First step…

It seems that Tux can safely visit Hell,

Ubuntu Snaps under fire

The release of Ubuntu 22.04 has prompted more people to complain about the usefulness of Snaps.

Framework Laptop receives 12th gen processor upgrade

Popular modular laptops with Linux support now available with 12th gen Intel processors.

Turkish district reaps Linux rewards

Local government saves $1m by going open source.

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Matt Yonkovit is the head of open source

BE A GIT

Keith Edmunds is MD of Tiger Computing Ltd,

Convergence lives on with Gnome Shell

The dream of a Linux desktop for mobile devices isn’t dead in the water.

Mesa 22.1 brings better ray tracing

Open-source graphics driver stack receives a big update.

Thunderbird donations increase

Revenue of the email client rose by 21 per cent in 2021.

Distro watch

What’s down the side of the free software sofa?

SPOTLIGHT ON MESON

Xavier Claessens is a senior software engineer at

MULTIMESS

Jon Masters is a kernel hacker who’s been

Kernel Watch

Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, so that you don’t have to.

Answers

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

Mailserver

WRITE TO US Do you have a burning

Kooha

Version: 2.0.1 Web: https://github.com/seadve/kooha

AppImage Pool

Version: 5.0.0 Web: https://github.com/prateekmedia/appimagepool

Universal Media Server

Version: 10.21.0.1 Web: www.universalmediaserver.com

Beaker Browser

Version: 1.1.0 Web: https://beakerbrowser.com

superProductivity

Version: 7.11.5 Web: https://super-productivity.com

Safe Eyes

Version: 2.1.3 Web: https://slgobinath . github.io/SafeEyes

Mudlet

Version: 4.16.0 Web: www.mudlet.org

StackAndConquer

Version: 0.10.0 Web: https://github.com/ElTh0r0/stackandconquer

Bottles

Version: 2022.5.14-trento-3 Web: https://usebottles.com

Filmulator

Version: 0.11.1 Web: https://filmulator.org

GoDaddy

Purchase and bid on domains with the daddy of services and Stefan Ionescu.

OpenSUSE 15.4

If someone were to compile the definitive list of the mysteries of life, Mayank Sharma would ask them to include openSUSE at number 42.

Tails 5.1

This distro is one of those things that Mayank Sharma would rather have and not need, than need and not have.

OpenMediaVault 6

Old wine in a new bottle is such a cliché, but that’s exactly how Mayank Sharma likes his software to grow and evolve.

OnlyOffice 7.1

Usually Mayank Sharma will run everything that’ll fit inside a browser, but today he’ll try something he’s petrified to launch even as a native program.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Management doesn’t like self-referential things. It just reminds them they’re a simple strapline-based comedy construct of Christopher Livingston.

Raspberry Pi distros

The top-end Raspberry Pis can be used to build a formidable desktop. Michael Reed finds there’s a fair bit of choice when it comes to Linux distros

Fast Virtual Machines

Jonni Bidwell transcends meat space, ventures virtuously into the valleys of the virtual and returns laden with actual knowledge.

Turing 2 Pi raises $1 million in a day

The Pi-based cluster computing Kickstarter project smashes its own targets for full funding.

Waveshare CM4-NANO

Les Pounder looks at Waveshare’s Compute Module 4 carrier board that offers Raspberry Pi 4 performance in a near Zero-sized package.

Create a custom LCD menu system

Les Pounder loves to get hands-on with a good button, and if doing so can save him time and looks great, then it’s a win-win situation!

Replacing rc.local and using Systemd

Sean Conway is struggling with change – specifically, what system administration knowledge to keep and what to throw away.

World Web 3

Battle lines are being drawn up as technologies for a Web 3.0 are primed and loaded, Mats Tage Axelsson helps you prepare for a user-owned world.

Multi-boot USB drives

Shashank Sharma can’t parallel park, but he knows how to just copy and paste live distributions into a USB drive to boot ‘em up.

How to take better screengrabs in Ubuntu

Nick Peers reveals how easy it is to take screengrabs and annotate them using a combination of Ubuntu’s built-in tools and third-party utilities.

Emulate the first portable computer

Rounding off our emulation series, Mike Bedfords revives the first portable computer that ran the bizarre APL language.

Make beautiful algorithmic music

Create royalty-free music automatically, or try your hand at producing music by coding. Mike Bedford explores both composition options…

Back up and copy entire hard drives

Michael Reed shows you how to tame Clonezilla, a powerful piece of software that can help copy and restore hard disk partitions.

Keep your passwords secret and safe

David Rutland has learned from past mistakes, and endeavours to keep all of his logins, usernames and passwords firmly under lock and key.

Configure a crossplatform KVM system

Use Barrier to replace a physical KVM switch and enable a keyboard and mouse to be shared between multiple devices. Matt Holder explains all.

SEEING THE LIGHT

Three humble developers of Bodhi Linux enlighten Jonni Bidwell on the ways of Zen and the art of distro maintenance.

Controlling processes and using Unix signals

Join Mihalis Tsoukalos as he demonstrates how to use Rust to work and manage child processes, and handle Unix signals.

Updating the LXF GIT monitoring tool

John Schwartzman adds new features to an existing PyQt5 program that finds all of your git repositories and displays their status.