MEET THE TEAM

This issue, we’re helping people escape Windows again and use Elementary OS instead. What would you suggest a newbie should try out in the open source world?

It just works!

It’s a phrase I’ve seen used steadily for

Newsdesk

THIS ISSUE: Funding programmes Google’s secure OS Godot goes independent Torvalds interview Arm case aids RISC-V

Kernel Watch

Jon Masters keeps an eye out for all the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, so you don’t have to.

ONGOING DEVELOPMENT

The Asahi Linux project posted a lengthy update

Answers

Got a burning question about open source or the kernel? Whatever your level, email it to answers@linuxformat.com

Mailserver

Hmm, MX Linux has been the number one

A Photo Tool Libre

Version: 1.0.4-3 Web: https://github.com/ aphototool/A-Photo-Tool-Libre Many desktop distributions

Shutter Encoder

MULTIMEDIA CONVERTER

Passy

OFFLINE PASSWORD MANAGER

Open-Typer

TYPING TUTOR

Qtexttospeech

TEXT TO SPEECH

Thorium

WEB BROWSER

Ásbrú Connection Manager

SESSION MANAGER

ET: Legacy

FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER

Cro-Mag Rally

RACING GAME

Nvtop

GPU PROCESS MONITOR

Stretchly

BREAK REMINDER

LINUX FORMAT

The #1 open source mag Future Publishing Limited,

Samsung 990 Pro 2TB

Return of the king? Yes, Jeremy Laird is back.

Phrozen Sonic 8K

Bigger prints, finer details, Linux support – is

AntiX-22

Nate Drake discovers there’s lots to love about the fast, lightweight and stable operating system that is AntiX.

Voyager Live 22.10

Nate Drake explores the glorious union of Gnome and Xfce in a single OS. You’ll never look at your desktop the same way again.

Ubuntu Unity 22.10

Nate Drake takes you on a trip down memory lane as the Unity Desktop makes its official comeback to Ubuntu.

ROUNDUP

Trilium 0.56 CherryTree 0.99 Zim 0.75 Joplin 2.8.8 QOwnNotes 22.10.3

ESCAPE WINDOWS

Looking for a practical alternative to Windows? Nick Peers reveals how to set up and use the extremely user-friendly Elementary OS.

You’ve made your choice – it’s time to install Linux alongside Windows.

Install Elementary OS alongside Windows

Take the desktop tour

The big selling point of Elementary OS is its desktop – here’s what you need to know.

Installing new apps

Finding and installing apps in Elementary OS is easy, but you’ll need more than the default app store provided.

Take a deeper dive

Your new operating system is up and running, and your journey into Linux has begun. Here’s where to focus your efforts next.

TWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS

Les Pounder is an editor at Tom’s Hardware

Pis to be fully stocked by autumn 2023

Eben Upton tells us we can expect shelves to be groaning with Raspberry Pis again later in 2023.

EsPiFF

A new microcontroller.

PiKISS v1.10.0

Les Pounder is getting to an age where things need to be simple, so when someone said “Keep It Simple, Stupid”, he took no offence.

Build your own bespoke USB device

Les Pounder uses his snake charming skills again to prove how easy it is to make USB devices with Python and the cheapest of Pis.

Design and build your dream Pi robot

In his latest series, Les Pounder explains how to plan, design and build your very own Raspberry Pi robot from the basics up.

Monitor and graph your system metrics

Graphs make Matt Holder happy, so he spent his weekend storing system statistics in a database and pumping out graphs so you can, too!

The Audacity of it

We chat with Martin Keary about the new features of Audacity, managing a community and the pitfalls of telemetry.

Improve your typing

Years ago, when Shashank Sharma had more hair on his scalp than cheeks, he decided to master touch-typing. With these tools, so can you.

Take full control of your passwords

Nick Peers reveals how to get started with Buttercup, a password manager that puts you firmly in control of your sensitive data.

ReactOS: the open source Windows

Open source OS

Create videos from time-lapse photos

Time-lapse videos

Explore a box full of distributions

Containers

Get started photo editing with GIMP

Photo editing

Open source RAW photography

Linux offers all the pro-level tools you could possibly need for better photos. Karsten Günther is your top-tips guide.

Using eBPF to monitor filesystems

Mihalis Tsoukalos explains how to use eBPF to track filesystems.

Code an admin back-end in Django

Continuing with our magazine cataloguing application, Matt Holder explains how to create admin controls and basic view functions