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Clear Linux 31530

Just as he was settling into the new Fedora release, Mayank Sharma thinks he’s found a suitable replacement.

Video Editing Made Quick And Easy

Nick Peers reveals how easy it is to take your raw video footage and turn it into a polished movie.

PCLinuxOS 2019.09

Neil Bothwick revisits a forgotten friend with an eye on the good old days, but with a very modern collection of software.

Over The Edge

Dell Technologies’ Jason Shepherd joins Jonni Bidwell  in a stylish-looking stairwell in Edinburgh to talk about a de facto standard for edge computing.

Debian 10.1 Buster

Claiming to be the universal distribution, Debian should good for everyone. Neil Bothwick wonders if this is true.

Creating HDR Photos With Open Source Tools

Mike Bedford investigates how to generate dramatic photos, containing much more of the tonal variation we actually see in a scene.

Build A Retro Console For Classic Gaming Fun

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a fully featured retro games console, capable of playing titles for Amiga, Sega, Nintendo and much more.

Acer Chromebook 715

Is Acer’s premium Chromebook too pricey even for Lord Jeremy Laird?

Archman 2019.09

There’s hardly an issue when Mayank Sharma doesn’t run into an Arch-based desktop distribution. Does this offer any benefits over others?

Database Renaissance Man

DataStax’s softly spoken co-founder Jonathan Ellis has  successfully made the transition from the cubicle to the  corner office.  Mayank Sharma grills him on databases.

Direct From The Source

Throwing light into the dark recesses of open source code, Alexander Tolstoy says compiling code is easier than you think.

Escape From Google!

After powering its ad-platform for over a decade using Mayank Sharma’s data, he’s finally trying to escape the tech monopoly!

Gigabyte Aorus Gen4 2TB

This PCIe 4.0 SSD is seriously hot stuff, says Jeremy Laird.

BeagleBone Black WiFi

The BeagleBone Black Wireless SBC isn’t Raspberry Pi-compatible, but does that matter? Mike Bedford takes a look.

RimWorld

Management is planning on relocating LXF Towers to Mars, so Sam Greer is practising for life in outer space.

Ion Fury

Management are off to get their eyes checked as Evan Lahti looks all pixelated to them. He’s not, though – he’s just stuck in a ’90s FPS.

Banana Pi Pro

Mike Bedford investigates how this SBC compares to its similarly named competitor…

Voyager 10

Just like its namesake spacecraft that are the furthest of man-made probes, Mayank Sharma believes this distro will also go pretty far.

Tsurugi Linux 2019.1

This is one of the things that Mayank Sharma believes everyone must have and not need, rather than need and not have…

TROM-Jaro 17.06.19

Mayank Sharma moves to an Arch-based distro that has one more mandate besides desktop friendliness.

Perfect Your Linux Install

Before disappearing off the edge of the  screen for a sabbatical, Jonni Bidwell  delivers important guidance on Mint.

I Dream Of GStreamer

Jonni Bidwell talks to Collabora’s Olivier Crête about  everyone’s favourite open-source multimedia framework.

AMD Radeon RX 5700

We’re all surprised, as Jarred Walton has found a GPU that makes him happy.

Whonix 15

If routing all traffic through Tor doesn’t satisfy your need for privacy, Mayank Sharma tests a resource-intensive solution with a novel approach.

The Future Of The Database

Twiddling thumbs between sessions at a database conference, Mayank Sharma ponders on the impact of the web on databases…

Sparky Linux 2019.08

Sparks often fly when Jonni Bidwell puts his review hat on and uses something that isn’t (gulp) Arch.

Raspbian Buster

Les Pounder hasn’t seen the latest Toy Story 4 movie as yet, but nevertheless he’s already met Buster…

LattePanda

Is it a PC, a Raspberry Pi competitor or an Arduino board? Mike Bedford put this unusual product through its paces in order to find out.

Enterprise Soaring Success

Mayank Shama meets Robin Schumacher of DataStax to talk about  building success with open source while nurturing the community.

Dirt 4

Management is petrified, hiding from the mud monster entering the building, but it’s just Andy Kelly after a season of rallying.