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Linux Format
January 2022
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WELCOME
MEET THE TEAM
This issue we’re looking at building a Raspberry Pi media centre as a first maker project. What’s your favourite Pi project to help kick-start would-be maker fans?
Maker bliss
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Man uses Linux and the world goes crazy!
Linus Tech Tips tries – and fails – to install Steam in Linux
Canonical brings Ubuntu to M1 Macs
Canonical has unveiled an updated Multipass, which makes it easy to run Linux on Apple’s latest machines
GitLab severs used in DDoS attacks
Security flaw in GitLab’s servers exploited
FORTUNE TELLING…
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HUMAN FAILURE
In any business system you want to eliminate
Steam Deck devs to use Manjaro KDE
Valve puts forward Manjaro Linux as a suitable test environment
Zink levels up
Outperforms Nvidia’s own drivers with Tomb Raider
Gamers 4 Linux!
Well, over one per cent of them love FOSS. Progress!
Distro watch
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WIREPLUMBER HAS LANDED
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KERNEL WATCH
Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, because someone has to
Answers
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Pscircle
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Edotool
Version: 3.0.1d Web: https://github . com/evuraan/edotool
Quickemu
Version: 2.3.0 Web: https://github . com/wimpysworld/quickemu
USB Imager
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GtkStressTesting
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Intel Core i9 12900K
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Waterfox G4.0.3
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Edge on Linux
Will Edge find space in the saturated Linux web browser market, just because Mayank Sharma thinks Microsoft has done a good job with the release?
NuTyx 21.10
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Ubuntu Touch OTA-20
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Black Mesa
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ROUNDUP
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Input and output formats handled
The heart of the matter: what can you convert into to what else?
Processing with filters
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Using the user interface
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Batch processing multiple videos
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Video-editing options
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Audio manipulation
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Extra features
Each of these programs brings something new to the table…
The Verdict
Video conversion tools
MEDIA CENTRE
Start 2022 off right with Jonni Bidwell’s outrageous media centre, powered by Pi, Kodi and just one too many LEDs
Kodi academy
New versions of Kodi and LibreELEC are out, but only for Raspberry Pi 4 users (for now)…
Setting up Kodi
LibreELEC is probably the easiest Linux distro you ever installed, and Kodi will be ready for action in no time
Hi-fidelity Kodi
Integrate the world’s most popular streaming site into Kodi and see how the Pi fares at high resolutions
The light fantastic
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Pi USER
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Pop!_OS (Pi edition)
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Cyberdeck Bonnet
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TUTORIALS
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Set up a music studio using Qtractor
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