Create your first WebSocket service

Mihalis Tsoukalos explains how to use the Go programming language to work with the WebSocket protocol.

Fantastic Mr Firefox

Nick Peers takes a trip down memory lane to reveal the story behind the rise - and slight fall - of Mozilla's popular web browser.

Master RPI.GPIO

Les Pounder goes back to the early days of the Raspberry Pi - and his career with this classic library! -

Waveshare Zero to Pi3

Transform your Pi Zero into a Pi 3, they promised Les Pounder, but it's more like adding on go-faster stripes.

Ubuntu 5.04

Andy Hudson hopes this is one hedgehog that won’t get squashed.

SUSE Linux 6.3

We test this long-established German company’s latest distribution effort. Can it hold off the competition?

Corel Linux 1.0

Corel’s entry into the Linux market has potential, but there are issues.

Mailserver

Linux is the way forward, is it? The future of alternative computing and all that? My experience of Unix machines only covers the terminals at uni and I wasn’t impressed, although I think they probably had outdated kernels and were badly configured – I never even got around to installing LinuxAPUS on my trusty PPC-powered Amiga (you shouldn’t laugh).

Recreating the classic Bomberman

When we said \"go out with a bang\", Andrew Smith took it to heart and decided to blow more than just the blinking doors off!

How to trace code directly with eBPF

Mihalis Tsoukalos explains how to take advantage of eBFP with a range of different programming languages.

Making Git so easy, we say it's Magit!

Aaron Peters uses the Emacs Git client Magit to perform a long overdue update of his LXF repository.

Batch convert and optimise your images

Nick Peers reveals how to quickly apply the same changes to multiple images at once with the simple-to-configure Converseen.

Super system monitor

No sniggering at the back as Shashank Sharma shows you his bottom.

Arduino 2.0.3

Les Pounder loves tinkering with hardware, so when Arduino revealed its latest IDE, he had an excuse to tinker some more.

FREE YOUR PHONE!

Lesser-spotted Jonni Bidwell climbs to the top of a 5G mast to extol the benefits of running Linux on your phone.

Packaging formats

There's a number of ways of getting software on to your Linux-powered computer, and Michael Reed is comparing them to find out which is best.

Return to Monkey Island

The Management thinks three decades is a perfectly fine amount of time for Will Freeman to wait to get an under-inflation pay rise.

Linux Mint 21.1 Vera

Nate Drake meets Linux Mint's latest offering, code-named Vera, and comes away bowled over by its stunning looks and ease of use.

Create better QR codes

Mike Bedford reveals how to get creative with your QR codes to draw attention to them better and help people sign up to newsletters and more.

Rust testing the kernel LLVM is ready to check your distro.

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Victoria 3

“The peasants are revolting,” cries The Management, but really it’s just Jonathan Bolding serving up their afternoon tea and biscuits.

Nitrux 2.5.1

An impressive beginner distro that’s well worth your time, even if you spend most of it tweaking the settings, says Mayank Sharma.

Kali Linux 2022.4

If you exist in the grey twilight between good and evil, and want to look cool while doing it, David Rutland has just the distro for you.

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

A beastly \"budget\" gaming CPU that Christian Guyton has found has one big temporary drawback.

AntiX-22

Nate Drake discovers there's lots to love about the fast, lightweight and stable operating system that is AntiX.

Phrozen Sonic 8K

Bigger prints, finer details, Linux support - is that all too much for a girl to ask for, Denise Bertacchi wonders?

Build your own bespoke USB device

Les Pounder uses his snake charming skills again to prove how easy it is to make USB devices with Python and the cheapest of Pis.

The Audacity of it

We chat with Martin Keary about the new features of Audacity, managing a community and the pitfalls of telemetry.

ESCAPE WINDOWS

Looking for a practical alternative to Windows? Nick Peers reveals how to set up and use the extremely user-friendly Elementary OS.

AmOs 22.08.02

Mayank Sharma always falls for beautiful-looking Arch distros, but he wonders if this one does enough to appeal to others...