Linux Format - March 2023

In this issue

Linux Mint 21.1 Vera
Nate Drake meets Linux Mint’s latest offering, code-named Vera, and comes away bowled over by its stunning looks and ease of use.

Packaging formats
There’s a number of ways of getting software on to your Linux-powered computer, and Michael Reed is comparing them to find out which is best.

Kingston NV2

Cheap but not cheerful, bemoans Shane Downing.

2 mins

AMD Ryzen 7950X

Dave James pens these words and takes complete blame for saying: Zen 4 and the art of CPU maintenance.

2 mins

Rocky 9.1

Nate Drake goes head-to-head with Red Hat-based distros this month, so is glad to have the heavyweight Rocky in his corner.

2 mins

Linux Mint 21.1 Vera

Nate Drake meets Linux Mint's latest offering, code-named Vera, and comes away bowled over by its stunning looks and ease of use.

5 mins

Return to Monkey Island

The Management thinks three decades is a perfectly fine amount of time for Will Freeman to wait to get an under-inflation pay rise.

5 mins

Packaging formats

There's a number of ways of getting software on to your Linux-powered computer, and Michael Reed is comparing them to find out which is best.

10+ mins

FREE YOUR PHONE!

Lesser-spotted Jonni Bidwell climbs to the top of a 5G mast to extol the benefits of running Linux on your phone.

10+ mins

Pi USER

Millions and millions of RP2040s! | More Pis in store

2 mins

Arduino 2.0.3

Les Pounder loves tinkering with hardware, so when Arduino revealed its latest IDE, he had an excuse to tinker some more.

2 mins

Pi Camera Module v3

The latest version of Pi's mainstream camera module has autofocus, HDR and wide angle, proclaims Les Pounder!

2 mins

Pico GPIO control with JavaScript

Les Pounder strays from Python to show us that JavaScript, the language of the web, is a viable Pico alternative.

5 mins

Add and monitor control sensors

Making sense of the situation, Les Pounder shows us how to use sensors with a robot to get about town!

10+ mins

No changes allowed!

Matt Holder explores immutable operating systems, containerised apps and containers to see if they describe the future of the Linux distro.

9 mins

Super system monitor

No sniggering at the back as Shashank Sharma shows you his bottom.

5 mins

Batch convert and optimise your images

Nick Peers reveals how to quickly apply the same changes to multiple images at once with the simple-to-configure Converseen.

5 mins

Giving praise to the TempleOS

Michael Reed delves into one of the most unusual operating systems he's ever seen and explores the story behind its creation.

10 mins

Using enhanced layer features with G'MIC

Karsten Günther takes a look beyond GIMP's standard layer functions. Besides special GIMP operations, tasks provided by G'MIC loom into view.

10+ mins

Getting creative with algorithmic art

Mike Bedford demonstrates how you can exercise your left and right brain simultaneously by generating algorithmic art.

10+ mins

Making Git so easy, we say it's Magit!

Aaron Peters uses the Emacs Git client Magit to perform a long overdue update of his LXF repository.

10+ mins

Deck the hardware

We revisit and trick out the Valve Steam Deck a year on from release.

10 mins

How to trace code directly with eBPF

Mihalis Tsoukalos explains how to take advantage of eBFP with a range of different programming languages.

10+ mins

Recreating the classic Bomberman

When we said \"go out with a bang\", Andrew Smith took it to heart and decided to blow more than just the blinking doors off!

10 mins

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