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Ubuntu Unity 22.10
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Ubuntu Unity 22.10

Nate Drake takes you on a trip down memory lane as the Unity Desktop makes its official comeback to Ubuntu.

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January 2023
Voyager Live 22.10
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Voyager Live 22.10

Nate Drake explores the glorious union of Gnome and Xfce in a single OS. You'll never look at your desktop the same way again.

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3 mins  |
January 2023
AntiX-22
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AntiX-22

Nate Drake discovers there's lots to love about the fast, lightweight and stable operating system that is AntiX.

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3 mins  |
January 2023
Improve your typing
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Improve your typing

Years ago, when Shashank Sharma had more hair on his scalp than cheeks, he decided to master touch-typing. With these tools, so can you.

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5 mins  |
January 2023
PiKISS v1.10.0
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PiKISS v1.10.0

Les Pounder is getting to an age where things need to be simple, so when someone said \"Keep It Simple, Stupid\", he took no offence.

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3 mins  |
January 2023
Phrozen Sonic 8K
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Phrozen Sonic 8K

Bigger prints, finer details, Linux support - is that all too much for a girl to ask for, Denise Bertacchi wonders?

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3 mins  |
January 2023
Build your own bespoke USB device
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Build your own bespoke USB device

Les Pounder uses his snake charming skills again to prove how easy it is to make USB devices with Python and the cheapest of Pis.

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5 mins  |
January 2023
Open source RAW photography
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Open source RAW photography

Linux offers all the pro-level tools you could possibly need for better photos. Karsten Günther is your top-tips guide.

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10+ mins  |
January 2023
The Audacity of it
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The Audacity of it

We chat with Martin Keary about the new features of Audacity, managing a community and the pitfalls of telemetry.

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10+ mins  |
January 2023
ESCAPE WINDOWS
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ESCAPE WINDOWS

Looking for a practical alternative to Windows? Nick Peers reveals how to set up and use the extremely user-friendly Elementary OS.

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10+ mins  |
January 2023
AmOs 22.08.02
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AmOs 22.08.02

Mayank Sharma always falls for beautiful-looking Arch distros, but he wonders if this one does enough to appeal to others...

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September 2022
FEATHER-LIGHT WEATHER MONITOR
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FEATHER-LIGHT WEATHER MONITOR

Jonni Bidwell doesn't fake it till he makes it. Makes a Pi-powered environment monitor, that is...

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8 mins  |
September 2022
Flirc Pi 4 Case
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Flirc Pi 4 Case

Les Pounder settles down to watch a film, blast some aliens and does a spot of low-power computing while his Raspberry Pi 4 stays cool.

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3 mins  |
September 2022
W5100S-EVB-Pico
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W5100S-EVB-Pico

Les Pounder wants to add another device to the Internet of Things. "Just a 'pico'-sized project from WIZnet," he promises...

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September 2022
Relive the days of BeOS
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Relive the days of BeOS

Michael Reed wonders if he's met the 90s-style desktop of his dreams with Haiku, an open source re-creation of the BeOS operating system.

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10+ mins  |
September 2022
Organise your fonts and create new ones
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Organise your fonts and create new ones

Nick Peers reveals how to manage your font collection as well as design new typefaces from scratch using a collection of open source tools.

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10 mins  |
September 2022
Run a modern, focused, alternative to Vim
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Run a modern, focused, alternative to Vim

While Shashank Sharma is quite fond of the text editor Vim, he realises that it can overwhelm new users. Thankfully, a simplified variant is on offer...

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6 mins  |
September 2022
Porteus 5.0
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Porteus 5.0

Mayank Sharma has a soft spot for portable distros, and wonders if the latest Porteus can wean him away from his all-time favourite, Slax.

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2 mins  |
September 2022
Total War: Warhammer 3
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Total War: Warhammer 3

Management thought the Realm of Chaos was its hot-desking floor, but Fraser Brown knows better and is perma-working from home...

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6 mins  |
September 2022
ANALOG ZERO: Get to grips with analog electronic control
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ANALOG ZERO: Get to grips with analog electronic control

Les Pounder "cranks that dial" to relive his youth of soldering irons and 1980s electronics, when a 'bit' was a relatively unknown concept.

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6 mins  |
September 2022
GET INTO CODING!
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GET INTO CODING!

Code monkey Jonni Bidwell's firmware has glitched out, so he must teach himself to code again. He hopes you'll join him for the adventure...

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10+ mins  |
September 2022
Samsung MUF-256DA
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Samsung MUF-256DA

Ganesh T S has never had such a fast thumb... drive!

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3 mins  |
September 2022
Inscryption
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Inscryption

We're not trapped in here with The Management, they're trapped in here with Jody Macgregor. And that's just the way we like it.

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3 mins  |
Summer 2022
EasyOS 4.2
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EasyOS 4.2

Michael Reed tries a Linux distribution that's suitable for extremely limited hardware, and finds that it breaks with conventions in some areas.

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3 mins  |
Summer 2022
MakuluLinux Shift
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MakuluLinux Shift

Michael Reed is wowed by the visual bling of MakuluLinux, a distro that claims to be 'game ready' thanks to its many pre-installed components.

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3 mins  |
Summer 2022
Intel Core i3-12100
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Intel Core i3-12100

A lowly quad-core serves up big performance gains, finds Paul Alcorn.

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3 mins  |
Summer 2022
Relive the classic ARM-based RISC OS
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Relive the classic ARM-based RISC OS

RISC OS is an operating system with a fascinating history that dates back decades. Michael Reed tries it out in its current incarnation.

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10+ mins  |
Summer 2022
GIMP batch processing
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GIMP batch processing

have Tackling mass image processing is a walk in the park when you Karsten Günther on your side and BIMP installed alongside GIMP.

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6 mins  |
Summer 2022
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Management doesn't like self-referential things. It just reminds them they're a simple strapline-based comedy construct of Christopher Livingston.

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6 mins  |
August 2022
Waveshare CM4-NANO
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Waveshare CM4-NANO

Les Pounder looks at Waveshare's Compute Module 4 carrier board that offers Raspberry Pi 4 performance in a near Zero-sized package.

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3 mins  |
August 2022