Free and Open Source Software, and Review

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 16, 2025

• Fourmolu - formatter for Haskell source code - LinuxLinks

  Fourmolu is a formatter for Haskell source code. It is a fork of Ormolu, with upstream improvements continually merged.

  This is free and open source software.

• cylon - Arch Linux maintenance program - LinuxLinks

  cylon is a TUI (terminal user interface) which provides updates and maintains an Arch based Linux distribution.

  This program provides numerous tools to Arch Linux users. The program is menu-based and written in bash. It is mainly text based but also uses dialog GUI’s at a few points mainly for directory and file selection. It can also display desktop notifications. A detailed list of the dozens of options is provided below in features section.

  This is free and open source software.

• Synapse - Matrix homeserver - LinuxLinks

  Synapse is an open source Matrix homeserver implementation.

  It is recommended to place a reverse proxy such as nginx, Apache, Caddy, HAProxy or relayd in front of Synapse. One advantage of doing so is that it means that you can expose the default https port (443) to Matrix clients without needing to run Synapse with root privileges.

  Matrix is the open standard for secure and interoperable real-time communications

• socktop - remote system monitor with a rich TUI - LinuxLinks

  socktop is a remote system monitor with a rich TUI, inspired by top/btop, that communicates with a lightweight remote agent over WebSockets.

  This is free and open source software.

• Minisforum AI X1 Pro: ComfyUI - Generate video, images, 3D, audio with AI - 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.

  The Minisforum AI X1 Pro 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.

  Unlike many mini PCs, the AI X1 Pro has a very capable integrated GPU. I want to see what performance is like running machine learning software on the Radeon 890M. Let’s look at ComfyUI, open source node-based software for generative AI.