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Issue 274 (April 2021) - Fortress Linux!

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Build a Linux Fortress! Linux is pretty secure, but ever-vigilant Linux Format has studied the threatscape and recommends applying reinforcements… Follow our guide to building a better, securer Linux install from sensible human behaviour, secure firewall ports to mastering encryption, SSH keys, PGP email and more!

PLUS: We monitor our GPUs and CPUs, code a Space Invaders clone, emulate the classic 486 PC, enable GPIO on a desktop PC, test the best window managers, improve your photographs and build a Pi Pico voltmeter.

 Features

Fortress Linux

Linux is pretty secure, but Jonni Bidwell has studied the threatscape and recommends applying reinforcements. (Jonni Bidwell)
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Sensors and sensibility

Remembering a past life where he gazed on dials and Galilean thermometers, Jonni Bidwell examines Linux’s system monitoring offerings. (Jonni Bidwell)
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Answers

How to find your files faster, how to rename a set of PDF with silly names, understanding Linux drive names, fixing a Mint that takes forever to shut down and going paperless. (Neil Bothwick)
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 Coverdisc

DVD pages

Linux Mint 20.1, Sparky 5.14 (Jonni Bidwell)
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Hotpicks

Alexander Tolstoy hasn’t got time to give tours of multi-million pound grand palaces, he’s too busy touring hot FOSS, including: CudaText, Reco, Pingnoo, Farge, Tty-share, Png2svg, Deskreen, Super Bombinhas, Pomodoro, Pdfarranger and Visum. (Alexander Tolstoy)
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 Tutorials

Terminal: Tmpmail

(Shashank Sharma)
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Syncthing: backup with ease

(Nick Peers)
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GPIO: practical PC projects

(Mike Bedford)
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DOSBOX: classic 486 PCs

(Les Pounder)
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GIMP: black and white photos

(Mike Bedford)
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QEmu: Virtual arch build

(Neil Bothwick)
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 Coding Academy

Space invaders in Pyxel and Python

(Calvin Robinson)
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Dynamic diagrams with Mermaid

(Mihalis Tsoukalos)
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 Reviews

Planet Cosmo Communicator

(Christian Cawley)
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Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 2TB

(Linux Format)
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KDE neon 5.21.0

(Mayank Sharma)
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Siduction 21.1.0

(Mayank Sharma)
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Vivaldi 3.6

(Jonni Bidwell)
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Cyber Shadow

(Linux Format)
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Thonny 3.3.0

(Les Pounder)
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FydeOS 2020-12-16

(Les Pounder)
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Window managers

Possibly the least well-known components of the Linux desktop, Shashank Sharma knows a few window managers that can help you broaden your Linux experience. (Shashank Sharma)
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 More

News: News

There’s a lot going on at LibreOffice! There’s a lot going on at the Red Hat office! There’s lots going on at the Canonical office as Ubuntu 21.04 heats up! (Matt Hanson)
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News: Pi news

Caroline Keep column. Something is rotten in the state of Pi-land, cry many users as a Microsoft repro is added without consent. Shocking! (Les Pounder)
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News: Kernel Watch

(Jon Masters)
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