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Make your own unique version of Ubuntu, SUSE and Fedora, and rule the distro world
KDE 4.7 gets it right - Gnome 3 users, this is what a proper desktop looks like
Mageia unmasked: what the men from Mandrake made
On the 4GB DVD: CentOS 6, a rock-solid, enterprise-level distro. Plus: Chakra (including KDE 4.7), Ubuntu 11.10 preview, games, podcasts, guides and more
Tutorials on security, MediaWiki, hardware sharing, Google Go...
The future of Gnome and KDE - the dominant players in desktop Linux meet to debate their goals. (Stuart Jarvis) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Dr Brown's Administeria
How to be a sysadmin - eight simple steps on the path to admin heaven. Plus: Unix time formats, and Software as a Service. (Chris Brown) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Interview: Rob Pike
We catch some programming wisdom from one of Google's most distinguished engineers. (Mike Saunders, Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coverdisc
CentOS 6 and Chakra
Make your machines rock-solid with this enterprise-level distro. Plus: Chakra (including the new KDE 4.7), Ubuntu 11.10 preview, gamed, podcasts, guides and more. (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
HotPicks
Amarok, Archipel, IPython, Takeoff, Rowscope, GPodder, Minitube, CKhet, Cubosphere, Usermin, Tiny Core Linux. (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
Security: Protect your desktop
Shield yourself from online nasties and arm yourself with all the right tools to fend off a data disaster with our security masterclass. (Bob Moss) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
LVM: Manage your storage
After years living in fear of Fedora's partition screen, Jon faces his demons and discovers using LVM is simpler than he thought. (Jonathan Roberts) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
MediaWiki: Build your own
It's the free software that powers 65% of public wikis. Grasp the basics and there's no limit to what you could create. (Ben Everard) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Synergy: Link your PCs
We show how, in a few simple steps, to turn all the machines on your desk - Linux or not - into one homogenous blob of integrated computing. (Alex Cox) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
In the second of our newbie's guides, we tackle the fundamental building blocks behind any application. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Python: Fractal dimensions
Explore the subtle mathematics that powers the universe as we explain how to draw things. (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Arduino: Servos and steppers
It's time for your to get things moving with your Arduino - let's put the wheels in motion. (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Reviews
KDE 4.7
It's chock-full of improvements but does 4.7 do enough to shed the desktop's tarnished reputation? We find out. (Shashank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Scientific Linux 6.1
Will the release of this confusingly-named RHEL clone prove to be the final nail in CentOS's coffin? We investigate. (Mayank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
VVVVVV
Andrew remembers a gentler time, when games were less about shooting things and more about avoiding death from spikes. (Andrew Gregory) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Digikam SC 2.0
After a year of development one of the best photo management tools has hit the magical 2.0 milestone. Here's what's new. (Adam Oxford) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Web browsers
We spend an ever-increasing amount of our time online, so our browser choice matters. Here are five of the best open source offerings. On test: Chrome, Epiphany, Firefox, Opera, Rekonq. (Matt Hanson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
More
News: Google buys a future in phones with Motorola
Internet giant buy's Motorola's smartphone business, including... lots of patents! Plus: Cyber Security Challenge UK; Ubuntu One on iPad; Microsoft and SUSE continue deal; Finnish city of Kankaanpaa moves to Linux; Mozilla announces Enterprise User Workin (Andrew Gregory) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
News: OSCON 2011
Against all odds, Mike and Graham made it to O'Reilly's geek-packed open source conference in Portland, Oregon, USA. (Mike Saunders) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: Linvo 2010.12.6
Cross Linux with a Volvo and this is what you might get. Belt up and take it for a spin. Plus: Scientific Linux 6.1, Linux 3.0 kernel, Boot to Gecko. (Susan Linton) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
What on Earth: OAuth
We explain how you can save time and stay secure by authorising websites to work for you. (Marco Fioretti) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
