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Issue 312 (March 2024) - Next-gen distros

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Blast off your Linux use in 2024 with the best in cutting-edge distros! We look at the pioneering distributions that are using the latest tech for faster systems, better privacy, solid security and PCs that are easier to use than ever!

PLUS: Orange Pi 5 vs Raspberry Pi 5, we test the best password managers, plan, shop and cook meals with Linux, secure messages with Jami, build an analog computer, faster Ethernet, code the Commodore 64, archive your retro disks and loads more!

 Features

5 best new distros

(Matt Holder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

OrangePi vs Raspberry Pi

(Tam Hanna)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Protect your systems

(Linux Format)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Administeria

Stuart Burns is as mad as hell and he’s not going to stand for your shoddy Docker deployments any longer! (Stuart Burns)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Answers

LibreOffice refuses to open spreadsheets, how to remove the need to log in, (Neil Bothwick)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Coverdisc

Hotpicks

Shotwell, YouTube Downloader Plus, Blue Recorder, EncryptPad, Buttercup, Resources, Rnote, heXon, EDuke32, Delta Chat and Proton VPN. (Mayank Sharma)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Tutorials

Terminal - monitor systems

(Shashank Sharma)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Jami secure comms

(Nick Peers)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Mealie recipe planning

(David Rutland)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

OpenCBM rescue retro media

(Christian Cawley)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Adventure Game Studio part 3

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Emulation - analogue computers

(Mike Bedford)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Ethernet 2.5GbE

(Neil Mohr)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Using MQTT for sensors

(Les Pounder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Coding Academy

Run C64 6502 code

(David Bolton)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

LXF Shell redirection

(Ferenc Deak)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Reviews

Intel Core i7 14700k

(Linux Format)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

RlxOS 2023.11

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Emaabuntus 5

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Manjaro 23.1 Vulcan

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Official Pi 5 case

(Les Pounder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Geniatech XPI-3566 Zero

(Les Pounder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Starlink

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Hatch

(Linux Format)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Pasword managers

Roboform, Keeper, Nordpass, KeePass 2, BitWarden (Michael Reed)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 More

News: News

Linux is a hero OS, a new Cosmic DE pops into existence, Unity is not so united, a Rust- covered kernel is written, plus a round-up of the latest distro releases, and opinions from industry insiders. (Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

News: Pi news

Introduced by Les Pounder, with updates on the Pi supply situation, and news of interesting Pi-based projects. (Les Pounder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

News: Kernel news

(Jon Masters)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.