Benchmarking the Minisforum M2’s Intel NPU with Llama 3.2 1B and OpenVINO, including speed, TTFT and AMD Ryzen AI comparisons.
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Minisforum N5 Pro NAS – NPU with FastFlowLM
FastFlowLM puts the Minisforum N5 Pro’s 50 TOPS AMD XDNA 2 NPU to work under Linux for local LLMs and private AI server workloads.
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Minisforum N5 Pro Review – Five-Bay NAS with Ryzen AI 9 Power
Minisforum N5 Pro review with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370, NVMe storage and 10GbE networking.
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MinisCloud OS Review – customised Linux NAS operating system
MinisCloud OS is a customised Linux NAS operating system developed for Minisforum. I take a detailed look at the OS.
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Minisforum MKB i83 wireless mechanical keyboard review
Minisforum MKB i83 is an an 83-key mechanical keyboard with a small footprint, aluminium alloy body, RGB lighting, and PBT keycaps.
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MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Cores
Benchmarking the Minisforum M2 on Linux, comparing P-cores, E-cores and LP E-cores with Crafty, Coremark and smallpt.
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Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Btrfs
Explore Btrfs on the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running CachyOS, including zstd compression, space savings, and no-compress tips for VMs.
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Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – BIOS
Explore the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX BIOS including power limits, TPM, CPU controls, fan settings, Secure Boot, and CachyOS boot setup.
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Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Cores
Benchmarking the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra on Linux, comparing P-cores and E-Cores with crafty, Coremark, and smallpt.
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MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: BIOS
BIOS, or Basic Input/Output System, remains one of the most important pieces of low-level software in any computer. Here’s a look at the M2’s BIOS.
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Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Dual-channel memory
Looking at the benefits of running dual-channel memory on the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX Mini Workstation.
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MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption
In this article, I examine the Minisforum M2’s power consumption and compare it with a range of other machines.
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Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Power Consumption
For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX.
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MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Benchmarks
I’ve benchmarked the Minisforum M2 Mini PC using a range of tests, most of them run with the Phoronix Test Suite.
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MINISFORUM M2 Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Testing the NPU in CachyOS
There are a few things to install to get the NPU ready for software. I set up the NPU with the CachyOS Linux distribution.
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MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction
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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Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Benchmarking
I’ve benchmarked the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra using a range of tests, most of them run with the Phoronix Test Suite.
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Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Introduction
The Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX targets users who want a compact but highly expandable workstation or mini server.
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Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
In this article I’ll walk through installing Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on the Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation.
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Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: BIOS
In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation.
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