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Issue 316 (July 2024) - Ultimate Desktop Upgrade

Upgrade your Linux desktop for the ultimate experience. Jump on KDE Plasma 6 and get the most from the all-new framework, toolkit and app suite. We show you how to get started quickly and how to upgrade your existing desktop smoothly and simply. PLUS: discover what makes Linux tick, get more ethical devices with Fairphone, create an old-school gaming deck, get a power editor for authors, use Krita with tablets, code Amiga-style demos, recreate the 1970’s Microtan and loads more!

 Features

Get the ultimate desktop

(Jonni Bidwell)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Inside Linux - user space

(Matt Holder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Administeria

Data encryprtion (Stuart Burns)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Inside Fairphone

(Neil Mohr)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Answers

(Neil Bothwick)
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 Coverdisc

Hotpicks

his month he brings DigiKam, Haruna, Switcheroo, Joplin, Remmina, Varia and more.... (Mayank Sharma)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Tutorials

Terminal - periodic table

(Shashank Sharma)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Basics - the terminal

(Nick Peers)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Batocera - retro Steam Deck

(Christian Cawley)
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Emulation - Microtan 65

(Mike Bedford)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Video chat - secure calling

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Krita - drawing tablets

(Neil Mohr)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Build a weather machine

(Les Pounder)
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 Coding Academy

Create a turn based internet game

(David Bolton)
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Classic Star Wars scroller

(Ferenc Deak)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Reviews

SanDisk Pro-Blade

(Linux Format)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Archcraft 2024.04.06

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Fedora 40

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Austrumi 4.9.3

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Calculate Linux 4.9.3

(Nate Drake)
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Pepper Grinder

(Linux Format)
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Dosbian 2.5

(Les Pounder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Creality K1C

(Denise Bertacchi)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Startmail

(Linux Format)
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SiteGround

(Linux Format)
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Editors for authors

Visual Studio Code, LibreOffice Writer, Lyx, Google Docs, FocusWriter (Michael Reed)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 More

News: News

Z80, MS-DOS open source, sudo systemd (Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

News: Kernel watch

(Jon Masters)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

News: Pi news

Remembering Jack Lang, Pi wars. (Les Pounder)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.