Backups are dead, long live backups!

No one needs to back up any more. Yes, after

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

We always enjoy looking back at the past with processors,

Crucial P2 500GB

On the hunt for a new SSD for your system?

EndeavourOS 7.15.2020

An intermediate, rolling release, distro for anyone wanting a taste

BunsenLabs Lithium

A lightweight Debian-based distribution that leverages OpenBox, Tint2 and Compton

Privacy distributions

Specialist distributions such as the ones featured in this Roundup

BACK UP LIKE CLOCKWORK!

There are two types of people in this world: those

PRESSURE VESSEL

Simon McVittie is a Debian developer and a consultant for

LibreOffice 7

These very words have been written with LibreOffice 7.0 and

KEEPING ALL CHANNELS OPEN

Cerys Lock is the organiser of the Stafford Raspberry Jam

Self-hosting Raspberry Pi cluster of Pis

We get the feeling that large sections of the population

Radio PiPi

Part of the Pi’s appeal is the physical interaction necessary

Pi in Space

We’ve mentioned multiple times over the past year the various

4tronix Picon Plus

An advanced motor controller for the Raspberry Pi that provides

How to run Arch Linux on the Pi

Jonni Bidwell thinks he can hear the unmistakable sound of

Recreate the Game of Life simulator

Each issue we’re building a retro video game. In this

LibreOffice looks to protect long-term viability

There was a brief internet drama back in July when

Tor Project under threat

You may never have heard of the US Open Technology

Encrypted Data Act

Conspiracy theorists often say governments love spying on their citizens

RING THE PLUMBER!

A key improvement that PipeWire brings over PulseAudio is that

THAT’S NO WOLF

You may think of MongoDB as a wolf hiding in

Linux Foundation to track and trace Covid-19

Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) has announced that it’s donating

Proton 5.0

It’s a regular theme that we cover the latest milestone

Manjaro changes

The Treasurer of the Manjaro project has stepped down over

Distro watch

Lovers of reptile-based distros will love the latest spin of

WANTS AND NEEDS

We’ve just had an email from a client who wants

LINUX IS THE TOPS

Linux turned 29 shortly after we went to press. The

Kernel Watch

Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 5.8, which has

ONGOING DEVELOPMENT

Steven Price (Arm) posted a patch enabling MTE (memory tagging

Answers

Got a burning question about open source or the kernel?

Mailserver

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

Symphonium

Alexander Tolstoy has an open source app for everything, not

Cadmus

Few people want background noise in their audio recordings, and

E4head

This article was written when Fedora developers were discussing the

Gromit-MPX

During a presentation in front of an audience, it’s common

Fsmon

Sometimes there’s a good reason to know a bit more

Qt-SESAM

Every once in a while there’s a study on network

Video-trimmer

Normally, few people would reach for a heavyweight video-editing application

Pillar Valley

The Pillar Valley author declares on its Github front page

Caveexpress

Most platform-style arcade games have so much in common that

Flatpak

The two main rivals in application sandboxing are Snap and

Viper Browser

Browsing the web is one computing task that’s well served

Assemble basic touch and motor controls

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

Scheduling tasks

Shashank Sharma is a trial lawyer in Delhi. He collects

Databases made quick and easy

Nick Peers built his first database for his computer science

Build a streaming video web service

The (fictional) Brixton Youth Sports Association (BYSA) needs a place

BASIC and demos on the Commodore 64

The Personal Computer with Professional Power was how the Commodore

Create a video game in the Godot engine

Godot is an open source video game development engine. In