Distro watch

Work smarter and harder

I’ve never done so many video conferences, to the point

Seeed Odyssey X86J4105

CPU: Intel Celeron J4105 (1.5GHz, 4 core, 4MB cache, 10W

Easy OS 2.4.1

An experimental, lightweight, container-friendly distro. Based on Puppy Linux via

LinuxFX 10.6

An uncannily Windows-looking distro aimed at users shifting to Linux

Beyond a Steel Sky

The 1994 adventure game Beneath A Steel Sky was considered

Mathematics packages

Mats Tage Axelsson has spent decades figuring out reasons to

BUILD A SMART HOME OFFICE

Creative ingenuity and the ability to cram a network stack

FUNDING THE FREE

For many of us, the price tag was a key

HISTORY OF THE PC

The PC; the personal computer; the IBM-compatible. Whatever you want

EDUBLOCKS

Hello, we’re Lara and Dave, and we’re the parents of

Attack of the Boston Pi-namics clones

Boston Dynamics is a robotic design company that is most

SATA storage

Storage on the Pi has always been troublesome; no native

World keyboards

The Raspberry Pi-designed keyboard range has been extended to help

RaspController

An Android app that provides remote control of multiple Raspberry

Get up and running with Ubuntu 20.04

Les Pounder is an Associate Editor at Tom’s Hardware and

Native Pi gaming with the classics

Christian Cawley has gained weight during lockdown, mostly from spending

Create a 2D shooter

Calvin Robinson is a former Assistant Principal and Computer Science

RISC heads for the Linux desktop

Back at the end of June 2020 Apple made the

Mozilla lays off 50% of employees

Mozilla Corporation announced it will lay off around 250 employees,

Russian Fancy Bear

The NSA and FBI have released a new cybersecurity advisory

OBSERVE THE OBSERVERS

Matt Yonkovit is Percona’s chief experience officer and a member

TALENT & TALENT

There’s one interview question that will enable you to differentiate

Earthquake detection

The Linux Foundation - the nonprofit organisation set up to

Linux extending

Microsoft has discovered that its Linux supporting system Windows Subsystem

OnlyOffice images

There’s been a little discussion of late about Snap and

WE’RE VERY SENSITIVE!

When Linux 5.2 was released, a new feature was added

GITS NEW AND OLD

The Register recently ran a piece in which Microsoft’s representative

Kernel Watch

Linus Torvalds announced Linux 5.9-rc3 L (release candidate 3), which

ONGOING DEVELOPMENT

The RISC-V architecture may be about to gain support for

Answers

Q No news is not good news Following the demise

Mailserver

WRITE TO US Do you have a burning Linux-related issue

LibreOffice

Alexander Tolstoy is heading towards an Indian summer in his

Pinta

We thought we were aware of all (or at least

Basilisk

The web browser market has long being divided among select

Boop-GTK

When it comes to Linux text editors, there are a

HDCK

Nobody likes losing precious information due to a hard drive

QtFileExplorer

Rumour has it that once upon a time, the Dolphin

Prelockd

No matter how much RAM you have, it may still

Destination Sol

Destination Sol is a marvellous and very playable title originally

Matchimals

Years ago, there was a trend of publishing PC games

DigiKam

Maintaining an image collection starts with sorting files using a

GSConnect

GSConnect is must-have software for those Linuxers who use Gnome

Expand text easily

Shashank Sharma is a trial lawyer in Delhi. An avid

Organise your ideas, projects and plans

Nick Peers is dreaming of a new, more powerful server

Quickly put together a slick bibliography

Kseniya Fedoruk is a documents expert working at ONLYOFFICE, she

Relive running a HDD-equipped Amiga 1200

Les Pounder is associate editor at Tom’s Hardware and a

How to recreate the Doctor Who theme

Mike Bedford likes to play around with the maths of