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Issue 293 (September 2022) - Get into coding

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Get into coding, the fun way! We take you by the hand and guide you through your first space invaders project, explaining the coding principles, what editor to use, how Git can help and making your first steps writing your own code and controlling physical Pi projects.

PLUS: What happened to Prolog, the best 3D printers, build a CCTV system, create custom fonts, relive those BeOS days, start screencasting, get free cloud hosting, start your own Web 3.0 project and loads more.

 Features

Get into coding

Code monkey Jonni Bidwell’s firmware has glitched out, so he must teach himself to code again. (Jonni Bidwell)
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Physical code projects

Jonni Bidwell doesn’t fake it till he makes it! So here he is making a Raspberry Pi-powered environment monitor, that is. Roll up your coding sleeves and join in the fun. (Jonni Bidwell)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

That is Prolog-ical!

Thanks to the artificial intelligence revolution a 50-year-old language is enjoying a resurgence, finds Mike Bedford. (Mike Bedford)
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Answers

Stop drives from disappearing, how to deal with literally millions of files, how to transfer big files without using the cloud, waking up with Wi-Fi and a look at JournalCtl. (Neil Bothwick)
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 Coverdisc

Hotpicks

Flameshot, Tinycheck, mStream, asciinema, Rapid Photo Downloader, Exiftool, Frogr, ScummVM, Xonotic, Phockup and Recoll. (Mayank Sharma)
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 Tutorials

Terminal - vem

(Shashank Sharma)
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fontforge: Creating fonts

(Nick Peers)
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haiku: Relive those BeOS days

(Michael Reed)
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oracle: Zero-cost cloud hosting

(Darius Wiles)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

obs studio: Screencasting pro

(Michael Reed)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

LXF server: Managing a VPS

(David Rutland)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Analog control

(Les Pounder)
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Host pro-quality CCTV

(Matt Holder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Coding Academy

Develop TCP/IP servers and clients

(Mihalis Tsoukalos)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Build services for the Web 3.0 world

(Mats Tage Axelsson)
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 Reviews

3D printers

Lulzbot Sidekick 747, Original Prusa MK3S, CelRobox Dual, AnyCubic Kobra Max, SnapMaker 2.0 (Alastair Jennings)
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Samsung MUF-256DA

(Linux Format)
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AmOS 22.08.02

(Mayank Sharma)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Condres OS 1.0

(Mayank Sharma)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Regata OS 22.0.3

(Mayank Sharma)
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Porteus 5.0

(Mayank Sharma)
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Total War Warhammer 3

(Linux Format)
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W5100S-EVB-Pico

(Les Pounder)
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Flirc Pi 4 Case

(Les Pounder)
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 More

News: News

Concern over Microsoft’s Pluton tech (uh oh!), official binaries of Unreal Engine 5 now available (yay!), and multi-pronged Lightning Framework malware discovered (boo!). (Matt Hanson)
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News: Kernel news

(Jon Masters)
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News: Pi news

Introduced by Joshua Lowe, the creator of Edublocks. The Pi Foundation offers teaching materials for teachers and the new UP Intel SBC is launched. (Les Pounder)
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