Issue 181 (March 2014) - Master the amazing Raspberry Pi
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The Raspberry Pi is a great bit of kit, but are you getting the most out of yours? We've got 20 pages of essential tips, guides and tutorials to help you master the Pi.
We also explore alternative distros to Raspbian to install on the Raspberry Pi.
It's not all about Raspberry Pi though! We also show you how to free your Android smartphone and tablet from Google's influence, how to install the latest version of Steam OS and much more!
As usual we also have top-notch coding tutorials, the latest reviews and more, only in Linux Format.
On the DVD: Mint 16 with MATE, Cinnamon and LXDE desktops, Fedora 20, hot picks and tutorial code.
The GNU Compiler Collection was fast, affordable, extendable and brought free software to the masses. (Richard Hillesley) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Raspberry Pi distros
We check out three distinct operating systems for the Raspberry Pi, other
than the main Raspbian build, for you to try out. (David Hayward) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Free Android
Is Android becoming less open source? We investigate and see what the Linux community can do about it. (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Interview: Pete Lomas
He designed the original Raspberry Pi board, and we talk to him about the Pi story and why
Manchester is the centre of the computing universe... (Neil Mohr) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Dr Brown's Administeria
The good doctor talks about the Network Time Protocol, secure shell and the importance of choice. (Chris Brown) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coverdisc
On the disc
Mint 16 with MATE, Cinnamon and LXDE desktops, Fedora 20, hot picks, tutorial code and more. (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
The best new open source software on the planet
Emacspeak, PMW, JaxEdit, Drawpile, Git-info-bar,
RedNotebook, ExMplayer, Warzone 2100, Intricacy and
PCGen
(Richard Smedley) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
Subsonic
With music files scattered over various devices, Neil Bothwick uses
Subsonic to try to bring some order to the chaos his audio library. (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
SteamOS
Seen by some as the ‘saviour of PC gaming’, Valve has created its own
Debian Wheezy-based distro. We assess the first beta. (Matt Hanson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
FlexGet
We show you how to set up and use FlexGet to automatically
keep you up to date with the latest downloadable content. (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Rsyslog
Don’t let a verbose app fill up your disks with logs, send them to a secure
remote logging server. (Richard Smedley) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Git: Build your own
Do you like the idea of Github, but want to stay out of the cloud? We explain how you can make your own server. (John Lane) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
We show you how to get coding with
the Scratch programming language. This
month: how to create our very own arcade game. (Les Pounder) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Reviews
Penguin Wee 4th Gen Desktop
This compact PC is highly configurable and comes with your choice of
distributions pre-installed. (Matt Hanson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tails 0.22
Can you keep your privacy, asks Les Pounder, and yet still enjoy all
that the Internet has to offer? (Les Pounder) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Ultimate Edition 3.8
His quest for an all-inclusive Linux distribution leads Mayank Sharma to a
distro that certainly sounds like it ought to be the part. (Mayank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Perzo
In his quest to thwart snoopers, Mayank Sharma discovers a web
service that re-visualises online communication with built-in privacy. (Mayank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Open source is
invading your house, the Open Automobile Alliance is formed, CentOS and Red Hat join forces and more. (Matt Hanson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
What on Earth: ARM
Over 16 million of these tiny micro processors are sold every day, and they
now come in 64-bit flavours. (Matt Hanson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
