Articles by Neil Bothwick

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• Issue 325 - Feature: Answers - password keyrings, permissions, ownership, partition naming
  
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• Issue 320 - Feature: Answers - mount drivers, public wifi
  
• Issue 319 - Feature: Answers - file transfers, missing folders, night-time monitoring, overflowing logs
  
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• Issue 314 - Feature: Answers - mounting MP3 players, deleting invisible files, identifying wrong users
  
• Issue 313 - Feature: Answers - PDF signatures and conversion, KDE Wallet, grabbing YouTube movies
  
• Issue 312 - Feature: Answers - LibreOffice refuses to open spreadsheets, how to remove the need to log in,
  
• Issue 311 - Feature: Answers -
  
• Issue 310 - Feature: Answers -
  
• Issue 309 - Feature: Answers - answering queries about Rsync, RAID, GRUB, data destruction, Baloo and more.
  
• Issue 308 - Feature: Answers - full /boot filesystems, clever keyboard shortcuts, forgotten passwords, multiple logins and more.
  
• Issue 307 - Feature: Answers - backing storage, listing running GUI apps in a terminal, upgrading Linux Mint
  
• Issue 306 - Feature: Answers - Neil Bothwick tackles readers’ problems regarding Linux slideshow apps, adding filenames on images, installing two versions of Fedora on the same disk, and more.
  
• Issue 305 - Feature: Answers - Ever-generous Neil Bothwick shares his vast technical knowledge with readers who have problems with Gnome Keyring, screen brightness, recovering deleted files, and log files that aren’t playing ball.
  
• Issue 304 - Feature: Answers - Linux maestro Neil Bothwick turns his attention to your queries and questions, and explains how to resize virtual disks, swap around swap partitions, add labels to filesystems, and more…
  
• Issue 303 - Feature: Answers - Our resident Linux brainiac Neil Bothwick cleverly solves conundrums involving missing drivers, creating caches, setting up a headless Raspberry Pi, the magic of the SysReq key and more.
  
• Issue 302 - Feature: Answers - Swatting your Linux problems like pesky file-ridden flies, this month we dispatch issues including an untouchable virtual keyboard and a flatlining Flatpak.
  
• Issue 301 - Feature: Answers - This month our lovable Linux leading light dispenses invaluable advice about multiple desktop environments, the Linux equivalent of Amiga assigns, ageing  keyboards and a whole lot more.
  
• Issue 300 - Feature: Answers - For our 300th issue, we rounded up some of the more common problems we’ve dealt with over the years, including dual booting, stalled boots, sharing desktops and more.
  
• Issue 299 - Feature: Answers - Sound advice for soundcards, getting Ubiquity to cooperate, accessing free space, multiple terminal sessions with Tmux, sorting out upgrade issues, and more.
  
• Issue 297 - Feature: Answers - How to use real drives with virtual machines. Making use of hard drive SMART details. USB memory – we think not! Sorting out scripts, the Wheel explained, and more.
  
• Issue 296 - Feature: Answers - Customising your KDE wallpaper, retaining a custom application desktop icon, creating a WiFi access code for guests, desktop files explained and how important is virus protection for virtual machines.
  
• Issue 295 - Feature: Answers - Sorting out icons on removable drives, worrying about BIOS errors, limiting printer access, sorting seven privileges, installing to a USB drive and CUPS explained.
  
• Issue 294 - Feature: 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?
  
• Issue 293 - Feature: Answers - Stop drives from disappearing, how to deal with literally millions of files, how to transfer big files without using the cloud, waking up with Wi-Fi and a look at JournalCtl.
  
• Issue 292 - Feature: Answers - Fixing your Pop!_OS problems, sorting iOTA FLO Wi-Fi issues, dealing with tiling windows in KDE, getting TIFF previews once again and what the heck is doas?
  
• Issue 291 - Feature: Answers - Issues with VM display sizes, creating password-protected network shares, fantasy partition sizes and missing files, configuring your own function keys and shell scripts.
  
• Issue 290 - Feature: Answers - Configuring laptops for running Open Broadcaster Software, configuring SSH access on a server, X forwarding issues, using scanners and read-only USB.
  
