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Ubuntu Unity 22.10
Nate Drake takes you on a trip down memory lane as the Unity Desktop makes its official comeback to Ubuntu.
3 min |
January 2023
Linux Format
Voyager Live 22.10
Nate Drake explores the glorious union of Gnome and Xfce in a single OS. You'll never look at your desktop the same way again.
3 min |
January 2023
Linux Format
AntiX-22
Nate Drake discovers there's lots to love about the fast, lightweight and stable operating system that is AntiX.
3 min |
January 2023
Linux Format
Improve your typing
Years ago, when Shashank Sharma had more hair on his scalp than cheeks, he decided to master touch-typing. With these tools, so can you.
5 min |
January 2023
Linux Format
PiKISS v1.10.0
Les Pounder is getting to an age where things need to be simple, so when someone said \"Keep It Simple, Stupid\", he took no offence.
3 min |
January 2023
Linux Format
Phrozen Sonic 8K
Bigger prints, finer details, Linux support - is that all too much for a girl to ask for, Denise Bertacchi wonders?
3 min |
January 2023
Linux Format
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.
5 min |
January 2023
Linux Format
Open source RAW photography
Linux offers all the pro-level tools you could possibly need for better photos. Karsten Günther is your top-tips guide.
10+ min |
January 2023
Linux Format
The Audacity of it
We chat with Martin Keary about the new features of Audacity, managing a community and the pitfalls of telemetry.
10+ min |
January 2023
Linux Format
ESCAPE WINDOWS
Looking for a practical alternative to Windows? Nick Peers reveals how to set up and use the extremely user-friendly Elementary OS.
10+ min |
January 2023
Linux Format
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...
3 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
FEATHER-LIGHT WEATHER MONITOR
Jonni Bidwell doesn't fake it till he makes it. Makes a Pi-powered environment monitor, that is...
8 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
Flirc Pi 4 Case
Les Pounder settles down to watch a film, blast some aliens and does a spot of low-power computing while his Raspberry Pi 4 stays cool.
3 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
W5100S-EVB-Pico
Les Pounder wants to add another device to the Internet of Things. "Just a 'pico'-sized project from WIZnet," he promises...
3 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
Relive the days of BeOS
Michael Reed wonders if he's met the 90s-style desktop of his dreams with Haiku, an open source re-creation of the BeOS operating system.
10+ min |
September 2022
Linux Format
Organise your fonts and create new ones
Nick Peers reveals how to manage your font collection as well as design new typefaces from scratch using a collection of open source tools.
10 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
Run a modern, focused, alternative to Vim
While Shashank Sharma is quite fond of the text editor Vim, he realises that it can overwhelm new users. Thankfully, a simplified variant is on offer...
6 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
Porteus 5.0
Mayank Sharma has a soft spot for portable distros, and wonders if the latest Porteus can wean him away from his all-time favourite, Slax.
2 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
Total War: Warhammer 3
Management thought the Realm of Chaos was its hot-desking floor, but Fraser Brown knows better and is perma-working from home...
6 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
ANALOG ZERO: Get to grips with analog electronic control
Les Pounder "cranks that dial" to relive his youth of soldering irons and 1980s electronics, when a 'bit' was a relatively unknown concept.
6 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
GET INTO CODING!
Code monkey Jonni Bidwell's firmware has glitched out, so he must teach himself to code again. He hopes you'll join him for the adventure...
10+ min |
September 2022
Linux Format
Samsung MUF-256DA
Ganesh T S has never had such a fast thumb... drive!
3 min |
September 2022
Linux Format
Inscryption
We're not trapped in here with The Management, they're trapped in here with Jody Macgregor. And that's just the way we like it.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Linux Format
EasyOS 4.2
Michael Reed tries a Linux distribution that's suitable for extremely limited hardware, and finds that it breaks with conventions in some areas.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Linux Format
MakuluLinux Shift
Michael Reed is wowed by the visual bling of MakuluLinux, a distro that claims to be 'game ready' thanks to its many pre-installed components.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Linux Format
Intel Core i3-12100
A lowly quad-core serves up big performance gains, finds Paul Alcorn.
3 min |
Summer 2022
Linux Format
Relive the classic ARM-based RISC OS
RISC OS is an operating system with a fascinating history that dates back decades. Michael Reed tries it out in its current incarnation.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Linux Format
GIMP batch processing
have Tackling mass image processing is a walk in the park when you Karsten Günther on your side and BIMP installed alongside GIMP.
6 min |
Summer 2022
Linux Format
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Management doesn't like self-referential things. It just reminds them they're a simple strapline-based comedy construct of Christopher Livingston.
6 min |
August 2022
Linux Format
Waveshare CM4-NANO
Les Pounder looks at Waveshare's Compute Module 4 carrier board that offers Raspberry Pi 4 performance in a near Zero-sized package.
3 min |