Light up your life with Home Assistant and low-cost Zigbee smart lighting! We show you how you can create an open and extendable smart home with custom controls using Home Assistant, the Raspberry Pi – or a spire PC – and a bit of Linux magic!
PLUS: the best …
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Get fresh Linux Mint 22! The hottest and greenest Linux release of the year is out and we’ve got the lowdown on how to get it installed, get started with the new Matrix chat and help, how the new hardware-enablement kernel works, how to get Snaps …
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Bust out the Tux Police to enforce your outgoing packet privacy with a securely configured VPN! We take you through the networking basics, how a VPN works, how they’re set up on Linux to ensuring they’re secure, picking the best one for your needs and …
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Save your old PCs! Get those ageing systems in the Linux repair shop where we refresh them with easy hardware updates and install Linux Mint Debian Edition 32-bit for a slick, fast desktop experience.
PLUS: We test the top terminal emulators plus run the old DEC VT100 …
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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 …
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Celebrate with us as Ubuntu turns 20! We help you easily upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS now with up to twelve years of support, a slick new installer, fresh updated Gnome desktop, Wayland that finally works, new settings, tweaking guide and a look back at all …
read moreUbuntu 21.04 is out and so are we!
Try the latest release of Ubuntu 21.04 and learn to whoop for Wayland! Take the next-gen display protocol for a spin and see what the future promises. The latest build of Ubuntu is on …
read moreWe have a new issue, and a new website, and a new server. Sort of. The archive is mostly up at running and hopefully it stays that way. If not it's the fault of Amazon Web Services. Meanwhile, behold our glorious new issue:
Escape Google Photos and create your own …
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