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Issue 294 (October 2022) - Multi-boot Mint 21

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Linux Mint 21 is here and it’s awesome! We show you not only how to get it installed but how you can multi-boot it with Windows and a plethora of other Linux distros! Along the way discovering Logical Volume Management, delve into the UEFI system and play with partitions!

PLUS: How open source can save the smart home, discover OpenIndiana, create better cutouts with GIMP, hide message in images, set up your 3D printer for better prints, recreate Pac-Man with Python, boost your creative writing and more!

 Features

Multi-boot Mint 21

(Jonni Bidwell)
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Saving the smart home

(Matt Holder)
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Inside AlmaLinux

(Jonni Bidwell)
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Answers

How to streamline a bloated Debian installation, printing PostScript files, recommending a video player for Linux, and when are cloned files not exact copies? (Neil Bothwick)
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 Coverdisc

Hotpicks

Syncthing, Imagine, HomeBank, Jitsi, Beets, vifm, Rclone, Unvanquished, Bitfighter, AES Crypt and SMPlayer. (Mayank Sharma)
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 Tutorials

Terminal - kmon

(Shashank Sharma)
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Droidcam - smart phone webcam

(Nick Peers)
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Openindiana

(Michael Reed)
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Cura - 3D printing

(Alastair Jennings)
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GIMP - better cutouts

(Karsten Gunther)
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Steganography

(Mike Bedford)
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Stream live data to the web

(Les Pounder)
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Make a Pi media centre

(Michael Reed)
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 Reviews

AMD Ryzen 5500

(Linux Format)
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DragonFly BSD 6.2.2

(David Rutland)
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KDE Neon 2022.08

(David Rutland)
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NuTyx 22.07

(David Rutland)
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Emmabuntus 4-1

(David Rutland)
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Psychonauts 2

(Linux Format)
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Low-profile ICE Tower

(Les Pounder)
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Pimoroni Trilobot

(Les Pounder)
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Creative writing tools

Bibisco 2.4.0-SE Manuskript 0.14.0 novelWriter 1.6.2 oStorybook 5.05.06 Quoll Writer 3.0.0b25 (Nick Peers)
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 More

News: News

Debian switches to DuckDuckGo, but should it? Turns out tractors can play Doom! There’s drama in PINE64 land! Ubuntu is on RISC-V. A new LibreOffice and FlatHub updates. (Matt Hanson)
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News: Kernel news

(Jon Masters)
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News: Pi news

Les Pounder pays tribute to Olly Clark, a key member of the Pi community, and why the RS Group has lost its Pi licence. (Les Pounder)
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