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Peergos - secure file storage, social network and application protocol - LinuxLinks
The foundation of Peergos is a peer-to-peer encrypted global filesystem with fine-grained access control designed to be resistant to surveillance of data content or friendship graphs.
It has a secure messenger, an encrypted email client and bridge, and a totally private and secure social network, where users are in control of who sees what (executed cryptographically).
This is free and open source software.
Benchmarking the Minisforum AI X1 Pro - LinuxLinks
This is a series of articles looking at the Minisforum AI X1 Pro running Linux. In this series, I examine every aspect of this Mini PC in detail from a Linux perspective. I’ll compare the machine with desktop PC counterparts along the way.
The Minisforum AI X1 Pro (not an affliate link) is a powerful mini PC based on an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with integrated Radeon 890M graphics. This is no ordinary processor and no ordinary integrated GPU. The machine can handle extremely demanding tasks. With 64GB of RAM and 1TB NVMe this configuration retails for £929.
For this article in the series, I’ve run a series of benchmarks on the machine. Most of the tests use the Phoronix Test Suite. Together with the Minisforum AI X1 Pro, I’ve run benchmarks on three other mini PCs (the ASRock NUC Box-255H, Intel NUC 13 Pro, and an Intel N100), together with two desktop machines with 10th and 12th generation Intel processors.
Bazaar - app store for GNOME - LinuxLinks
Bazaar is fast and highly multi-threaded, guaranteeing a smooth experience in the user interface. You can queue as many downloads as you wish and run them while perusing Flathub’s latest releases. This is due to the UI being completely decoupled from all backend operations.
It runs as a service, meaning state will be maintained even if you close all windows, and implements the gnome-shell search provider dbus interface. A krunner plugin is available for use on the KDE Plasma des
This is free and open source software.