Open source security

Jonni’s playing with his little bag of open

LVFS hits 50 million updates

The Linux Vendor Firmware Service has now delivered a huge 50 million updates for computers around the world.

BLUETOOTH IN PIPEWIRE

Frederic Danis is a senior software engineer at

Razer releases stylish Linux laptop

Collaboration between the high-end laptop company and Lambda is powerful… and expensive.

GOING FOR GOLD!

Keith Edmunds is MD of Tiger Computing Ltd,

GNOME patent troll is finally stomped on

Rothschild Patent Imaging (RPI) forced to give up its patent rights.

GitLab moves to AlmaLinux

Development comes after CentOS 8 enters End of Life.

Firefox hits 100

Mozilla celebrates version 100.0 of its famed browser.

Distro watch

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

PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

Matt Yonkovit is the head of open source

OPEN NVIDIA

Jon Masters has been involved with Linux for

KERNEL WATCH

Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, because someone has 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

CherryTree

THE BEST NEW OPEN SOURCE SOF T WARE

Sherlock

Version: N/A Web: https://sherlock-project.github.io In addition

Simple Keylogger

Version: 2.7.1 Web: https://simplekeylogger.github.io The keylogger

Siren

Version: 0.10 Web: www.kariliq.nl/siren All operations

MediaInfo

Version: 22.03 Web: https://mediaarea . net/en/MediaInfo The project’s

Mechvibes

Version : 2.3.1 Web: https://mechvibes.com Mechvibes

yt-dlp

Version: 2022.04.08 Web: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp Despite its

Eternal Lands

Version: 1.9.6 Web: www.eternal-lands.com If you

Speed Dreams

Version: 2.2.3 Web: www.speed-dreams.org Speed Dream developers

Snap Backup

Version: 6.4.0 Web: https://snapbackup.org Snap Backup

ugrep

Version: 3.7.9 Web: https://github.com/genivia/ugrep Ugrep includes built-in

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Dave James contemplates what it is to be the fastest.

TurnKey Linux 17.0

Lethargy and laziness often get the best of him, but sometimes Mayank Sharma can turn the tables to his advantage.

Rolling Rhino Remix

A rolling Ubuntu release sounds so outrageous Mayank Sharma had to see for himself if it really delivers on its word and isn’t just a gimmick.

SysLinuxOS 11.3

Distros that take the kitchen sink approach don’t really appeal to Mayank Sharma… until, of course, he finds one that does.

Q4OS 4.8

Neither a big KDE user nor a fan of Windows, and yet Mayank Sharma can’t resist the charm of this KDE distro and its Windows installer.

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

The only certainties in life are death, taxes and middle management, and Neil Mohr knows which two are the least painful to deal with.

Full-featured CMS

Michael Reed takes a good look at five heavyweight professional content management systems that are all open source and completely free.

Get installed

Is the installation routine a helping hand or more of a slap in the face?

Support and community

Help for using the CMS and what to do when we hit difficulties.

The content editor

This is where you’ll be working in the CMS

Themes and customisation

How easy is it to change the look and layout of your site?

Suitability for beginners

You might be an expert, but the user of the system might not be.

Extra features

Does one CMS have any niceties that the other systems lack?

Extensions

Beyond the defaults, to what degree can you add features easily?

The verdict

Content management systems

HACKER’S TOOLKIT 2O22

Pretty boy and known pirate Jonni Bidwell shows how to tame your Parrot. Parrot Security OS, that is… 2022

Hack the planet/Parrot

Get started with a persistent USB install of Parrot Security OS

Hacking 101

Starting with the humble ping command and moving on to some stealthy network recon activities…

Nmap deep dive

Nmap, the stealthy port scanner, is a vital tool for any helpful hacker or nefarious network administrator’s arsenal.

Modern hacking, ethics and statistics

Read about the largest DDoS in history and how honing your hacking skills might help you prevent the next one…

CAUSING A PICO SCENE

Les Pounder works with groups such as the Raspberry Pi Foundation to help boost people’s maker skills

Rock Pi expands its range

Less appetising but just as filling, the China-based Rock Pi now delivers some SBC competition.

GPUs ARE GOish

External Pi ones.

299 winners!

Blasted into space.

Amiberry v5.0

Les Pounder loves the Amiga – he even started his journalism career with custom “disk magazines” on the school playground.

Pimoroni Servo 2040

Achieve precise motion control from Les Pounder’s tiny package.

Cheaper sense and sensor-abilities

The ever-frugal Les Pounder reveals how two of the cheapest sensors on the market can bring a wealth of data to your Raspberry Pi project.

Build your own smart home sensors

Discover how to install micro controllers and simple electronics to make our homes almost as smart as Matt Holder.

Set your Pi for mobile streaming video

Sean Conway helps you ride the rails with a Raspberry Pi and its camera, with a bit of streaming video trickery thrown in for good measure.

LINUX IN SPACE!

From a shaky start, Linux is becoming much more established in astronautics. Mike Bedford looks at its success to date and its future prospects.

Making presentations from the command line

Although renowned for concocting far better excuses than cocktails, Shashank Sharma is quite adept at making presentations.

How to control Docker over the internet

Nick Peers discovers a user-friendly, convenient and powerful way to administer your Docker containers from wherever you happen to be.

Emulate the classic 8-bit Commodore 16

Les Pounder revisits Commodore’s low-cost computer from the mid-80s and finds out how it compares to its more illustrious stablemate.

How to roll your own Linux packages

Installing from existing repos is too easy for Aaron Peters, who’s decided to build his own native package. Here’s how you can follow in his footsteps.

Design 3D parts with computer aided design

Make a 3D part in FreeCAD’s Sketcher workbench with Michael Reed, even if you think an orthographic view is the inside of someone’s mouth.

Set up picture-perfect online photo storage

In a flurry of paranoia, David Rutland expels Google Photos from his life and sets up self-hosted photo storage on the semi-official Linux Format VPS.

TOP OF THE POP! _OS

System76 developer Michael Murphy shares his Pop!_OS insights with Linux Format’s self-proclaimed top Pop fan Jonni Bidwell.

Code read/write system file tools

So, you woke up today wanting to know how to use file input and output calls to code system tools in Rust? Then Mihalis Tsoukalos can help.

Use Home Assistant NodeRED devices

NodeRED is a graphical programming language that’s ideally suited to IoT, electronics and home automations, reveals Matt Holder.