Become a master maker with our essential Pi projects! We take you from the basics of installing the OS and getting started with lighting up LEDs, to the heights of analogue controls and tracking aircraft with a custom receiver and web-based live maps.
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Compile, optimise, minify – we help you build your own Linux kernel and do unspeakable things to its poor source code by crushing it through the GCC and spitting out custom kernels for you to play with! It’s easier than you think and fun …
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Secure your VPN and truly hide your online tracks! We explore how VPNs work, how you can run your own using WireGuard, why you shouldn’t blindly trust commercial VPNs, what the Mozilla VPN is all about and just where Tor fits into all …
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Combat malware the only way we know how with a Tux attack! We investigate malware attack vectors, how ransomware infiltrates systems and how we’ve gone from floppy disk boot viruses to drive-by web browser exploits, so you can better protect your systems.
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Let us entertain you with an all-powerful Pi-powered media centre! Snuggle up in front of the big screen and enjoy LibreELEC with Kodi 19 inside pumping out all your 4K HDR streaming fun with music, photos and gaming libraries and a bit of adaptive …
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Fedora VS Ubuntu which has the strongest opening game? We pit these grandmasters head to head and find out.With Ubuntu 21.10 and Fedoras 35 released we compare both distros games to see which is playing stronger and how the other can improve …
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Discover how Linux loves Windows as we get a full native Linux desktop up and running inside of Windows 11 using the latest WSL 2.0. Let's tempt more users to the Linux side of the force by showing them how easy Linux is …
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Put the personal touch on your Linux distro as we help you customise Mint 20.2 with new desktops, new settings and loads more. Get started with easy desktop hopping, making Plasma play nice with Wayland, tweaking Cinnamon to work how you like and …
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The Linux kernel is 30-years old, come celebrate with us as we explore how it went from the bedroom project of a young Finnish university student to running the world! We take you through the early development, how distros evolved and so much more …
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Discover the open source world of streaming as we fire up Open Broadcaster Software, compile it for the Raspberry Pi and broadcast ourselves and our Linux desktops to the world on YouTube, Twitch and even our own self-hosted platform.
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CentOS is dead, long live CentOS! We’re building better, faster servers with the next generation of distros, powering us along is CentOS Stream and the all-new Rocky Linux. We explore why the change happened, how to switch and is Rocky Linux the way …
read moreUbuntu 21.04 is out and so are we!
Try the latest release of Ubuntu 21.04 and learn to whoop for Wayland! Take the next-gen display protocol for a spin and see what the future promises. The latest build of Ubuntu is on …
read moreWe have a new issue, and a new website, and a new server. Sort of. The archive is mostly up at running and hopefully it stays that way. If not it's the fault of Amazon Web Services. Meanwhile, behold our glorious new issue:
Escape Google Photos and create your own …
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