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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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BOSGAME VTA-439

BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC Running Linux: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

October 19, 2026 Steve Emms Games, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

BOSGAME VTA-439 runs Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on CachyOS. See Radeon 890M 1080p benchmarks and comparisons with Windows 11.

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BOSGAME VTA-439

BOSGAME VTA-439: Run VirtualBox on the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470’s Zen 5 Cores

October 1, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Run VirtualBox on the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470’s Zen 5 cores with taskset and a KDE desktop entry, avoiding slower Zen 5c cores.

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Minisforum Says Disable Four of the MS-R1’s 12 CPU Cores – Is Linux Scheduling Them Properly?

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Minisforum says disable four MS-R1 CPU cores. I test whether Linux schedules its heterogeneous 12-core ARM processor properly.

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Beelink Mini PC

Beelink EQi 304: Can Linux Make Proper Use of Its One Fast CPU Core?

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The Intel Core 3 304 has just one fast P-core alongside four LP E-cores. I test whether Linux gives that scarce resource to the right workloads.

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Beelink Mini PC

Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC – NPU and Llama

September 8, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I test the Beelink EQi Core 3 304’s 15-TOPS Intel NPU with OpenVINO and Llama 3.2 1B to see how useful modest NPUs really are.

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Beelink Mini PC

Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC Review – Noise

August 6, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

How quiet is the Beelink EQi Core 3 304 under Linux? We assess idle, load and fan noise, plus its unusually flexible BIOS fan controls.

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Beelink Mini PC

Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC Review – Benchmarking

July 21, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Beelink EQi 304 Linux benchmarks covering Core 3 304 CPU, Xe3 graphics, LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 storage performance.

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BOSGAME VTA-439

BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC running Linux – Easy Diffusion

June 29, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Testing Easy Diffusion on the BOSGAME VTA-439 running Linux, comparing slow CPU image generation with Radeon 890M GPU acceleration.

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Minisforum M2

MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Cores

June 18, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Benchmarking the Minisforum M2 on Linux, comparing P-cores, E-cores and LP E-cores with Crafty, Coremark and smallpt.

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BOSGAME VTA-439

BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC running Linux – Introduction

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

BOSGAME VTA-439 Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 mini PC running Linux, with design, ports, Radeon 890M graphics, OCuLink, and CachyOS covered.

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Minisforum M2

MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction

May 18, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The MINISFORUM M2 is a compact mini PC built around Intel’s Panther Lake platform. I’m reviewing it using CachyOS and Ubuntu.

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Bosgame M7 Mini PC

Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Benchmarking

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The BOSGAME M7 is a very powerful mini PC based on the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H processor with integrated Intel Arc 140T graphics.

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Bosgame M7 Mini PC

Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Introduction to the Series

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a new series looking at the Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H mini PC running Linux.

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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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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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LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2025

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Blog

I’ve trawled through our statistics and found our ten most well received posts/series that saw the highest page views for 2025.

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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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