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Issue 299 (March 2023) - Free your phone

Power up your devices and revive your old phones with open source Android and even a full-fat Linux desktop! We guide you through using LineageOS – the best Android spin – to revive and protect older phones and tablets alongside full-fat Linux options.

PLUS: Fedora Silver Blue, packaging formats explained, Mint 21 reviewed, Pi Camera v3, Steam Deck desktop, algorithmic art, enhanced GIMP layers, coding Bomberman clones, making GIT easy and loads more!

Features

Free your phone

(Jonni Bidwell)
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Deck the hardware

(Neil Mohr)
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No changes allowed

Matt Holder explores immutable OSes, containerised apps and Silver Blue to see if they describe the future of Linux distros. (Matt Holder)
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Answers

Sound advice for soundcards, getting Ubiquity to cooperate, accessing free space, multiple terminal sessions with Tmux, sorting out upgrade issues, and more. (Neil Bothwick)
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Coverdisc

Hotpicks

Fotoxx, Saber, Upscayl, LibreWolf, Mprocs, Junction, Myuzi, Libre TrainSim, Infinite Shooter, OTPClient and HydraPaper. (Mayank Sharma)
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Tutorials

Coding Academy

Recreate the classic Bomberman

(Andrew Smith)
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Coding for eBPF

(Mihalis Tsoukalos)
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Reviews

Kingston NV2 2TB SSD

(Linux Format)
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AMD Ryzen 7950X

(Dave James)
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Rocky 9.1

(Nate Drake)
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Mint 21.1 Vera

(Nate Drake)
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Return to Monkey Island

(Linux Format)
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Arduino 2.0.3

(Les Pounder)
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Pi Camera Module v3

(Les Pounder)
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Packaging formats

Flatpak, Source code, Tradditional packages, Appimage, Snap (Michael Reed)
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News: Kernel news

(Jon Masters)
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News: Pi news

Introduced by Les Pounder, who’s smiling at the new Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3. Plus, the miracle of using just 500 wafers to feed 10 million Pis. (Les Pounder)
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News: News

Valve is driving Linux development, Cooler Master’s MasterPlus+ is to get cool open source overhaul, and the sun has finally set on Python 2 for Debian, plus much more. (Nate Drake)
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