• Issue 289 - Feature: Answers - Backing up and syncing Keepass, trying to backup PhotoRec files, controlling screen mirroring to a TV, sorting out-of-tree module support, plus a look at the tmpfs system.
  
• Issue 288 - Feature: Answers - Backing up Thunderbird files, GRUB and hardware boot issues, capturing error logs, buying a new system, trying to get people to shutdown systems and how to use pipes.
  
• Issue 287 - Feature: Answers - Logging system monitoring, fixing a dead network with Mint, logging shutdown issues, discovering manuals and how best to create emergency boot USB sticks.
  
• Issue 286 - Feature: Answers - Synching your music, checking a drive has been wiped, creating a simple reminder, moving an old install to a new machine, sorting your UUIDs and all about initramfs.
  
• Issue 285 - Feature: Answers - Sharing photos from phones, LibreOffice and Excel spreadsheets, purging KDE from an install, installing a Wi-Fi driver, remote screen sharing and shell commands.
  
• Issue 284 - Feature: Answers - Find out where your drive space is going, checking on your not-so-bad blocks, backing up a phone to a Pi, disable a touchpad and understanding Dmesg.
  
• Issue 284 - Roundup: Video conversion tools - Avidemux 2.7.6 Curlew 0.2.5 1.4.2 Shutter Encoder 3.0.16 HandBrake VLC 3.0.16
  
• Issue 283 - Feature: Answers - How you compile projects from source again, how to get locked out from Mint 20, sorting grey scans out, sorting out UEFI entries and sorting out mail servers.
  
• Issue 282 - Feature: Answers - Importing PGP keys from Windows, stopping people shutting down, losing the lost and found folder, reclaiming disk space and filesystem labels explained.
  
• Issue 282 - Review: Zorin OS 16 Core -
  
• Issue 282 - Review: Rescatux 0.73 -
  
• Issue 282 - Review: Deepin 20.2.3 -
  
• Issue 281 - Feature: Answers - Sorting out Deskreen for the Pi, read-only USB sticks, Windows 98 emulation, kernel update GRUB madness, DVD booting UEFI tricks and Qnap NAS fixes.
  
• Issue 281 - Review: Pop!_OS 21.04 -
  
• Issue 281 - Review: NixOS 21.05 -
  
• Issue 281 - Review: EndeavourOS 2021.08 -
  
• Issue 280 - Feature: Answers - 30 top answers for 30 years of Linux.
  
• Issue 279 - Feature: Answers - VPN audio notifications are reactivated, group password management advice and how to run Linux from a USB stick. Plus systemd timers are explained.
  
• Issue 278 - Feature: Answers - Modern modem problems explored, mini-Wi-Fi module problems attacked, sorting BIOS time-based issues, and Let’s Encrypt certificate shenanigans dealt with.
  
• Issue 278 - Roundup: Desktop virtualisation - Aqemu 0.92, Gnome Boxes 40.1, VirtualBox 6.1.22, Virt-manager 3.2, VMWare Workstation Player 16.1.2
  
• Issue 277 - Feature: Answers - Piping DVD streams over a network, VPN configuration, mounting your drives each boot, building code with Python, Android transfers and looking into dd.
  
• Issue 276 - Feature: Answers - Your Linux problems fixed! Including solving systemd-resolved, ‘invisible’ hard drives, scheduled shutdowns, program updates and backing up a backup file.
  
• Issue 275 - Feature: Answers - We provide the light at the end of various long tunnels, including solving network problems, fixing a scanner that won’t do its one job and making Wi-Fi work as it should.
  
• Issue 274 - Feature: Answers - How to find your files faster, how to rename a set of PDF with silly names, understanding Linux drive names, fixing a Mint that takes forever to shut down and going paperless.
  
• Issue 274 - Tutorial: QEmu: Virtual arch build -
  
• Issue 273 - Feature: Answers - WoL, bootless DVDs, dd backupd, systemd services, lpstat, CUPS
  
• Issue 273 - Tutorial: ZFS - next-gen filesystem management -
  
• Issue 272 - Feature: Answers - Blank screen of despair, Unity, Snaps
  
• Issue 271 - Feature: Answers - Booting, RAID, syncing
  
• Issue 270 - Feature: Answers - compile from source, XP-Pen, replace notepad, ubooting, raid
  
• Issue 269 - Feature: Answers - Backup and Btrfs, the History, check filesystem types, Windows time,
  
• Issue 268 - Feature: Answers - Pan news reader, easy file transfer, printing issues, containers
  
• Issue 267 - Feature: Answers - second disk encryption, random crashes, DVD to USB, x11forwarding.
  
