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Linux Format
Create your first WebSocket service
Mihalis Tsoukalos explains how to use the Go programming language to work with the WebSocket protocol.
9 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
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.
9 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Set up your terminal and email like it's 1983
Jump in the hot terminal time machine with Mats Tage Axelsson who emails from the command line using the latest technology.
8 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Universal layer text effects with GIMP
Posters use them, films and presentations are hard to imagine without them: text effects. Attract attention with Karsten Günther and GIMP.
8 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Jump to a federated social network
Nick Peers reveals how you can get up and running with this free, decentralised and non-profit alternative to Twitter.
9 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Free our SOFTWARE!
Taking anything for granted is dangerous, so Jonni Bidwell and Mike Saunders revisit how the free software movement got started to help free us from proprietary tyranny!
4 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Master RPI.GPIO
Les Pounder goes back to the early days of the Raspberry Pi - and his career with this classic library! -
5 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
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.
2 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
The Best OPEN SOURCE Software Ever!
In an attempt to trigger controversy, Michael Reed and Neil Mohr unequivocally state these are the greatest free software apps ever. Probably. We’re just trying to be helpful.
10+ min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Linux-Mandrake 7
Simplicity and a wide range of applications make this a great distribution for all Linux users.
2 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Ubuntu 5.04
Andy Hudson hopes this is one hedgehog that won’t get squashed.
3 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
SUSE Linux 6.3
We test this long-established German company’s latest distribution effort. Can it hold off the competition?
2 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
It may be a bit behind the times, but Debian is one of the best distributions on the market.
2 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
Corel Linux 1.0
Corel’s entry into the Linux market has potential, but there are issues.
2 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
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).
4 min |
April 2023
Linux Format
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!
10 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
How to trace code directly with eBPF
Mihalis Tsoukalos explains how to take advantage of eBFP with a range of different programming languages.
10+ min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Deck the hardware
We revisit and trick out the Valve Steam Deck a year on from release.
10 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
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.
10+ min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Getting creative with algorithmic art
Mike Bedford demonstrates how you can exercise your left and right brain simultaneously by generating algorithmic art.
10+ min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Using enhanced layer features with G'MIC
Karsten Günther takes a look beyond GIMP's standard layer functions. Besides special GIMP operations, tasks provided by G'MIC loom into view.
10+ min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Giving praise to the TempleOS
Michael Reed delves into one of the most unusual operating systems he's ever seen and explores the story behind its creation.
10 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
No changes allowed!
Matt Holder explores immutable operating systems, containerised apps and containers to see if they describe the future of the Linux distro.
9 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Add and monitor control sensors
Making sense of the situation, Les Pounder shows us how to use sensors with a robot to get about town!
10+ min |
March 2023
Linux Format
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.
5 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Super system monitor
No sniggering at the back as Shashank Sharma shows you his bottom.
5 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Pico GPIO control with JavaScript
Les Pounder strays from Python to show us that JavaScript, the language of the web, is a viable Pico alternative.
5 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Pi Camera Module v3
The latest version of Pi's mainstream camera module has autofocus, HDR and wide angle, proclaims Les Pounder!
2 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
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.
2 min |
March 2023
Linux Format
Pi USER
Millions and millions of RP2040s! | More Pis in store
2 min |