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Issue 307 (October 2023) - AI Powered Raspberry Pi

Get an AI-Powered Pi! It might not take over the world but it will help you create loads of smart projects that recognise faces, objects and even your voice! We’ll help you get the software and hook up the hardware to create smarter, faster and more intelligent Pi projects.

PLUS: the best open source personal cloud services, free your phone with /e/OS, discover next-gen WiFi 7, reuse your old Wiimotes, getting open source mapping with Marble, manage photos with DigiKam, discover Fortran, easy servers with Virtualmin, get a better Steam Deck and loads more!

 Features

AI powered Pi

(Tam Hanna)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Free your phone

e/OS (Jonni Bidwell)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Next-gen WiFi

(Darien Graham-Smith)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Administeria

the UK government’s threat to encrypted messages, plus offers tips for sysadmins (Stuart Burns)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Answers

backing storage, listing running GUI apps in a terminal, upgrading Linux Mint (Neil Bothwick)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Coverdisc

Hotpicks

OnionShare, Bulky, Sweeper, Min, KDiskMark, OnionMedia X, Pwall, Nostlan, DevilutionX, Paper Clip and Menu Editor. (Mayank Sharma)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

 Tutorials

Termina - editly

(Shashank Sharma)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

KDE Marble

(Nick Peers)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Digikam

(Mike Bedford)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Fortran

(Mike Bedford)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

VirtualMin

(David Bolton)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Steam Deck tips

(Neil Mohr)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Control a Pi bot with a Wii remote

(Les Pounder)
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 Coding Academy

Text adventures: now in full colour!

(Nate Drake)
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Breakout

(Matt Holder)
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 Reviews

WD Black 8TB HDD

(Linux Format)
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AMD Radeon RX7600

(Linux Format)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Windows Maker Live

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

OPNSense 23.7

(Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Rhino Linux 2023.1

(Nick Peers)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Mask of the Rose

(Linux Format)
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Personal cloud servers

Nextcloud, Pydio Cells, Filestash, Seafile, OwnCloud (Michael Reed)
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 More

News: News

Valve’s game-changing Proton turns five; kernel 6.5 hits the streets; Vim creator Bram Molenaar dies; happy birthday to Debian; plus Distro Watch, and more stories from the world of open source. (Nate Drake)
Available as a PDF to subscribers.

News: Kernel news

(Jon Masters)
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News: Pi news

Introduced by Les Pounder, who’s looking forward to enjoying the glut of Pis that’s due to hit the shelves. (Les Pounder)
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