• Issue 263 - Feature: Answers - Fedora and Systemd, Pi bulk updates, fake SD cards, distro keyboard settings, Kodi streaming, aliases
  
• Issue 262 - Feature: Answers - Lost passwords, Fedora codecs, 32-bit LibreOffice, Grep fles, selective printing of PDFs, Scripts
  
• Issue 261 - Feature: Answers - Sound of silence, Skype webcam woes, Pop_OS! upside down, root permissions, log full root, Systemd journal
  
• Issue 260 - Feature: Answers - Swap use, No keyboard, limit root, missing modems, random crashes, Xfce to Cinnamon.
  
• Issue 259 - Feature: Backup your data -
  
• Issue 259 - Feature: Answers - Comparing directories, making a bong, moving Windows partitions, triple booting, files links, Crontab failure
  
• Issue 258 - Feature: Answers - renaming Windows files, Mint install partitions, reading Windows files, clone drives, pipes, split big files
  
• Issue 257 - Feature: Answers - Dumping ANSI from your logs, uploading photos from your Pi, Slax on USB, using tail and &&.
  
• Issue 257 - Review: Debian 10 "Buster" -
  
• Issue 257 - Review: AntiX 19 -
  
• Issue 257 - Review: PCLinuxOS 2019.09 -
  
• Issue 256 - Feature: Answers - Blocked server user, CPU-X compiling, double-click woes, Dropbox replacement, password-less SSH, exit TAILS, TAR.
  
• Issue 254 - Feature: Answers - Fixing file permissions, read-only USB sticks, dial up modems.
  
• Issue 253 - Feature: Answers - NTFS errors, browsing system stats, moving home again, mobile remote access, text wrapping and clipboards
  
• Issue 252 - Feature: Answers - Big files small space, your own blog, grep, mount point moving, clear your /tmp, pip
  
• Issue 251 - Feature: Answers - Upgrading Shotwell, Secure deletion, creating random text, locked BIOS, cleaning cache, tab completion.
  
• Issue 250 - Feature: Answers - recover your root password, Gimp load times, $home sharing, restart init services, SSH blocked, Config files
  
• Issue 249 - Feature: Answers - Document scanning, Minolta pagepro driver, eternal shutdown, ZFS slow, Peppermint update,
  
• Issue 248 - Feature: Answers - Borderless Grub, Software sources, Okular settings, Lubuntu keys, image captions, man issues, kill
  
• Issue 247 - Feature: Answers - copying users, canon printers, PDF prints, UEFI woes, rsync, webmin
  
• Issue 246 - Feature: Answers - Missing Windows, Midnight Commander, missing netowrks, Mint 17 background, Ubuntu 18.10 suspend, PDF javascript
  
• Issue 245 - Feature: Answers - Mint 19 upgrade, delete duplicate files, RAID probing, Grub PXE, Case sensitive web server
  
• Issue 243 - Coverdisc: Peppermint OS 9, Mint 19 Cinnamon, Slax Linux 9.5 -
  
• Issue 242 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Manjaro Gnome 17.1.12, Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, Bodhi Linux 5.0
  
• Issue 241 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - BunsenLabs Helium, Feren OS 2018.07, Kali Linux Light 2018.02
  
• Issue 240 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon and MINT, Q4OS 2.5
  
• Issue 240 - Review: Linux Mint 19 -
  
• Issue 239 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Trisquel Mini 8, OpenSUSE Leap 15 KDE, Sparky Linux 5.3 LXQt, Devuan 2.0 RC
  
• Issue 238 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Remix, Fedora 28 Workstation
  
• Issue 237 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Slax 9.4, Zorin OS 12.3, Ubuntu 18.04 'RC'
  
