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In this week’s blog, we look at some of the ways you can run programs from different operating systems on the Lenovo M93. We examine hardware virtualization, dual booting, as well as using a compatibility layer.

Shazam is an app that identifies multimedia. The program stores a catalogue of audio fingerprints in a database. Shazam works by analyzing the captured sound and seeking a match based on an acoustic fingerprint in a database of millions of songs. SongRec is an open source Shazam client for Linux. The software is written in Rust.

Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service. It offers tons of features and makes it easy to keep track of life’s important events all in one place. What are the best open source alternatives?

For this week’s blog, we put the Lenovo M93 through its paces from a multimedia perspective.

Endlessh is an SSH tarpit that very slowly sends an endless, random SSH banner. It keeps SSH clients locked up for hours or even days at a time.

Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service that translates text and websites from one language into another. What if you are looking to move away from Google and embark on a new world of online freedom, where you are not constantly tracked, monetised and attached to Google’s ecosystem. In this series, we’ll explore how you can migrate from Google without missing out on anything. We’ll recommend open source solutions.

For this week’s blog, we’ve run a variety of benchmarking tests on the Lenovo M93 together with four other systems to put the results into context.

Podcast Guru is truly a sublime podcast player offering a good range of features and a standout interface.

Google Photos lets you store your images in the cloud for convenient access from anywhere. What are the best open source alternatives?

We previously published a series of articles on the AWOW AK41, an inexpensive quad-core mini PC. Rather than put a different mini PC under the spotlight, we plumped for an enticing alternative, a refurbished Lenovo Ultra Small Desktop PC. This is the first in a new series looking at running Manjaro on a refurbished Lenovo M93 Ultra Small Desktop PC.

CaveExpress is a classic 2D platform game set in prehistoric times. You play the hero masquerading as a caveman. Survival is paramount but there are beasties that want to change that. Dinosaurs, mammoths and giant fish to be precise.

One of Google’s most popular services is Google Maps, a web mapping service which offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, and interactive panoramic views. In this series, we explore how you can migrate from Google without missing out on anything. We’ll recommend open source solutions.

In this article, we are going to have a quick look at the main updates brought by ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.2 and learn how to install the solution (Docker version) on Ubuntu.

Fail2Ban is a daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors. Fail2Ban is free and open source software.

OpenWeather is an app that offers a simple way to access the latest weather forecast from your Android device. The software aggregates meteorological data from tens of thousands of weather stations, on-ground radars and satellites.

What if you are looking to move away from Google and embark on a new world of online freedom, where you are not constantly tracked, monetised and attached to Google’s ecosystem. In this series, we explore how you can migrate from Google without missing out on anything. We’ll recommend open source solutions.

vimpc is a terminal-based MPD client that’s based around the vi/vim text editors. It’s free and open source software.

Skywave Schedules is an essential app. The ability to listen to shortwave from hundreds of remote radio receivers is a great way of dipping into the world of shortwave.

We recently recommended Musicolet, a small yet powerful music player which organizes and plays local audio-files stored on your device. While the app receives our strong recommendation, it has a startling omission, the absence of support for media servers. Step forward foobar2000. foobar2000 is a first-rate audio player offering good network support (UPnP/DNLA) and a good range of features.

Neutron is billed as “… an advanced music player with the bare-metal 32/64-bit audio engine which delivers the best possible Hi-Fi grade quality of sound. It offers high-resolution audio playback without frequency resampling and bits truncation if internal/external DAC supports it.” It’s designed for audiophiles who want Bit-Perfect output and be able to control how their music sounds.