Linux Magazine's Latest Issue

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 04, 2023

• FOSSPicks

  In what might be either the onset of tin foil hat disease, or a nagging conscience, Graham has recently started to move as many of his SaaS accounts to servers under his control, as you'll no doubt read in these pages.

• We study some lightweight Linux distributions

  Are you ready to escape the bloat of mainstream Linux? We look at four lightweight, but general-purpose Linux distributions: Puppy Linux, Tiny Core Linux, antiX Linux, and Alpine Linux.

• A web-based math entry system

  MathLex lets you easily transform handwritten math formulas to digital format and use them on the web.

• Kernel News

  Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the little links that bring us closer within the Linux kernel community.

• Create disposable virtual machines for Debian releases

  Debvm lets you quickly create a temporary virtual machine with a small memory footprint, ideal for testing scripts or mixing repositories.

• License Matters

  Things have been pretty quiet in Free Software for a few years now. When I started this job, Linux and the little mystery ship we call Open Source were fighting for survival.

• This month in Linux Voice.

  This month in Linux Voice.

• This Month's DVD

  10 Small Distro ISOs and 4 Small Distro Virtual Appliances

• A desktop car racing game in Go

  The fastest way through a curve on a racetrack is along the racing line. Instead of heading for Indianapolis, Mike Schilli trains his reflexes with a desktop application written in Go, just to be on the safe side.

• Not your father's Debian

  Debian 12 features install options, new packages, and a new position on non-free firmware, making it more accessible to the average user.

• Tipi home server manager

  Tipi gives you complete control of more than 100 applications and services. A mouse click is all it takes to install the apps.

• News

  SUSE Goes for the Fork After Red Hat's RHEL Announcement; Solus 4.4; Ubuntu Will Show APT News in the Software Updater App; Nitrux 2.9.0; Ubuntu 22.10 EOL; Nobara Project Releases New Version of Its Modified Fedora Distribution; English Translation of Children's Book Ada & Zangemann; and Steam Client Features Hardware Acceleration on Linux.

• Edit photos with Krita

  Not many people are aware that Krita, the popular open source painting program, is also great for editing photos.

• Central system updates with Topgrade

  Topgrade detects all the package managers installed on a system and executes them one by one at the command line.

• URL filtering with Pi-hole

  Supporting browser plug-ins, network-based DNS blockers like Pi-hole help protect you against online tracking and unwanted content.

• Lightweight specialty distributions

  In the Linux world, form follows function. A specialty distro is a Linux-based system designed to serve a specific role. We look at some classic examples.

• Identity Ownership

  A trademark verifies to customers that a product really is yours, which also helps them trust they'll get the quality associated with your brand.

• Vanilla OS focuses on new strategies

  Vanilla OS, an immutable filesystem, seamlessly integrates applications from other distributions with an innovative container-based package manager.

• Adding scripts and tools to SystemRescue

  You can do more with SystemRescue than just repair broken systems. By adding tools and scripts, you can create a custom rescue environment that meets your needs.

• Lightweight distributions for the Raspberry Pi

  The Raspberry Pi is a Linux machine, and its default distribution is Raspberry Pi OS. But Linux is all about choices….

• Manage your greenhouse with a Raspberry Pi Pico W

  You can safely assign some greenhouse tasks to a Raspberry Pi Pico W, such as controlling ventilation, automating a heater, and opening and closing windows.