In this issue

Trisquel 9.0 Etiona
Jonni Bidwell is, for this page only, on a brave quest to banish binary blobs from his legendary Eee PC.

Top-down Python race games
Calvin Robinson creates a racing game in Python with PyGame – there’s nothing like a mad dash to the finish line to get the heart pounding!

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

The Zen 3 architecture packing Ryzen 9 5900X moves AMD out of Intel’s shadow to take centre stage. Jarred Wilton and Alan Dexter are impressed.

6 mins

Ubuntu 20.10

The Groovy Gorilla is out. Jonni Bidwell wonders if he might finally meet his spirit animal, or if he’ll be maimed.

6 mins

LINUX ON THE GO

Jonni Bidwell’s desktop PC  exploded, but fret not – he’s found  that Linux works great on laptops.  And phones. And Chromebooks.

10+ mins

How To Build Internet Of Thing Devices

The Raspberry Pi can be used with other programming languages, including one designed for the Internet of Things, reveals Les Pounder.

7 mins

PACKAGE DELIVERY

Add your own Linux software to the ecosystem. Michael Reed looks at what it takes to become a package maintainer.

10+ mins

Partitioning disks from the command line

Formatting and partitioning hard disk isn’t the exclusive domain of graphical tools. Shashank Sharma reveals the utilities that can make space for Linux.

6 mins

Top 10 Ubuntu tips

Nick Peers reveals the answers to some of the web’s most-searched questions about Ubuntu to deliver 10 unmissable tips.

7 mins

Run the classic Amstrad CPC 464

Les Pounder goes back to the 80s, when Alan Sugar hired more people than he fired and computers came built inside the keyboards. Madness!

10+ mins

Emulation-free Amiga AROS

Fed up with modern indulgence and bulky nonsense, John Knight tries PC computing the Amiga way, with the AROS operating system.

10+ mins

Programming a Turing Machine

It was the computer that started it all, albeit in theory. Mike Bedford shows you how to program a Turing Machine and put it through its paces.

10+ mins

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