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Garuda Linux 210101
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Garuda Linux 210101

Mayank Sharma has enjoyed one Arch-based distribution this month, but will lightning strike twice or has he been taken in by the distro’s tall claims?

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March 2021
BETTER VIRTUAL MACHINES
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BETTER VIRTUAL MACHINES

Forget about the draconian confines of reality and immerse yourself (well, your computing) in a virtual world. Jonni Bidwell’s here with a machines-inside-machines extravaganza.

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10+ mins  |
March 2021
Raspberry Pi Pico
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Raspberry Pi Pico

In a break from the norm Les Pounder tests the latest Pi: a $4 microcontroller featuring the first ‘Pi Silicon’ created by Raspberry Pi.

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6 mins  |
March 2021
RebornOS 2020.12.28
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RebornOS 2020.12.28

The constant deluge of Arch-based distros can put anyone to sleep, but this one makes Mayank Sharma wake up from his slumber.

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March 2021
Rescuezilla 2.1
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Rescuezilla 2.1

With perennial fat fingers, Mayank Sharma has been messing with hard disks long enough to know that good rescue tools are worth their weight in gold.

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March 2021
THE LINUX GAMBIT
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THE LINUX GAMBIT

Jonni Bidwell once again sets a graphics card on fire, this time calculating chess positions…

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March 2021
Decode signals from weather satellites
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Decode signals from weather satellites

Weather satellites transmit signals that you can receive and decode to generate images of the Earth. Mike Bedford shows you how.

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10+ mins  |
March 2021
Wasteland 3
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Wasteland 3

Management simply hates weirdos and snow, so this is a bad time of year for them and they’re taking it out on Jody Macgregor.

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5 mins  |
March 2021
A terminal multiple window manager
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A terminal multiple window manager

You can’t use the mouse or run multiple windows in a text environment… unless you’re Shashank Sharma and know just the right tool for the job.

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7 mins  |
March 2021
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

As Alan Dexter discovers, this chip may be the runt of the Zen 3 family, but it delivers where it counts most: gaming.

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March 2021
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AMD Radeon RX 6800

The RX 6800 not only delivers 1,440p performance, it demolishes the RTX 2080 Ti at 4K, too says Jacob Ridley.

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7 mins  |
February 2021
Slackel 7.4
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Slackel 7.4

Before he couldn’t work with Arch, he couldn’t work with Slackware, which is why Mayank Sharma jumps at everything that mentions the venerable distro.

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March 2021
RetroPie 4.7.1
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RetroPie 4.7.1

Les Pounder loves retrogaming and Raspberry Pi, so with RetroPie and the new Raspberry Pi 400 the question is: will he find his Nirvana?

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February 2021
Emulate classic Apple computers
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Emulate classic Apple computers

Les Pounder goes back to his distant college days and reveals how to emulate the Apple desktop machines that he used for work and play.

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February 2021
Get coding on the Raspberry Pi 64-bit
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Get coding on the Raspberry Pi 64-bit

John Schwartzman demos using assembly language code for the 64-bit Raspberry Pi to call Linux kernel services and the C run-time library.

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February 2021
MANJARO Quickly install Manjaro on the Pi 4
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MANJARO Quickly install Manjaro on the Pi 4

Les Pounder reveals how to get Manjaro Arm up and running on the Raspberry Pi 4 / 400, and start using the GPIO with Python.

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6 mins  |
February 2021
RISE OF THE ROBOTS
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RISE OF THE ROBOTS

Mats Tage Axelsson presents the basics of a robotics operating system and reveals what components can be used…

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February 2021
Next-gen terminals
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Next-gen terminals

Discover the next-gen terminal tools with David Rutland that will transform your command-line life.

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February 2021
Enhance your photos by stacking them
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Enhance your photos by stacking them

Combining multiple photos of the same scene using a stacking technique can result in some spectacular results, reveals Mike Bedford.

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February 2021
Elementary OS lands on the Raspberry Pi
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Elementary OS lands on the Raspberry Pi

The world is getting armed and dangerous, as another distro joins the Raspberry Pi army.

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February 2021
How To Build Internet Of Thing Devices
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How To Build Internet Of Thing Devices

The Raspberry Pi can be used with other programming languages, including one designed for the Internet of Things, reveals Les Pounder.

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7 mins  |
January 2021
Partitioning disks from the command line
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Partitioning disks from the command line

Formatting and partitioning hard disk isn’t the exclusive domain of graphical tools. Shashank Sharma reveals the utilities that can make space for Linux.

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6 mins  |
January 2021
Top 10 Ubuntu tips
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Top 10 Ubuntu tips

Nick Peers reveals the answers to some of the web’s most-searched questions about Ubuntu to deliver 10 unmissable tips.

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7 mins  |
January 2021
Programming a Turing Machine
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Programming a Turing Machine

It was the computer that started it all, albeit in theory. Mike Bedford shows you how to program a Turing Machine and put it through its paces.

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10+ mins  |
January 2021
Run the classic Amstrad CPC 464
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Run the classic Amstrad CPC 464

Les Pounder goes back to the 80s, when Alan Sugar hired more people than he fired and computers came built inside the keyboards. Madness!

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January 2021
Ubuntu 20.10
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Ubuntu 20.10

The Groovy Gorilla is out. Jonni Bidwell wonders if he might finally meet his spirit animal, or if he’ll be maimed.

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6 mins  |
January 2021
Emulation-free Amiga AROS
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Emulation-free Amiga AROS

Fed up with modern indulgence and bulky nonsense, John Knight tries PC computing the Amiga way, with the AROS operating system.

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January 2021
LINUX ON THE GO
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LINUX ON THE GO

Jonni Bidwell’s desktop PC  exploded, but fret not – he’s found  that Linux works great on laptops.  And phones. And Chromebooks.

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January 2021
PACKAGE DELIVERY
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PACKAGE DELIVERY

Add your own Linux software to the ecosystem. Michael Reed looks at what it takes to become a package maintainer.

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January 2021
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

The Zen 3 architecture packing Ryzen 9 5900X moves AMD out of Intel’s shadow to take centre stage. Jarred Wilton and Alan Dexter are impressed.

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6 mins  |
January 2021