WHAT TO DO IN 2022

MEET THE TEAM

This issue Jonni’s being paranoid about malware. We wondered what’s the most paranoid thing you find yourself doing?

Threatscape Linux

If you weren’t taking your security seriously before,

German state to replace MS Office with LibreOffice

The switch will see 25,000 PCs move to open source software

Blender 3.0 released

Open-source 3D graphics tool receives major update

Man-uses-Linux fallout

After the well-publicised travails of a YouTuber trying to use Linux, the community bands together to help out

ALARMING STUFF

Keith Edmunds is MD of Tiger Computing Ltd,

Proton: now even better!

Playing Windows games in Linux receives a big boost

Firefox sandboxing explained

Firefox 95 will come with RLBox to help boost security

Open 3D Engine now available

Open-source 3D engine will boost Linux game dev-work

Distro watch

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

VENUS AND VULKAN

Antonio Caggiano is a software engineer based at

NEW AND IMPROVED

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

A diagram can save a thousand words, but

Alexander Tolstoy

is still zooming in and out his newly

FSearch

Version: 0.1 Web: https://github . com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch

Mapscii

Version: GIT Web: https://github.com/ rastapasta/mapscii

Telegrand

Version: GIT Web: https://github.com/ melix99/telegrand

Girouette

Version: 0.6.5 Web: https://github . com/gourlaysama/girouette

Sysmontask

Version: 1.0 Web: https://github.com/ KrispyCamel4u/SysMonTask

Luna Paint

Version: 0.11 Web: https://github.com/ lunapaint/vscode-luna-paint

AppImageLauncher

Version: 2.2.0 Web: https://github . com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher

Plop

Version: GIT Web: https://github.com/ Caltrop256/plop

Let’s Surf

Version: GIT Web: https://github.com/ jackbuehner/MicrosoftEdge-S.U.R.F

QOI

Version: GIT Web: https://github.com/ phoboslab/qoi

Xplorer

Version: 0.2 Web: https://github.com/ kimlimjustin/xplorer

DON’T TRUST YOUR VPN!

We lift the veil on the VPN world with the do’s and don’ts of what you should trust them with

Easyspace web hosting

Mike Williams assesses a skilled UK host famous for its speed…

Intel Core i5 12600K

This is the best processor of 2022 so far for tech lovers and early adopters says Jacob Ridley, who’s looking forward to see what else the year will bring

Endless OS 4.0

Five minutes with the latest version of this distro and Mayank Sharma is reminded of the old adage: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

4MLinux 38.0

Any distro that’s survived for over a decade must be doing something right, but Mayank Sharma wasn’t prepared for what he saw inside this one…

Calculate Linux 22

Jonni Bidwell was dubious about making Gentoo easy, but after careful calculation of this KDE Edition he’s all for the idea…

Stellaris

Management hates anyone going anywhere, boldly or otherwise, so Phil Savage is in a space pickle as he’s only gone and taken over the galaxy

GUI backup tools

WE COMPARE GUI backup TONS OF tools STUFF SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO!

The Verdict

GUI backup tools

COMBAT MALWARE!

Jonni Bidwell wants to turn the tide on ransomware in 2022. It appears he has his work cut out for him…

CLOUD SOVEREIGNTY

Jonni Bidwell reveals how Nextcloud has become the poster-child not just for self-hosting, but for how to be a sustainable, successful FOSS project

Raspberry Pi Trading seeks stock flotation

Looking to boost investment, an initial public offering would inject up to $500 million into the business

Display HAT Mini

Les Pounder thinks that Pimoroni’s latest display was designed for ants, or at least younger people with better eyesight than him

Build an embedded temperature sensor

Les Pounder is feeling the chill this winter, but just how cold is it in his workshop and should he invest in a woolly hat, complete with pom-pom?

Booting multiple operating systems

Christian Cawley examines the various ways you can boot your Raspberry Pi, from installing an OS to multibooting

THE GUIX SYSTEM

Guix takes a novel approach to its package management. Mats Tage Axelsson guides you around it

Graphing disk usage

Shashank Sharma is a fount of knowledge and knows how to present the information. Which is why he appreciates tools that display data clearly…

Store your vital passwords securely

Nick Peers takes a close look at Swifty, an offline password manager with a slick interface and hopefully bright future

Emulating the Commodore VIC-20

Les Pounder takes a trip back to the 1980s to discover which computer Captain Kirk was using when he wasn’t at the helm of the USS Enterprise

Recreate electronic rock music effects

Fancy following in the footsteps of Hendrix or Clapton? Mike Bedford shows you how to add 70s-style electronic effects to your music tracks

Build an advanced networking test lab

Stuart Burns brings us up to date on his networking insights and covers expanding the networked virtual lab beyond the single host

Build a self-hosted Fediverse server

Big Social has you, monitoring 24 hours a day all year round. Learn how David Rut land breaks free into his own self-run Fediverse echo-chamber

How to set up a pro-level music studio

Michael Reed digs deeper into what’s possible in the realm of a Linux-based music studio, and discovers that the sky’s the limit

Get the most from the Gin HTTP framework

Discover how you can write secure and powerful HTTP-based services with the help of Mihalis Tsoukalos, a bit of Go and the Gin framework

Lag is killing games

Tim Armstrong shows off Latency.GG , an open-source global internet measurement system for reducing lag and jitter in multiplayer games