Linux is fun!

Some people have gained the impression that Linux might not

Apple Swift System

Swift was brought out by Apple in 2014 to replace

Open source PowerPC laptop

Since IBM open sourced its PowerPC processors (see Newsdesk, LXF255)

HEAD IN THE CLOUD

Keith Edmunds is MD of Tiger Computing Ltd, which provides

STREAMY LOVER

Earlier in September, the much-anticipated release of GStreamer 1.18 was

Dell’s Linux laptops refreshed

We’ve been running plenty of stories of manufacturers releasing Linux-first

Microsoft Edge

A after teasing the possibility of bringing its newly Chromium-powered

Gnome turns v40

Gnome gets a hard time over its desktop but as

Distro watch

With its cutting-edge release KDE Plasma desktop and themed Qt-based

KINGS AND DATABASES

Are architects the new kingmakers of the database world? To

MOORE PROBLEMS

Jon Masters has been involved with Linux for over 22

Kernel Watch

Paul McKenney posted a thread titled “Litmus test for question

Nvidia GeForce NOW

We weren’t hugely impressed with Google’s Stadia game streaming service,

Enos OS 0.4

A lightweight, Xubuntu-based distro aimed at beginners and those using

Manjaro 20.1.1

The latest point release of the ever-popular Arch-based distro. Available

Mind Control Delete

Get hit by a stray shot: dead. Repeat. Run out

DietPi

A lightweight, Debian-based distro that eschews a graphical interface for

BUILD THE ULTIMATE MEDIA SERVER

Samhain is upon us and all kind of creatures and

ZULIP ECONOMY

Tim Abbott has something of an impressive resumé, holding no

Power-user distros

Shashank Sharma has tested more distributions than you’ve had microwaved

HISTORY OF THE PC

There’s no doubt that Windows is synonymous with the PC

IT’S TIME TO GET ON BOARD

Gary Croft is a digital and innovation manager at SGS,

Astro Pi 2021 launches your code into space!

The Astro Pi Challenge is an annual contest that gives

Girls in space

Turns out superhydrophobic-coated tanks reduce liquid slosh in spacecraft by

MCU magic

D developer Roey Benamotz has created the Lean Mean Programming

Getting creative with the Pi camera

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

Emulate the classic ZX Spectrum range

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

Developing Noughts and Crosses in Python

Calvin Robinson is a former assistant principal and computer science

Answers

Got a burning question about open source or the kernel?

Mailserver

Write to us at Linux Format, Future Publishing, Quay House,

Firefox

Alexander Tolstoy makes it his aim to collect the best

Htop

There are several reasons for using Htop to keep an

Outrun

Outrun is a powerful system tool that can do cool

Pixelitor

We’ve previously reviewed an update of Pinta, a Microsoft Paint.NET

Memavaild

Performance-related tips and tweaks for Linux are normally aimed at

Krop

One of the most widely used formats of exchanging documents

Diagrams

The Python Package Inde (PyPI) contains over 260,000 projects, some

X-moto

Ask someone to name a challenging 2D motocross racing in

Fortify

Children often feel compassion towards theirbeloved toys and try to

Oomox

Since theme engine support was removed from GTK 3.18 a

Flowblade

Linux users who are involved with non-linear video editing have

SSH replacement for persistent connections

Shashank Sharma is an avid Arch user and a trial

Live stream from your Linux deskop

Nick Peers wonders if there’s a future in live streaming

Collaborate on office docs with NextCloud

Kseniya Fedoruk is a documents expert at OnlyOffice and spends

Visualise complex data in style using Timelion

Simon Quain is a site reliability engineer who likes discovering

Develop RAW photo-editing Skills

Alexander Tolstoy is a long-time enthusiast of image editing using