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Category: Mini PC

OrangePi SBC ARM

Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: BIOS

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the Orange Pi 6 Plus single board computer.

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OrangePi SBC ARM

Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: Ubuntu

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I explore running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the Orange Pi 6 Plus single board computer.

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BOSGAME M6

BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Fan Noise

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Fan noise can ruin my enjoyment of using a computer. In this article I report my findings on the BOSGAME M6 Mini PC.

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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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OrangePi SBC ARM

Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: Power Consumption

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Orange Pi 6 Plus comparing it to other machines.

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BOSGAME M6

BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – BIOS

January 1, 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 BOSGAME M6 Plus.

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BOSGAME M6

BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Power Consumption

December 17, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC.

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BOSGAME M6

Benchmarking the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI Mini PC

December 15, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The BOSGAME M6 is a very powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. I put it through various benchmark tests.

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BOSGAME M6

BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Introduction to the Series

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a new series looking at the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux. It’s a very capable mini PC at a competitive price point.

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Minisforum UM890 Pro

Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: cTDP

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Delving into the UM890 Pro’s BIOS reveals an option not available in the other mini PC’s I’ve been writing about. The BIOS setting lets you set the AMD Configurable TDP (cTDP).

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OrangePi SBC ARM

Benchmarking the Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I put the Orange Pi 6 Plus through a series of benchmarks and compare its results to a variety of its competitors.

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Minisforum UM890 Pro

Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption

November 27, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I subject the Minisforum M890 Pro to a series of power consumption tests and compare it to other machines.

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Minisforum UM890 Pro

Benchmarking the Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC

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

The Minisforum UM890 Pro is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS processor. I put it through various benchmark tests

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Minisforum UM890 Pro

Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PC Running Linux – Introduction to the Series

November 24, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The Minisforum UM890 Pro is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen 9 Pro 8945HS processor with integrated Radeon 780M graphics.

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OrangePi SBC ARM

Orange Pi 6 Plus Running Linux: Introduction to the Series

November 19, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is the first article in a new series looking at the latest piece of kit from Orange Pi. It’s the Orange Pi 6 Plus development board.

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Minisforum AI X1 Pro

Minisforum AI X1 Pro running Linux: Dual Booting Bluetooth Issues

October 29, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Having an issue with Bluetooth when dual booting? I look at an easy fix for the Minisforum AI X1 Pro mini PC.

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Linux at Home - Circuit Design with Linux

The Tradeoff between Silence and Power with Mini PCs

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

Fan noise can ruin my enjoyment of using a computer. In this article I report my findings on three modern mini PCs.

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Internet Radio

Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Internet Radio

October 22, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Hardware, Internet, Mini PC, Multimedia

We maintain a roundup of the finest internet radio software. Let’s take a look at the top entries from a Raspberry Pi 5 perspective.

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BOSGAME M4 Plus

BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS has 8 cores, 16 threads and is competitive against newer processors from AMD and Intel.

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BOSGAME M4 Plus

BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: Power Consumption

October 16, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I put the BOSGAME M4 Plus under a series of power consumption tests and compare it to other machines.

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