Tips from the pros to make your Linux box faster, safer and smarter
Upgrade your desktop with KDE 4.6 and Gnome 3.0
Will your next smartphone be a Google Nexus S?
On the 4GB DVD: Debian 6.0, KDE 4.6 Live and LibreOffice 3.3. Plus: Xfce 5.8, games, podcasts and more
Tutorials on KDevelop, Todoyu, ExifTool, LPI certification...
Features
SysAdmin Secrets
Tips from the pros to make your Linux box faster, safer and smarter: home network security, command line magic, task scheduling and more. (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
19 things we'd change about KDE
KDE has courted controversy in recent releases. It's improved now, but it's far from being perfect. We strap on our goggles, dive into the Plasmoidal soup and dredge up some suggestions for change. (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
The Ubuntu community manager shares some expert advice on how to get your foot on the open source career ladder. (Jono Bacon) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Dr Brown's Administeria
Think Linus Torvalds wrote the Linux kernel? That's only 0.4% of the story. Find out who else did. Plus: IPMI, and systemd. (Chris Brown) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Ultra-reliable distro meets a brand new desktop and the future of OpenOffice.org. Plus: Xfce 4.8, HotPicks, podcasts, games and more... (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
KiCad, DMIDecode, Bandwidth, Smartie-utils, Wings3D, Figlet, Din, Kernel Panc, PokerTH, Powertop, Hotot (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
Gnome: Starting out anew
If you've only recently escaped the clutches of another OS then we're on hand to guide you through the Gnome desktop. (Bob Moss) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Grub: dual boot Linux
Dual-booting is great if you want to run Linux alongside Windows, but what if you want to run two Linux flavours? Here's the answer. (Andrew Gregory) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Todoyu: Project management
We guide you through setting up Todoyu, a powerful multi-user project management tool that's packed with promise. (Shashank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
School of Linux: Partitioning
Our class now turns to the filesystem layout, partitioning and shared libraries. And yes, there's a test at the end! (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
ExifTool: Sort your pictures
Badly organised photo collections can induce enough stress to make you sick. Thankfully, we've found the cure. (Marco Fioretti) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
KDevelop: Build an application
We combine two of the hottest releases from the world of KDE, along with Qt, to build a shiny new text-editing Frankenapp. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Reviews
Google Nexus S
The successor to the Nexus One finally touches down, but has it been worth the wait? We evaluate Google's second Android handset. (Damien McFerran) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Lugaru HD
Alex continues to repress the memory of Percy's demise at the claws of hutch-mate Schredder, despite this creative stab at 3D rabbit scrapping. (Alex Cox) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Debian 6.0
Bob casts a lingering glance towards this free-spirited distro and wonders if it should become his new squeeze or just leaves him cold... (Bob Moss) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
KDE 4.6
The seventh release of KDE 4 is here. Are the team still trying to innovate, or is usability now a key feature? (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Crossover Pro 10
Another release from the prolific Codeweavers makes installing the odd Windows app simplicity itself. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
LibreOffice 3.3
This OpenOffice.org fork is all set to become the de facto office suite on
mainstream distros. (Mayank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distro vendors team up and start planning a unified app store for Linux. Plus: Honeycomb kicks off the tablet war; Narwhal talks up Qt equality; Dell and Ubuntu cloud partnership; VMware goes after Google; IBM Watson takes on Jeopardy. (Andy Channelle) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: Ubuntu happenings
The rumour mills about mobile continue to turn. Plus: Foresight Linux Development, MiniNo, and Mandriva-Mythware (Susan Linton) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
What on Earth: Gnome Shell
Andrew grabs his fishing rod, grows a silly beard, pulls on a funny hat and casts his line into the future of the Gnome desktop. (Andrew Gregory) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
