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Garuda Linux 210101
Mayank Sharma has enjoyed one Arch-based distribution this month, but will lightning strike twice or has he been taken in by the distro’s tall claims?
3 min |
March 2021
Linux Format
BETTER VIRTUAL MACHINES
Forget about the draconian confines of reality and immerse yourself (well, your computing) in a virtual world. Jonni Bidwell’s here with a machines-inside-machines extravaganza.
10+ min |
March 2021
Linux Format
Raspberry Pi Pico
In a break from the norm Les Pounder tests the latest Pi: a $4 microcontroller featuring the first ‘Pi Silicon’ created by Raspberry Pi.
6 min |
March 2021
Linux Format
RebornOS 2020.12.28
The constant deluge of Arch-based distros can put anyone to sleep, but this one makes Mayank Sharma wake up from his slumber.
3 min |
March 2021
Linux Format
Rescuezilla 2.1
With perennial fat fingers, Mayank Sharma has been messing with hard disks long enough to know that good rescue tools are worth their weight in gold.
3 min |
March 2021
Linux Format
THE LINUX GAMBIT
Jonni Bidwell once again sets a graphics card on fire, this time calculating chess positions…
10+ min |
March 2021
Linux Format
Decode signals from weather satellites
Weather satellites transmit signals that you can receive and decode to generate images of the Earth. Mike Bedford shows you how.
10+ min |
March 2021
Linux Format
Wasteland 3
Management simply hates weirdos and snow, so this is a bad time of year for them and they’re taking it out on Jody Macgregor.
5 min |
March 2021
Linux Format
A terminal multiple window manager
You can’t use the mouse or run multiple windows in a text environment… unless you’re Shashank Sharma and know just the right tool for the job.
7 min |
March 2021
Linux Format
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
As Alan Dexter discovers, this chip may be the runt of the Zen 3 family, but it delivers where it counts most: gaming.
3 min |
March 2021
Linux Format
AMD Radeon RX 6800
The RX 6800 not only delivers 1,440p performance, it demolishes the RTX 2080 Ti at 4K, too says Jacob Ridley.
7 min |
February 2021
Linux Format
Slackel 7.4
Before he couldn’t work with Arch, he couldn’t work with Slackware, which is why Mayank Sharma jumps at everything that mentions the venerable distro.
3 min |
March 2021
Linux Format
RetroPie 4.7.1
Les Pounder loves retrogaming and Raspberry Pi, so with RetroPie and the new Raspberry Pi 400 the question is: will he find his Nirvana?
3 min |
February 2021
Linux Format
Emulate classic Apple computers
Les Pounder goes back to his distant college days and reveals how to emulate the Apple desktop machines that he used for work and play.
10+ min |
February 2021
Linux Format
Get coding on the Raspberry Pi 64-bit
John Schwartzman demos using assembly language code for the 64-bit Raspberry Pi to call Linux kernel services and the C run-time library.
10+ min |
February 2021
Linux Format
MANJARO Quickly install Manjaro on the Pi 4
Les Pounder reveals how to get Manjaro Arm up and running on the Raspberry Pi 4 / 400, and start using the GPIO with Python.
6 min |
February 2021
Linux Format
RISE OF THE ROBOTS
Mats Tage Axelsson presents the basics of a robotics operating system and reveals what components can be used…
10+ min |
February 2021
Linux Format
Next-gen terminals
Discover the next-gen terminal tools with David Rutland that will transform your command-line life.
10+ min |
February 2021
Linux Format
Enhance your photos by stacking them
Combining multiple photos of the same scene using a stacking technique can result in some spectacular results, reveals Mike Bedford.
10+ min |
February 2021
Linux Format
Elementary OS lands on the Raspberry Pi
The world is getting armed and dangerous, as another distro joins the Raspberry Pi army.
3 min |
February 2021
Linux Format
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 min |
January 2021
Linux Format
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 min |
January 2021
Linux Format
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 min |
January 2021
Linux Format
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+ min |
January 2021
Linux Format
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+ min |
January 2021
Linux Format
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 min |
January 2021
Linux Format
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+ min |
January 2021
Linux Format
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+ min |
January 2021
Linux Format
PACKAGE DELIVERY
Add your own Linux software to the ecosystem. Michael Reed looks at what it takes to become a package maintainer.
10+ min |
January 2021
Linux Format
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 min |