• Issue 236 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Arch Linux 32-2018.02, Manjaro XFCE-17.1.6, ArchLabs - 2018.02, Arch for Pi
  
• Issue 235 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Anarchy Linux 1.0, Tails 3.5, Parrot Home 3.11
  
• Issue 234 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - ROSA Desktop R10, Elementary OS 0.41, Bodhi Linux Legacy 4.4
  
• Issue 233 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Mint 18.3 Cinnamon, Fedora 27 Gnome, OpenMediaVault 4
  
• Issue 232 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - AntiX 17, Legacy OS 2017, Linux Lite 3.6, Peppermint 8, Tiny Core 8
  
• Issue 231 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Ubuntu 17.10, Lubuntu 17.10 32-bit, Q4OS 2.4
  
• Issue 230 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Bodhi 4.3.1, OpenELEC 8.0.4, ArchLabs 2017.09, LinHES R8.4.3
  
• Issue 229 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - BackBox 5, Sparky Linux 5, Rescatux 0.4
  
• Issue 228 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Fedora 26, Fedora LXQt 26, Mageia XFCE 6.0
  
• Issue 227 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Debian 9.0.1, Voyager Live 9.0
  
• Issue 226 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Zorin OS 12.1, Manjaro 17.0.1, Elementary OS 0.4.1
  
• Issue 225 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages - Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop Remix, Solus 2017, Android x86 6.0
  
• Issue 224 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Ubuntu 17.04 64- and 32-bit, Linux Lite 32-bit
  
• Issue 223 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Ubuntu Studio 16.04.02, XenialDog 2017-01-22, openSUSE Tumbleweed
  
• Issue 222 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Mint 18.1 Cinnamon, Mint 18.1 MATE, Scientific Linux 7.3
  
• Issue 221 - Coverdisc: DVD pages -
  
• Issue 220 - Feature: Sysadmin - Ansible, Kernel 4.9
  
• Issue 220 - Coverdisc: OpenSUSE Leap 42.2 -
  
• Issue 219 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Fedora 25, Manjaro 16.10, antiX 16, Bodhi 4.0
  
• Issue 218 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Ubuntu 16.10 (32- & 64-bit), BunsenLabs 2016.07.10 (32-bit)
  
• Issue 218 - Feature: Reviving your old Pcs - Keep ageing systems running with 32-bit Linux
  
• Issue 217 - Tutorial: Multiboot a USB stick -
  
• Issue 217 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages - Elementary OS 0.4, Mint 18 KDE, Android x86 6.0
  
• Issue 216 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages - Tails 2.5, Kali Linux 2016.1, AntiX 16, SystemRescueCd 4.8.1
  
• Issue 215 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Fedora 24 (64-bit), Neon 5.7.2 (64-bit), Voyager 16.04 (64-bit) and Ultimate Boot CD 5.3.5 (64-bit)
  
• Issue 213 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages - Ubuntu Server, Debian 8.4, NethServer, ClearOS, OwnCloud, Webmin, Clonezilla
  
• Issue 213 - Tutorial: Pi OwnCloud server -
  
• Issue 212 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Kubuntu 16.04 (64-bit), Lubuntu 16.04 (32-bit), Xubuntu 16.04 (32-bit) and 4MLinux 17.0 (32-bit)
  
• Issue 211 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Ubuntu 16.04, Bodhi 3.2.0, System Rescue Cd 4.7.2
  
• Issue 210 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - 13 Desktop Ubuntu, Window Maker Live, ArchBang 2016
  
• Issue 210 - Tutorial: Multi-user -
  
• Issue 209 - Coverdisc: DVD pages -
  
• Issue 209 - Tutorial: Portage: Using sets and overlays -
  
• Issue 208 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Fedora Security Suite, Kali 2.0 Light, Manjaro 15, GParted
  
• Issue 208 - Feature: Multi-boot everything! - you heard the man, multi-boot everything! From AmigaDOS to Windows boot it all.
  
