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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.

The Last Cube

Management isn't keen on sentient anything, it's bad for productivity, so Neil Mohr keeps the thinking to a minimum which isn't helping here at all...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

If there's one thing Mayank Sharma likes even less than Ubuntu, it's Ubuntu LTS releases, which are notably stable but not notable generally.

HostGator

A basic website hosing option for small and medium businesses that Shashank Sharma thinks should be on your short list.

Seagate EXOS 20TB

Mark Pickavance is stunned by the storage but not the endurance of this drive. The cost is another matter altogether, mind...

Linux Mint DE 5

Whenever there's a new LMDE release, Mayank Sharma can't help but think of the old adage: "It's the thought that counts.”

Fedora 36

Mayank Sharma calls the latest Fedora release just as boring as its predecessors. But is that a bad thing?

A Musical Story

Fun, folk and funk are three things that Management hate with a passion, so Tom Sykes has turned down his speakers.

Absolute Linux 15

After willingly burning his fingers with the unforgiving Slackware 15, Mayank Sharma tries a derivative that promises a healing touch.

Valve Steam Deck

Our PCGamer friends got a hands-on preview hardware of the Steam Deck before the big launch at the end of February. Here’s what they learnt…

Intel Core i5 12400

It’s the new Q6600, Dave James’ greatest compliment ever!

Build the Kernel

The kernel is what makes Linux tick. Jonni Bidwell is happy to get his hands dirty and help you tune up those ticks…

Oxygen Not Included

Management are thrilled with Christopher Livingston’s latest costsaving suggestion: workers don’t really need to breathe, do they?

FLIRC Pi Zero Case

Les Pounder keeps his cool with a case for his beloved Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Will it beat the heat of a benchmark?

Slackware 15.0

He’s no masochist… until there’s a new Slackware release, when Mayank Sharma puts himself through all kinds of pains to relive the good ol’ days.

CHARITABLE CHARACTERS

The Emmabuntüs collective enlightens Jonni Bidwell as to its kind and open source efforts.

Weather Widget 2

PLASMA EXTENSION

Ubuntu alternatives

Michael Reed investigates Ubuntu progenies and finds that they each have their own take on a how a desktop should work…

UBOS Linux

Mechanisms for simplifying the installation of popular web tools are like snake oil. Or so thought Mayank Sharma, until he came across UBOS…

ArchLabs 2022.02.12

Mayank Sharma has a soft spot for new Arch-based distros, and this time around he’s found one that tickles his fancy.

Secure Your Vpn

The ever-sceptical Jonni Bidwell is here to cast doubt on the highly profitable VPN business, and show you how you can do better…

4MLinux 38.0

Any distro that’s survived for over a decade must be doing something right, but Mayank Sharma wasn’t prepared for what he saw inside this one…

The Guix System

Guix takes a novel approach to its package management. Mats Tage Axelsson guides you around it.

Intel Core i5 12600K

This is the best processor of 2022 so far for tech lovers and early adopters says Jacob Ridley, who’s looking forward to see what else the year will bring.

Easyspace Web Hosting

Mike Williams assesses a skilled UK host famous for its speed…

Siduction 2021.3.0

You probably think Mayank Sharma has a thing for Debian-based KDE distros, but he’ll want you to believe that it’s just coincidence.

Pop!_OS 21.10

Keyboard-driven Jonni Bidwell is excited by the prospect of new shortcut keys and swish application launchers. Will his enthusiasm be curbed?