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Slackel 7.5

Mayank Sharma finds this distribution combines Slackware and USB distros with two use-cases: older computers and portable installations.

Neptune 7.0

Debian-based KDE distros are a dime a dozen, so Mayank Sharma was keen to see how it stacks up against the competition.

Kingston XS2000 External SSD

Next-gen external USB 3.2 2x2 storage goes mainstream with Ganesh T S at the testing station.

Intel NUC 11 Extreme PC

Kizito Katawonga wonders what happened to the NUC of the past?

Combat Malware!

Jonni Bidwell wants to turn the tide on ransomware in 2022. It appears he has his work cut out for him…

Cloud Sovereignty

Jonni Bidwell reveals how Nextcloud has become the poster-child not just for self-hosting, but for how to be a sustainable, successful FOSS project.

Intel Core i9 12900K

Intel was never going to be without its performance crown for long, so with appropriate pomp and ceremony Jacob Ridley introduces the new CPU king.

Calculate Linux 22

Jonni Bidwell was dubious about making Gentoo easy, but after careful calculation of this KDE Edition he’s all for the idea…

Display HAT Mini

Les Pounder thinks that Pimoroni’s latest display was designed for ants, or at least younger people with better eyesight than him.

DUAL-BOOT+ Booting multiple operating systems

Christian Cawley examines the various ways you can boot your Raspberry Pi, from installing an OS to multibooting.

Endless OS 4.0

Five minutes with the latest version of this distro and Mayank Sharma is reminded of the old adage: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

Stellaris

Management hates anyone going anywhere, boldly or otherwise, so Phil Savage is in a space pickle as he’s only gone and taken over the galaxy.

Zephix 3.0

A fan of portable, modular distros, Mayank Sharma runs across a relatively new one and wonders how it stacks up against his all-time favourite: Slax.

Whonix 16

Mayank Sharma is a busy man, but when it comes to privacy and security then, like Louis Armstrong, he has all the time in the world.

UBUNTU VS FEDORA

Jonni Bidwell wants to know everything – and he means everything – about the two most popular Gnome-based distros…

SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE: Driving SPI displays

Let’s go on an adventure into the SPI protocol, LCD displays and model trains with Sean Conway toot-tooting away!

Sensor and motor control with the GPIO

Les Pounder shows how we can take Scratch further with a community-developed tool that builds on our Scratch knowledge.

LICENCE TO BILL

Jonni Bidwell has been reading licence minutiae and fears big business threatens the future of copyleft and software freedom.

Devuan GNU+Linux

The backlash against Systemd resulted in this sysvinit-friendly distro, now on version 4. Mayank Sharma assesses its progress.

AUTOMOTIVE GRADE LINUX

Mats Tage Axelsson shows how open source frameworks and Linux can help navigate you safely to your coding destination.

Atari VCS

Monetising nostalgia should be an easy win for Atari so Matt Safford can‘t believe it’s created another E.T.

How To Create Efficient Backups

Backups aren’t just a safety net for Trekkies such as Shashank Sharma, but a way of life. But they can take up quite a lot of space if not done right…

Improve Your Shots Using Optical Filters

Mike Bedford looks at the benefits of photographic filters and how to emulate them – but some effects can only be achieved optically.

Build your own custom Ubuntu distro

Why settle for what the existing distributions have to offer? Michael Reed looks at Cubic, a tool for creating your own custom respin based on Ubuntu.

Controlling the Pi's GPIO with Scratch

Les Pounder shows how we can use Scratch with simple electronics.

American Truck Simulator

Management is firm: no new pay rises. So they’re terrified that Andy Kelly is planning to retrain as a highly paid truck driver.

LINUX WINDOWS

Old rivalries have been forgotten and ancient boundaries blurred. Jonni Bidwell investigates this new Redmond-Penguin harmony.

Network-share files quickly and easily

Nick Peers reveals how to share files over your local network without getting bogged down in networking protocols.

FireCuda 530 2TB

Seagate puts the SSD market on notice, says Chris Szewczyk.

Asus Tinker Board 2S

This is the little board that couldn’t, says a disappointed Les Pounder as he tries a board that’s definitely no Raspberry Pi.