• Issue 208 - Tutorial: Portage explained -
  
• Issue 207 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Linux Mint 17.3, OpenSUSE LEAP 42.1
  
• Issue 207 - Tutorial: Tmux terminal multiplexer -
  
• Issue 206 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Fedora 23, Ubuntu 15.10, Tails 1.7
  
• Issue 206 - Tutorial: Manage RAID - Using mdadm
  
• Issue 205 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages - Ubuntu 15.10
  
• Issue 205 - Tutorial: LVM: Organise your drives -
  
• Issue 204 - Roundup: File synchronisation - Get your files backed up and in sync
  
• Issue 204 - Tutorial: Conky primer - Get started using Conky
  
• Issue 203 - Coverdisc: DVD pages - Mint 17.2 and OpenSUSE 13.2
  
• Issue 203 - Tutorial: Syncthing -
  
• Issue 202 - Coverdisc: DVD pages -
  
• Issue 202 - Tutorial: ZeroTier -
  
• Issue 201 - Coverdisc: DVD pages -
  
• Issue 201 - Roundup: Roundup - Server distros
  
• Issue 200 - Coverdisc: Coverdisc pages -
  
• Issue 200 - Tutorial: Device Security: Protection tips -
  
• Issue 199 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages -
  
• Issue 199 - Feature: Build a Linux PC -
  
• Issue 199 - Tutorial: Sudo science -
  
• Issue 198 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages -
  
• Issue 198 - Tutorial: Dive Inside journalctl -
  
• Issue 197 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages -
  
• Issue 197 - Tutorial: Dracut -
  
• Issue 196 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages -
  
• Issue 196 - Tutorial: Disk encryption -
  
• Issue 195 - Coverdisc: Disc Pages -
  
• Issue 195 - Tutorial: ImageMagick -
  
• Issue 194 - Feature: Next-gen Linux -
  
• Issue 194 - Tutorial: Gummiboot -
  
• Issue 194 - Coverdisc: Coverdisc -
  
• Issue 193 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages -
  
• Issue 193 - Tutorial: Custom GRUB menus -
  
• Issue 192 - Coverdisc: DVD Pages -
  
• Issue 192 - Tutorial: Screen: terminal multiplexer -
  
• Issue 192 - Tutorial: Rescatux -
  
• Issue 191 - Coverdisc: DVD pages -
  
• Issue 191 - Tutorial: Awk: Extract data from text -
  
• Issue 190 - Tutorial: Plex server -
  
• Issue 190 - Coverdisc: On the disc -
  
• Issue 189 - Feature: Your Linux Problems Solved - Mobile Linux brain Neil Bothwick tackles the most common issues and presents a collection of solutions that's sure to keep your system running smooth and trouble free. Well ,mostly.
  
• Issue 189 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Tails Linux 1.1, Deepin 2014, Ultimate Boot CD, System Rescue CD and Rescatux.
  
• Issue 189 - Tutorial: Terminal - macros and shortcuts -
  
• Issue 188 - Coverdisc: On the disc - CentOS 7, Arch Linux, Rescatux 0.32 plus speed recognition tools and much more.
  
• Issue 188 - Tutorial: Accounts: rights and ownership - Whether you are managing one user or a hundred, Neil Bothwick goes through the basics of how user accounts work on Linux.
  
• Issue 188 - Tutorial: Systemd: Set up connections - Neil Bothwick says that if you’re a keen user of Systemd, you may no longer need to use a separate network manager.
  
• Issue 187 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Linux Mint 17, SolydX 201405, Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit), and much more.
  
• Issue 187 - Tutorial: Terminal: Time-savers - The terminal has a host of handy tricks that will save you time and make your life easier. Neil Bothwick introduces a few of the most useful techniques.
  
• Issue 187 - Tutorial: KeePassX: Passwords - Still keeping your passwords on a Post-It note stuck to your PC monitor? Neil Bothwick considers a better approach to securing your accounts.
  
• Issue 186 - Coverdisc: On the disc - CrunchBang, Elive, Manjaro plus 40 low-resource programs chosen for their lightness and speed.
  
• Issue 186 - Tutorial: Terminal: Core programs - Out of the hundreds of terminal commands available, Neil Bothwick summarises some of the more useful ones.
  
• Issue 186 - Tutorial: dm-crypt: hard disk encryption - Do you want to keep your data safe from prying eyes? We show you how to encrypt your hard disk.
  
