubuntu 24.10.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Coding Community

November 25, 2024 John O'Donnell Blog

AI has already impacted various facets of our lives, and the online coding industry is no different.

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DreamQuest N100 Mini PC

DreamQuest N100 Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction

November 14, 2024 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

DreamQuest N100 Mini PC is a budget mini PC with good specs. This is a multi-article series looking at the computer from a Linux perspective.

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Web Content Management Systems

10 Best Free and Open Source Flat File Content Management Systems

November 11, 2024 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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DreamQuest with Ubuntu

DreamQuest N95 Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption

August 1, 2024 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this instalment in the series, we examine the power consumption of the DreamQuest N95 Mini PC and compare it to three other machines.

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Blog Applications

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Blog Software

July 31, 2024 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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DreamQuest with Ubuntu

DreamQuest N95 Mini PC Running Linux: Benchmarks

July 29, 2024 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This article benchmarks the DreamQuest N95 Mini PC. The tests are run using the Phoronix Test Suite unless otherwise stated.

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DreamQuest with Ubuntu

DreamQuest N95 Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction

July 24, 2024 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

DreamQuest N95 Mini PC is a well specified computer. This is a multi-article looking at this computer from a Linux perspective.

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