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Tricks And Techniques Used By Hackers And How To Guard Against Them.
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Tricks And Techniques Used By Hackers And How To Guard Against Them.

Join our resident security expert Jonni Bidwell and learn the tricks and techniques used by hackers and how to guard against them.

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December 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

A last gasp from AMD’s Zen 2 architecture leaves Alan Dexter both underwhelmed and hotter than normal under the collar.

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December 2020
Best Open Source Tools
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Best Open Source Tools

Nick Peers reveals 10 fantastic tools and applications that should be on every Ubuntu user’s radar, for maximising their time in the distro.

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7 mins  |
December 2020
Quark 20.04
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Quark 20.04

There’s something about distros that mimic the Windows desktop which piques Mayank Sharma’s curiosity…

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December 2020
RASPAD 3 Raspberry Pi tablet
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RASPAD 3 Raspberry Pi tablet

Raspberry Pi tablets are the holy grail of single-board computing. Christian Cawley builds his own using a RasPad 3 kit.

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December 2020
HotPicks
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HotPicks

Nuclear Simplest Studio Crazydiskmark Flameshot Wol_qt Identity Sane-airscan Cycle Veloren Ventoy Koi

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December 2020
On the disc
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On the disc

Discover the highlights from this month’s packed DVD!

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December 2020
Raspberry Pi 400
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Raspberry Pi 400

Taking a leaf out of 80s computer design, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has put its latest Raspberry Pi inside a keyboard. Les Pounder checks it out.

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December 2020
Mailserver
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Mailserver

Write to us at Linux Format, Future Publishing, Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA or lxf.letters@futurenet.com.

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December 2020
Crusader Kings 3
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Crusader Kings 3

Management might love The King, but they do have suspicious minds and feel caught in a trap hearing Fraser Brown’s plans to get them all shook up.

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December 2020
Develop RAW Photo-Editing Skills
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Develop RAW Photo-Editing Skills

In the first of a two-part series, Alexander Tolstoy shows how to edit RAW files as he explores open source alternatives to Adobe Lightroom.

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November 2020
Live stream from your Linux deskop
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Live stream from your Linux deskop

Nick Peers reveals how to create a multi-screen live streaming video with the help of OBS Studio.

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November 2020
HotPicks
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HotPicks

Firefox Htop Outrun Pixelitor Memavaild Krop Diagrams Xmoto Fortify Oomox Flowblade

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November 2020
Collaborate on office docs with NextCloud
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Collaborate on office docs with NextCloud

If you’re seeking a secure and effective way of document editing within your Nextcloud instance, Kseniya Fedoruk has the right solution for you.

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November 2020
Manjaro 20.1.1
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Manjaro 20.1.1

The distribution that brought Arch to the masses continues to amass new features and win over Jonni Bidwell, who’s never easily pleased.

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November 2020
Mind Control Delete
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Mind Control Delete

Management loves a bit of mindless repetition, so Natalie Clayton dances slow-motion rings around them while playing the latest Superhot expansion.

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November 2020
Enos OS 0.4
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Enos OS 0.4

Swapping out Xfce’s window manager for elementary OS’s proves most pleasing to hybrid fan Jonni Bidwell.

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November 2020
Nvidia GeForce NOW
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Nvidia GeForce NOW

Nvidia offers stream gaming to all. Neil Mohr activates Suspicious Mode…

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2 mins  |
November 2020
ZULIP ECONOMY
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ZULIP ECONOMY

Jonni Bidwell talks to Tim Abbott about how a printer notification protocol combined with a kernel patching  mechanism led to the Zulip chat program.

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November 2020
BUILD THE ULTIMATE MEDIA SERVER
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BUILD THE ULTIMATE MEDIA SERVER

Winter is coming and Jonni Bidwell wants   you to enjoy it the right way – with a blanket  and a Linux-powered home media server to warm your heart.

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November 2020
Quickly Put Together A Slick Bibliography
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Quickly Put Together A Slick Bibliography

Putting together accurate, searchable bibliographies is rarely a simple job. Kseniya Fedoruk reveals how to do it with less effort, using ONLYOFFICE.

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October 2020
RaspController
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RaspController

Les Pounder needs an easy way to see what all of his Raspberry Pis are up to, but he’s too lazy to move from the sofa…

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October 2020
Seeed Odyssey X86J4105
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Seeed Odyssey X86J4105

Les Pounder tries an Intel-powered SBPC with the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO.

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2 mins  |
October 2020
HISTORY OF THE PC
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HISTORY OF THE PC

In a world of competing processors and operating systems, John Knight explores how the PC began, what powers it and how it’s still going.

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October 2020
LinuxFX 10.6
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LinuxFX 10.6

Cold-hearted Jonni Bidwell shows a rare hint of sympathy for users who want their Linux to look like Windows.

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October 2020
How to recreate the Doctor Who theme
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How to recreate the Doctor Who theme

Mike Bedford makes use an analogue synthesiser simulator to generate one of TV’s most iconic and recognisable themes.

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October 2020
BUILD A SMART HOME OFFICE
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BUILD A SMART HOME OFFICE

Wiseguy Jonni Bidwell has some tips on making our homes and home offices smarter, with the latest FOSS offerings.

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October 2020
FUNDING THE FREE
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FUNDING THE FREE

Jonni Bidwell delves into the thorny issues surrounding funding open-source projects and urges you to support your favourite free software.

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October 2020
Easy OS 2.4.1
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Easy OS 2.4.1

Puppy Linux has a younger sibling, and like Jonni Bidwell it’s completely container-mad and works well on a boat.

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3 mins  |
October 2020
Beyond a Steel Sky
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Beyond a Steel Sky

Management loves a totalitarian regime and it loves some nostalgia harking back to when magazines and Ian Evenden used to make a profit…

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5 mins  |
October 2020