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Issue 264 (July 2020) - Blast off with Ubuntu 20.04

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Ubuntu 20.04 is out: get up and running the easy way with a bit of help from Linux Format - we delve into the refreshed desktop, the best ways to give it a try and get you started with Linux using one of the most popular distros on the planet.

PLUS: we test the best Chromebooks for 2020, delve into open source processors, play chess in our terminals, code top-down games, build a Pi router, get started with Go, get better audio with Audacity, simulate circuits, emulate the classic Manchester Baby computer and loads more!

 Features

Get into Ubuntu 20.04

(Jonni Bidwell)
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Open source processors

(Neil Mohr)
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Community Computing

Erstwhile scourge of the community Jonni Bidwell meets community hacker Jona Azizaj at the Open Source Summit to talk hacking and happiness (packets). (Jonni Bidwell)
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Answers

hybernate write issues, using image magick, systemd-homed (Jonni Bidwell)
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 Coverdisc

DVD pages

Free ebooks, Fedora 32, Manjaro 20 (Linux Format)
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Hotpicks

Seamonkey, Audacious, Auto-cpufreq, Termgraph, Ulauncher, Httpdirfs, PaperWM, Byte, Vooki, Image Viewer, Edelweiss, OpenTTD (Alexander Tolstoy)
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 Tutorials

Terminal: Chess

(Neil Mohr)
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Audacity: Better audio

(Mike Bedford)
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Manchester Baby

(Mike Bedford)
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GEDA: Circuit simulation

(Mats Tage Axelsson)
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Pi GPIO with Go

(Les Pounder)
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Build a Pi router

(Sean Conway)
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 Reviews

Best Chromebook 2020

Acer R 13, Asus Flip C434, Google Pixelbook Go, HP 14 G5,m Lenovo Yoga C630 (Neil Mohr)
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Regolith Linux 14

(Jonni Bidwell)
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Pop!_OS 20.04

(Jonni Bidwell)
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AMD Athlon 3000G

(Linux Format)
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Into the Breach

(Linux Format)
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HQ Camera

(Les Pounder)
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Raspberry Pi 4 8GB

(Les Pounder)
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 More

News: Newsdesk

Europe turns to open source, Lenovo Fedora laptops, Linux games pass 11,0000, MS Office on Ubuntu (Linux Format)
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News: Pi news

Pandemic Pi uses, RetroPie for Pi 4, Open Pi camera project (Linux Format)
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News: Kernel news

Kernel 5.7 RC (Jon Masters)
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