FBX Review is a lightweight, standalone software tool for viewing 3D assets and baked animations quickly and efficiently.
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Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Installing to the eMMC
In this article I document transferring my Ubuntu distribution from the microSD card to the eMMC. It makes the distro much snappier on the RV2.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk Fusion
Autodesk Fusion is a CAD, CAM, and PCB design software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Improve Wi-Fi
Let’s try to improve the Raspberry Pi 5’s Wi-Fi performance (transfer speed and latency) with a USB 3.0 adapter from BrosTrend.
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Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Building a Program
Options for installing software are a bit more limited with the RV2 compared with ARM-based single board computers. Let’s build a piece of open source software.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Autodesk Motion FX
Autodesk Motion FX is software to create real-time video effects using your computer’s camera. It’s also a video editor.
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Kioxia Exceria Plus G2 Portable SSD 2TB Review
For this review, I’ve evaluating the Kioxia Exceria Plus G2 Portable SSD. It’s available in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities. I’m reviewing the 2TB version.
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Orange Pi 5 Max Single Board Computer: Power Consumption
In this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Orange Pi 5 Max and compare it to some other computers.
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BrosTrend AX1800 USB WiFi 6 Adapter AX4L Linux Compatible
This is a review of the BrosTrend USB WiFi 6 Adapter. It supports Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Ubuntu Mate, and other distributions.
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Benchmarking the Orange Pi R2S Single Board Computer
The Orange Pi R2S features a RISC-V processor, four wired network ports (two 2.5G ethernet ports and two 1G ethernet ports).
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Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: orangepi-config
My RV2 board is running Ubuntu 24.04. Included is a configuration tool called orangepi-config. Let’s see what it offers.
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Luckfox 15.6″ Portable Monitor Review
This is a review of the Luckfox 15.6″ Portable Monitor. It’s an IPS screen with 1920×1080 resolution, 100% sRGB, and supports HDR.
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Banana Pi BPI-F3 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Power Consumption
In this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Banana Pi BPI-F3 and compare it to some other computers.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: June 2025 Updates
June 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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TEAMGROUP PD20 Mini External SSD Review
I’m testing the 2TB PD20 Mini External SSD which provides plenty of capacity for backing up a computer or holding a good chunk of data.
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Orange Pi R2S Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction
This is a series of articles looking at the Orange Pi R2S, the latest addition to the range of single board computers from Orange Pi.
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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: 2.5Gbps Networking
In this article I explore a simple upgrade to improve the Raspberry Pi 5’s network speed.
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Intehill 16″ 3K Touchscreen U16ZT Portable Monitor Review
I’ve been evaluating the Intehill 16″ 3K Touchscreen Portable Monitor U16ZT with a variety of Linux devices. Here are my findings.
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Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Power Consumption
In this article in the series, I look at the power consumption of the Orange Pi RV2 and compare it to some other computers.
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Benchmarking the Banana Pi BPI-F3 Single Board Computer
In this article I benchmark the Banana Pi BPI-F3 and compare it to other single board computers as well as an N100 Mini PC.
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Benchmarking the Orange Pi 5 Ultra, Orange Pi 5 Max and Orange Pi RV2
I benchmark the Orange Pi 5 Ultra, Orange Pi 5 Max, Orange Pi RV2 against a Raspberry Pi 5 and a DreamQuest N100 Mini PC.
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BrosTrend 5 Port 2.5GB Switch Review
The BrosTrend 5 Port 2.5GB Switch retails for £38. It’s a very cheap way to upgrade your local network for faster transfers.
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SPFtoolbox – look up DNS records
SPFtoolbox is a JavaScript and PHP app to look up DNS records such as SPF, MX, Whois, and more.
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Essential Utilities: Flash OS Images
Linux offers a gamut of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. In our eyes, it’s the breadth of these tools that help to make Linux a compelling operating system.
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v02enc – symmetric encryption for multiple recipients
v02enc is a password-based encryption application that supports several recipients and has the option to update an encrypted file.
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Lute – Learning Using Texts
Lute (Learning Using Texts) v3, a Python/Flask tool for learning foreign languages through reading. It’s a standalone web application
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CAD Sketcher – constraint-based geometry sketcher
CAD Sketcher is a constraint-based sketcher extension for Blender that allows users o create precise 2d shapes.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Linux FTP Servers
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a time-honored method of transferring files to and from a remote network site.
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HTerm – terminal program for serial communication
HTerm is a cross-platform terminal program for serial communication. It uses wxWidgets, fmt, and spdlog.
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10 Best Free and Open Source GUI Image Compression Tools
Data compression is the process of storing data in a format that uses less space than the original representation would use.
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lsr – recursively list files in directories
lsr lists directory contents, but with io_uring, a Linux kernel system call interface for storage device asynchronous I/O operations
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