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GUI text editors
Within the world of Linux, so often we need to invoke a text editor to get the heart of the matter. Michael Reed investigates the best of the current crop.
HOW WE TESTSD…
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has edited thousands of Linux configuration files. And that was just the last time he installed Gentoo.
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Linux Format
March 2022
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WELCOME
Not so private networks
I have no idea what you get up
MEET THE TEAM
This issue we’re exploring VPNs. We asked our experts if they use a specific one, how they hide their online tracks (if at all) and their paranoid online fears!
REGULARS AT A GLANCE
2022: the year of Linux gaming?
Hold on to your gamepads – there’s some great stuff coming for Linux video gaming
TikTok accused of violating GPL licence
TikTok’s new Live Studio desktop streaming application has been accused of using code from OBS Studio
Intel Alder Lake gets Linux boost
Update to Linux drivers will give Intel’s latest processors a hike in performance
MY HAPPY PLACE
Matt Yonkovit Head of open source strategy and
PROBLEMS PROBLEMS
Keith Edmunds is MD of Tiger Computing Ltd,
RIP a.out
Archaic file format looks set to disappear from Linux
New ransomware discovered
SFile ransomware has been ported to Linux
Mozilla and Mint join forces
Linux Mint announces that it’s teaming up with the “champion of Open Source”
Distro watch
What’s down the side of the free software sofa?
WINE ON WAYLAND
Alexandros Frantzis is a senior software engineer at
FOCUS ON FIRMWARE
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
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System Monitor Center
Version: 0.3 Web: https://github.com/ hakandundar34coding/system-monitoring-center
Tesseract
Version: 5.0 Web: https://github.com/ tesseract-ocr/tesseract
Libtree
Version: 3.0.1 Web: https://github.com/ haampie/libtree
Video trimmer
Version: 0.7 Web: https://gitlab.gnome.org/ YaLTeR/video-trimmer
Ntfy
Version: 1.6.1 Web: https://github.com/ binwiederhier/ntfy
Rusty Aquarium
Version: 0.13 Web: https://github.com/ ollej/rusty-aquarium
Caravaggio
Version: 3.6.2 Web: https://github . com/ramiel/caravaggio
FishFight
Version: 0.3 Web: https://fishfight.org
AssaultCube
Version: 1.3 Web: https://assault.cubers.net
Kage Studio
Version: 0.4.2 Web: https://kage.sourceforge.io
System G
Version: 3.0.1 Web: https://github.com/jafl/system-g
REVIEWS
Intel NUC 11 Extreme PC
Kizito Katawonga wonders what happened to the NUC of the past?
Kingston XS2000 External SSD
Next-gen external USB 3.2 2x2 storage goes mainstream with Ganesh T S at the testing station
Neptune 7.0
Debian-based KDE distros are a dime a dozen, so Mayank Sharma was keen to see how it stacks up against the competition
Slackel 7.5
Mayank Sharma finds this distribution combines Slackware and USB distros with two use-cases: older computers and portable installations
Siduction 2021.3.0
You probably think Mayank Sharma has a thing for Debian-based KDE distros, but he’ll want you to believe that it’s just coincidence
Pop!_OS 21.10
Keyboard-driven Jonni Bidwell is excited by the prospect of new shortcut keys and swish application launchers. Will his enthusiasm be curbed?
Oxygen Not Included
Management are thrilled with Christopher Livingston’s latest cost-saving suggestion: workers don’t really need to breathe, do they?
ROUNDUP
General-purpose text editor
How does it perform when working with configuration and log files?
Licence and installation
What does it take to get hold of this software and install it?
Configurability
To what extent can you make your text editor feel like home?
User interface
We want something efficient and pleasant
Documentation and community
Extensive features aren’t much good if you can’t figure out how to use them
Additional plugins
Improve your enjoyment of using an editor and increase productivity too
Suitable for programmers?
Editing and creating source code is a common task for a text editor
The Verdict
GUI text editors
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The why and wherefore of VPNs
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Run a WireGuard VPN
WireGuard is the newest, leanest, meanest VPN protocol on the scene. Let’s get those wires guarded!
Tor and other VPN alternatives
Tor has long been regarded as the gold standard for privacy and anonymity. See how easy it is to go dark
Extra measures
See what VPNs don’t and can’t protect against, and bolster your privacy with a layered approach
Pi USER
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The Raspberry Pi has achieved so much more than just material success, as Neil Mohr reveals…
Raspberry Pi OS
Les Pounder takes the latest Raspberry Pi OS, otherwise known as Bullseye, for a ride… but does it miss the target?
How to easily create multi-HAT Pi projects
PHAT STACK
LINUX FROM SCRATCH
Aaron Peters examines building a distro from the ground up with Linux From Scratch, because why take the easy way?
TUTORIALS
Managing passwords
Credit: https://github.com/biox/pa
Build your own dynamic timelines
Credit: https://thetimelineproj.sourceforge.net
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Credit: https://openmsx.org
Multi-boot USB drives for easy distro hopping
Use the powerful Ventoy to repair operating systems and make distrohopping so much simpler, with a bit of help from Matthew Holder
Understand and deploy security keys
Stuart Burns reveals how you can quickly boost your system’s protection using security keys and Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
Recipe management done by the book
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Publishing a hit book using Linux
Have you ever wanted to publish your own book? Michael Reed demonstrates that all of the tools you need exist on Linux
TOP OF THE FOSS
Perl at 34
Jonni Bidwell tries not to cut himself on the “Swiss army chainsaw” of programming languages, Perl
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