Jaunty Jackalope is here - read the review then try it yourself
Double distro DVD: exclusive LXF Ubuntu edition with Gnome, KDE, Xfce and extra apps galore, plus Mandriva 2009.1
The best screen recording tools put head-to-head
What on Earth is Chromium?
Back by popular demand: Python tutorials!
Features
Ubuntu turns 10
To celebrate the 10th release of the Ubuntu distribution, we examine the whys and wherefores of its success and legacy. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Picard: Organise your music files
Disorganised music files bothering you? We show you how Picard can update your music collection and restore order to chaos. (Shashank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Take control
We compare three of the big contenders for managing your data changes: Bazaar, Subversion, and Git. (Juliet Kemp) Click here to read!
Intel inside
New chips, virtualisation and admin tools - Intel's pulling out all the stops, and Linux is first to take advantage of it. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Team LXF battles past the sharks with laser beams on their heads to talk to the Ubuntu and Canonical founder. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coverdisc
Ubuntu 9.04 and Mandriva 2009.1
Dual booting DVD: exclusive LXF enhanced version of Ubuntu 9.04 with KDE, Xfce, extra apps and coding tools - plus newbie's friend Mandriva. Also: Apress PDFs, TuxRadar Podcasts, MonoDevelop 2.0 and more. (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
Knowledgeroot, Rawstudio, Grsync, Umit, Ardentryst, Neverputt, Psi, DiscWrapper, Klavaro, MtPaint (Andy Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
Basket: Capture your thoughts
Do you rely on a small forest of note paper to keep track of your ideas? Then let us reveal how Basket Note Pads could change your life. Plus: outlining in OpenOffice.org. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Gimp: Decay in the city
Even experts can learn something new. Our graphics guru shares his experiences using a Wacom tablet with Gimp Paint Shop. (Michael J Hammel) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
OpenOffice.org: Automate slideshows
After looking at spreadsheets, we explore a way to have your computer create slideshows for you.
(Marco Fioretti) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Web apps: Serve content globally
Part 7: With an Apache web server up and running, you can make your applications available everywhere. (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Python: Mash your web up
Part 1: Not content with leaving things well enough alone? We show you ho to subvert the web to fulfil your own purposes. (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Asterisk: Control your phone
Dive head-first into the world of open source telephony with our expert, Asterisk and a bunch of screaming monkeys. (Max Brooks) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Reviews
Sacred Gold
Alex traverses endless verdure, picks up a blunt object and exorcises his latent demons with this hack 'n' slash adventure. (Alex Cox) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
MonoDevelop 2
Mono developers are finally starting to get an IDE worthy of their programming platform. (Paul Hudson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Yoggie Open Firewall
Here's a device that started out as a firewall and ends up as a powerful embedded development platform. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Mandriva 2009.1
Mandriva's first outing of the year follows a lacklustre last release. We ask: will it be a spring in the step or a leap in the dark? (Mayank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Sun may be secure, but what of its open source software? Plus: VueScan; Cooliris; Cray and the low-end supercomputer market; TomTom and patents; Boxee for Linux; first Android netbook; Firefox 3.5 progress. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: Deal with the devil?
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11: Novell's commercial release. Plus: Elive, Parsix and kernel 2.6.29 features. (Susan Linton) Available as a PDF to subscribers.