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Slax 11.2

The portable distro doesn't release often, but its many users - including Mayank Sharma - are always on the lookout for updated versions.

FINDING EQUI-LIBRE-UM

Your favourite office suite needs help, as Jonni Bidwell finds out...

Dead Cells

Management say you have to keep working even after death. Chris Thursten isn't impressed by their rogue-like attitude.

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

The only certainties in life are death, taxes and middle management, and Neil Mohr knows which two are the least painful to deal with.

Set your Pi for mobile streaming video

Sean Conway helps you ride the rails with a Raspberry Pi and its camera, with a bit of streaming video trickery thrown in for good measure.

Pimoroni Servo 2040

Achieve precise motion control from Les Pounder's tiny package.

LINUX IN SPACE!

From a shaky start, Linux is becoming much more established in astronautics. Mike Bedford looks at its success to date and its future prospects.

HACKER'S TOOLKIT 2022

Pretty boy and known pirate Jonni Bidwell shows how to tame your Parrot. Parrot Security OS, that is...

Cheaper sense and sensor-abilities

The ever-frugal Les Pounder reveals how two of the cheapest sensors on the market can bring a wealth of data to your Raspberry Pi project.

Amiberry v5.0

Les Pounder loves the Amiga - he even started his journalism career with custom "disk magazines" on the school playground.

STM Goods ChargeTree Swing

Compact multi-device charging stand

NuPhy Air60

A small keyboard with plenty of options

Kensington StudioDock

Versatile charging dock for USB-C iPads

Nanoleaf Sonic Limited Edition Starter Kit

Live your best lighting life with this Sonic-themed kit

Nomad Base One

MagSafe goes deluxe

Joby Spin Phone Mount Kit

Smooth panning video and timelapse clips

Moleskine Smart Writing System

Write on paper, upload to iPhone, iPad and the cloud

GameSir X2 Lightning

Get your iPhone game face on

TurnKey Linux 17.0

Lethargy and laziness often get the best of him, but sometimes Mayank Sharma can turn the tables to his advantage.

Creative Stage 360

Boost your home cinema set-up with this affordable soundbar

SysLinuxOS 11.3

Distros that take the kitchen sink approach don't really appeal to Mayank Sharma... until, of course, he finds one that does.

Rolling Rhino Remix

A rolling Ubuntu release sounds so outrageous Mayank Sharma had to see for himself if it really delivers on its word and isn't just a gimmick.

Q40S 4.8

Neither a big KDE user nor a fan of Windows, and yet Mayank Sharma can't resist the charm of this KDE distro and its Windows installer.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Dave James contemplates what it is to be the fastest.

1More ComfoBuds Mini

Tiny wireless earbuds offer decent sound at an affordable price

Build a Python-based reaction game

Les Pounder goes back to the early days of the Raspberry Pi to look at a board that made a big difference to his career.

BULLET-PROOF UBUNTU 22.04

Walpurgis Night is nearly upon us, so cast aside your old OS and begin life anew with Ubuntu 22.04

Armbian 22.02 Jammy XFCE

Les Pounder takes a look at a distro that supports 64 different Linux single board computers, and now he has to buy them all.

ALL HANDS ON DECK

Jonni Bidwell pries Valve's Steam Deck from PC Gamer's cold, anthropomorphised hands and gets his game on.

Arducam Auto-focus 16MP Camera module

Quick-off-the-draw Les Pounder can't shoot shots faster than this camera.