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Slackel 7.5
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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.

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3 mins  |
March 2022
Neptune 7.0
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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.

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3 mins  |
March 2022
Kingston XS2000 External SSD
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Kingston XS2000 External SSD

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

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3 mins  |
March 2022
Intel NUC 11 Extreme PC
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Intel NUC 11 Extreme PC

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

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3 mins  |
March 2022
Combat Malware!
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Combat Malware!

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

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10+ mins  |
February 2022
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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.

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6 mins  |
February 2022
Intel Core i9 12900K
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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.

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9 mins  |
January 2022
Calculate Linux 22
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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…

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3 mins  |
February 2022
Display HAT Mini
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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.

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3 mins  |
February 2022
DUAL-BOOT+ Booting multiple operating systems
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DUAL-BOOT+ Booting multiple operating systems

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

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10+ mins  |
February 2022
Endless OS 4.0
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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.”

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3 mins  |
February 2022
Stellaris
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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.

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3 mins  |
February 2022
Zephix 3.0
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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.

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3 mins  |
December 2021
Whonix 16
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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.

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3 mins  |
December 2021
UBUNTU VS FEDORA
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UBUNTU VS FEDORA

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

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10+ mins  |
December 2021
SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE: Driving SPI displays
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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!

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5 mins  |
December 2021
Sensor and motor control with the GPIO
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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.

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7 mins  |
December 2021
LICENCE TO BILL
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LICENCE TO BILL

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

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10+ mins  |
December 2021
Devuan GNU+Linux
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Devuan GNU+Linux

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

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3 mins  |
December 2021
AUTOMOTIVE GRADE LINUX
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AUTOMOTIVE GRADE LINUX

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

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10+ mins  |
December 2021
Atari VCS
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Atari VCS

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

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3 mins  |
December 2021
How To Create Efficient Backups
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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…

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6 mins  |
November 2021
Improve Your Shots Using Optical Filters
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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.

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10+ mins  |
November 2021
Build your own custom Ubuntu distro
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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.

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10+ mins  |
November 2021
Controlling the Pi's GPIO with Scratch
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Controlling the Pi's GPIO with Scratch

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

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7 mins  |
November 2021
American Truck Simulator
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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.

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5 mins  |
November 2021
LINUX WINDOWS
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LINUX WINDOWS

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

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10+ mins  |
November 2021
Network-share files quickly and easily
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Network-share files quickly and easily

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

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7 mins  |
November 2021
FireCuda 530 2TB
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FireCuda 530 2TB

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

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3 mins  |
November 2021
Asus Tinker Board 2S
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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.

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3 mins  |
November 2021