Issue 284 (January 2022) - Pi-powered media centre
Click here to get just the source code used in tutorials
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 LED lighting too.
PLUS: better video encoders, build a Pi-based NAS, run a Pi Zero 2 W social server, create a Linux music studio, get better geolocation, switch to Btrfs, run the 8-bit Oric-1, discover why Linux powers all the top supercomputers and loads more!
Find out where your drive space is going, checking on your not-so-bad blocks, backing up a phone to a Pi, disable a touchpad and understanding Dmesg. (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
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Audacity, Pscircle, Edotool, Quickemu, USB Imager, GtkStressTesting, Key Mapper, Sonic Robo Blast 2, NumptyPhysics, Js-dos and Larynx. (Alexander Tolstoy) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Man uses Linux and the world loses its mind at system76, Canonical bring Ubuntu to M1 Macs, GitLab suffers serious security issue, Valve recommends Manjaro KDE for Steam Deck and Zink is finally good. (Matt Hanson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.