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FASTER, BETTER SERVERS!
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FASTER, BETTER SERVERS!

As the dust settles following Red Hat’s winding down of CentOS, Jonni Bidwell looks for alternative server distributions.

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10+ mins  |
August 2021
Getting to grips with breadboards
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Getting to grips with breadboards

Mike Bedford provides a hands-on guide to using breadboards for those starting out with the Raspberry Pi or other single-board computer projects.

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10+ mins  |
August 2021
WEB APP SECURITY
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WEB APP SECURITY

Former Dark lord of network operations Tim Armstrong teaches the mystical arts of systems, security and keeping your stuff secret and safe.

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10+ mins  |
August 2021
Aorus Gen4 7000s
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Aorus Gen4 7000s

Gigabyte’s SSD is the fastest storage this side of Sean Webster’s oiled drawers.

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3 mins  |
August 2021
Bodhi Linux 6.0
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Bodhi Linux 6.0

Mayank Sharma isn’t embarrassed to admit that there’s something about Enlightenment-based distros that makes him go weak in the knees.

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3 mins  |
August 2021
GeckoLinux Rolling
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GeckoLinux Rolling

With openSUSE being the only real KDE distro that he’s ever found tolerable, Mayank Sharma wonders if a spin can add anything to that experience.

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3 mins  |
August 2021
NomadBSD 130R
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NomadBSD 130R

While Mayank Sharma has tried a couple of BSD desktop spins, none of them has offered a compelling reason for him to keep them around… until now.

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3 mins  |
August 2021
OSGeoLive 14.0
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OSGeoLive 14.0

Being cooped up in his home office, Mayank Sharma’s quest to travel the world leads him to a distro that brings the world to him.

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3 mins  |
August 2021
Silicon Dreams
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Silicon Dreams

Management loves to treat the staff like robots. A defiant Luke Kemp can confirm that they’re certainly not human…

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4 mins  |
August 2021
Phrozen Sonic Mini 4K
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Phrozen Sonic Mini 4K

Print with more pixels per inch than an iPhone 12 Pro, says Andrew Sink.

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3 mins  |
July 2021
Intel Core i5 11600K
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Intel Core i5 11600K

It’s a chip that tickles Dave James’ price/performance sensibilities.

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3 mins  |
July 2021
Samsung 980 1TB SSD
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Samsung 980 1TB SSD

A strange drive for stranger times, says a perfectly normal Alan Dexter.

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3 mins  |
June 2021
Radeon RX 6700 XT
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Radeon RX 6700 XT

Navi 22 joins the GPU party, trimming core counts, die size and price, as Jarred Walton discovers. If only you could get your hands on it…

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6 mins  |
June 2021
ALL YOUR DATABASE ARE BELONG TO US
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ALL YOUR DATABASE ARE BELONG TO US

With the help of Patrick McFadin, the Datastax database guru, Jonni Bidwell gets a handle on the wherefore and why of Kubernetes.

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10+ mins  |
May 2021
A Parent's Guide To Programming
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A Parent's Guide To Programming

Mike Bedford investigates which languages to consider if you want to help your children get a head-start in coding.

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10+ mins  |
May 2021
CentOS Stream 8
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CentOS Stream 8

Mayank Sharma takes a look at the distro that has the open source community up in arms, to see what the hullabaloo is all about.

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3 mins  |
May 2021
Terminal multiplexer
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Terminal multiplexer

Shashank Sharma is enthralled by screen multiplexers, and Byobu presents an elegant and efficient approach to managing multiple windows.

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5 mins  |
May 2021
SparkyLinux 2021.03
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SparkyLinux 2021.03

Its rather unimpressive-looking screenshots intrigued Mayank Sharma, who wants to find how this distro has survived for as long as it has.

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3 mins  |
May 2021
SystemRescue 8.0
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SystemRescue 8.0

If you’re as adventurous with your installations as Mayank Sharma, then you too would want to keep a copy of this distro handy…

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3 mins  |
May 2021
MX-Fluxbox Pi 21.02.20
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MX-Fluxbox Pi 21.02.20

Les Pounder is always on the lookout for a new slice of Pi and with MX Linux he discovers something fresh from the oven.

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3 mins  |
May 2021
Spiritfarer
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Spiritfarer

In these turbulent times management has shown uncharacteristic compassion and allowed Rachel Watts to contemplate life.

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6 mins  |
May 2021
WD Black SN850 1TB
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WD Black SN850 1TB

Move over Samsung, there’s a new PCIe 4.0 storage king in town says Alan Dexter, as he reaches for the ermine-lined cloak.

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3 mins  |
May 2021
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Zak Storey climbs onto the closest thing the computing industry has to a unicorn, and straps in for the ride of his life.

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2 mins  |
May 2021
How To Master Black And White Photography
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How To Master Black And White Photography

Mike Bedford reveals the secrets of good black and white photography, an art form that stands alongside its more colourful counterpart.

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10+ mins  |
April 2021
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Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus

A superfast, 2TB second-generation PCIe 4.0 drive that comes in at a decent price? Sign me up, says Alan Dexter.

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3 mins  |
April 2021
Vivaldi 3.6
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Vivaldi 3.6

Will someone please stop Jonni Bidwell incessantly whistling the first movement of Four Seasons as he reviews this browser.

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3 mins  |
April 2021
Siduction 2021.1.0
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Siduction 2021.1.0

Jonni Bidwell is once again seduced by the dark side of the Linux Distribution community, or at least the Debian Sid side.

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3 mins  |
April 2021
Cyber Shadow
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Cyber Shadow

Management loves saving money, so when Stacey Henley says she’s using fewer pixels and reusing old ideas they were all aboard.

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5 mins  |
April 2021
KDE neon 5.21.0
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KDE neon 5.21.0

Jonni Bidwell has had it with Gnome, at least for this page, where he dabbles with KDE’s latest desktop delights.

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3 mins  |
April 2021
Cosmo Communicator
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Cosmo Communicator

Is the Linux-compatible Cosmo Communicator PDA out of this world? Christian Cawley boldly launches a five-day mission to find out.

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6 mins  |
April 2021