The DiskStation Manager (DSM for short) is a Linux-based operating system developed by Synology exclusively for their NAS servers. I’m reviewing version 7.2.1, the latest release.
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Motrix – full-featured download manager
Motrix is billed as a full-featured download manager. It’s written mostly in JavaScript and offers cross-platform support.
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translateLocally – translation on your local machine with a GUI
translateLocally is software which lets you translate text from one language to another.
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ASUSTOR Data Master Operating System (ADM OS) v4.2.5 Review
ADM is a Linux-based operating system developed by ASUSTOR exclusively for their NAS devices. I tested version 4.2.5, the latest release.
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Spacedrive – file manager powered by a virtual distributed filesystem
Spacedrive is a file manager which seeks a different approach. It implements a VDFS (virtual distributed filesystem), a filesystem that works across multiple storage layers.
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Pot – text translation and recognize
Pot is a cross-platform translator application that offers translation by selection and input.
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ASUSTOR Data Master 4.2 (ADM OS): Getting Started
The first article in this series walks you through the steps of setting up ADM 4.2 for the first time.
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kew – command-line music player
kew is a music player with gapless playback. It’s written in C and published under an open source license. It was previously called cue. I review the latest release.
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tap v0.4.11 – terminal-based music player
tap is a terminal-based music player that lets you jump to any album with fuzzy-finder shortcuts. Here’s my take on v0.4.11.
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ttop – system monitoring tool
ttop is a system monitoring tool with historical snapshots and alerts. It has a top-like TUI. It’s written in Nim.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: BIOS
Let’s turn our attention to the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). This is firmware used to start the PC system after it is powered on.
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Raddiola – simple radio app
Raddiola is billed as a simple radio with a clear and concise interface. Here’s our verdict.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Installing Manjaro
For this article in the series, we explore installing and configuring Manjaro on the NUC 13. Manjaro is an Arch-based Linux distribution.
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libjxl – reference implementation of JPEG XL
JPEG XL is a royalty-free raster-graphics file format that supports both lossy and lossless compression.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Gaming
For this first gaming article about the Intel NUC 13 Pro, I’m going to revisit some of the games I previously tested on the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini PC.
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QOI – The Quite OK Image Format
QOI is an image encoder which claims to be fast 20-50 times compressing and 3-4 times faster decompressing compared to the Libpng library.
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Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: P-Cores and E-Cores
This article focuses on the two different cores present in the Intel NUC 13 Pro. They are Performance-cores (P-Cores) and Efficient-Cores (E-Cores).
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Crunch – lossy PNG image file optimization
Crunch is a command line executable that performs lossy optimization of one or more PNG image files with pngquant and zopflipng.
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Excellent Utilities: eza – replacement for ls
eza is a modern, maintained replacement for ls, built on exa. It has some new features such as hyperlink support.
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Fastfetch – fetch system information
Fastfetch is a system information tool written in C. It aims to be a faster alternative to the hugely respected Neofetch tool.
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