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Minisforum M2 Pro

Compiling Software on the Minisforum M2, M2 Pro and BOSGAME VTA-439

November 11, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Comparing fooyin compilation performance on three Linux mini PCs featuring Intel Core Ultra 7, Core Ultra X7 358H and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470.

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Minisforum M2 Pro

Minisforum M2 Pro Mini PC running Linux – Benchmarks

November 5, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Minisforum M2 Pro Linux benchmarks compare CPU, Arc B390 graphics, memory and SSD performance against Intel and AMD mini PCs.

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Minisforum M2 Pro

Minisforum M2 Pro Mini PC Running Linux – Introduction

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Minisforum M2 Pro mini PC running Linux. I examine its Intel Panther Lake processor, Arc B390 graphics, design, connectivity and features.

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Linux Distributions

Gnomarchy – Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised GNOME desktop

October 28, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Gnomarchy is an Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised GNOME desktop, Btrfs snapshots, unified themes and developer tools.

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Linux Distributions

AOSC OS – general-purpose Linux distribution

October 20, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

AOSC OS is a community-developed Linux distribution featuring rolling updates, KDE Plasma, broad hardware support and management tools.

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VaeVictis OS – security-focused Debian distribution

October 14, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

VaeVictis OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution offering disk encryption, firewall protection, integrity monitoring and GNOME.

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ONLYOFFICE Docs 10.0

Meet ONLYOFFICE Docs 10.0: new AI tools, modular apps, better PDF editing and security updates

October 13, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Office

ONLYOFFICE Docs 10.0 adds context-aware AI tools, improved PDF editing, modular apps, security fixes and updated Linux desktop editors.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Machine Learning in Linux: Local AI Studio – local AI toolkit

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms Reviews, Scientific

Local AI Studio combines local LLM chat, Stable Diffusion, Whisper transcription and Kokoro text-to-speech in one Linux interface.

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Why A 50 TOPS NPU Is Almost Completely Useless

September 17, 2026 Scott Donaldson Blog

50 TOPS sounds impressive, but for most PC users, especially on Linux, today’s NPUs still have remarkably little practical use.

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Linux software, distributions, hardware and guides

Linux: Software, Distros & Hardware

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Software

Explore Linux software, distributions, hardware, games, guides and open source alternatives, curated and reviewed by LinuxLinks.

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Security

emd – eBPF-based Linux memory acquisition tool

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

emd captures physical memory on Linux using eBPF, providing forensic investigators with a command-line acquisition tool.

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Security

LEMON – eBPF-based memory acquisition utility

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms Security

LEMON uses eBPF to acquire physical memory on Linux and Android, producing LiME images for forensic analysis without kernel modules.

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Security

mquire – query Linux memory dumps using SQL

June 11, 2026 Steve Emms Security

mquire examines Linux memory snapshots using SQL queries, reconstructing processes, kernel structures and cached files from embedded data.

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Benchmarking

UnixBench – original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

UnixBench is a classic system benchmark for Unix-like systems, combining CPU, process, file, shell, system call, and graphics tests.

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Proprietary App of the Week

Namida – feature-rich music / video player for Linux, Android, and Windows

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Proprietary, Reviews

Namida is a modern music and video player. The application aims to combine an attractive interface with a powerful local music library

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Notes

NotNative – keyboard-driven note taking and knowledge management

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

NotNative is a Linux note-taking application with Vim-style editing, floating notes, databases, backlinks, AI integration and automation.

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Monitor System

Lyvoxa Stellar – Linux system monitor

November 16, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Lyvoxa Stellar is a terminal system monitor with process management, per-core CPU graphs, memory charts, network rates and themes.

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Linux Distributions

Volumio is a music player operating system

May 10, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

Volumio is designed to be your Music Player OS. Install it on a Raspberry PI or PC to obtain a state of the art music player and streamer.

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Linux Distributions

The Big List of Active Linux Distros

April 18, 2024 Erik Karlsson Distro

A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system.

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Laptop

Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Ultrabook running Linux – Part 2 – Specifications

November 28, 2022 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Reviews

This is a blog looking at a refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Ultrabook running Linux. We check out the specs of the T470.

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