• Issue 185 - Feature: Install Linux on your new Chromebook - For those who’ve bought a Chromebook and miss a full OS, we show you how to get an assortment of Linux distros up and running.
  
• Issue 185 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Ubuntu 14.04 remix with Unity, KDE, Xfce & LXDE, along with MX-14, HotPicks, tutorial code and more.
  
• Issue 185 - Tutorial: Tar: Archiving your files - Archiving contains many mysteries such as zips and tarballs, but expert Neil Bothwick is here to expand your knowledge of their uses.
  
• Issue 185 - Tutorial: Man pages: Accessing help - A guide to the ultimate collection of useful self-help books that resides inside the Linux operating system.
  
• Issue 184 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Mint 16 Mega Mix, SystemRescueCd, IPFire, hot picks, tutorial code and more.
  
• Issue 184 - Tutorial: Terminal: Apt-get in action - New to Linux? Let the ever-helpful Neil Bothwick guide you through your first steps with apt-get, the powerful command line tool.
  
• Issue 184 - Tutorial: Ampache: DIY music streamer - We run through the Ampache way to getting your music streaming from your home server and streaming to your smartphone.
  
• Issue 184 - Tutorial: Systemd: Make the switch - You’ve heard the debates, but what is it like? Neil Bothwick shows you how to get started with the new Debian default init system.
  
• Issue 183 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Mageia 4, Ubuntu 13.10, OpenSUSE 13.1, hot picks, tutorial code and more.
  
• Issue 183 - Tutorial: Job scheduling with Cron and at - Save time by getting your computer to run day-to-day tasks automatically.
  
• Issue 182 - Coverdisc: On the disc - TAILS live disc, Gentoo, Netrunner, Tiny Core, hot picks, tutorial code and more.
  
• Issue 182 - Tutorial: Pipelight plugin - Can’t watch the football because some services only use Microsoft’s Silverlight for streaming? Neil Bothwick has a pragmatic work around.
  
• Issue 181 - Feature: Free Android - Is Android becoming less open source? We investigate and see what the Linux community can do about it.
  
• Issue 181 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Mint 16 with MATE, Cinnamon and LXDE desktops, Fedora 20, hot picks, tutorial code and more.
  
• Issue 181 - Tutorial: Subsonic - With music files scattered over various devices, Neil Bothwick uses Subsonic to try to bring some order to the chaos his audio library.
  
• Issue 181 - Tutorial: FlexGet - We show you how to set up and use FlexGet to automatically keep you up to date with the latest downloadable content.
  
• Issue 180 - Coverdisc: On the disc - OpenSUSE 13.1, Clonezilla 2.2.0-31, hot picks, tutorial code and a lot more.
  
• Issue 180 - Tutorial: OwnCloud 6 - We explain how to use OwnCloud Documents.
  
• Issue 179 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Ubuntu 13.10 - including 14 alternative desktop GUIs, OpenBSD 5.4, antiX 13.2, AbiWord, GNUMake and more.
  
• Issue 179 - Tutorial: SSH: Useful commands - SSH is great for communicating securely between different machines.
  
• Issue 179 - Coding Academy: Coding Concepts - How to code Python file paths, no matter what platform they’re running.
  
• Issue 178 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Pinguy, elementary OS, the stars of our pick of the new user distros
  
• Issue 178 - Tutorial: Disk usage: Free it up - Cached files from web browsing and software updates can clog up your computer. We show you how to clear up the mess.
  
• Issue 177 - Coverdisc:  On the disk - LXLE, OS/4 OpenLinux, Grml, OpenMedia Vault
  
• Issue 177 - Tutorial: Filesystems: Sharing data - FAT, NFS, Fuse and exFAT: we unravel the pros and cons
  
• Issue 176 - Coverdisc:  On the disc - ROAS Fresh, Pepperming Four, Sonar and 4M
  
• Issue 176 - Tutorial:  Bit Torrent - Create your own torrents and trackers.
  
• Issue 175 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Fedora 19, Tails, Knoppix and more
  
• Issue 175 - Tutorial: Syslog: Set up email reports - Get your computer to contact you when things go wrong.
  
• Issue 175 - Tutorial: ZFS: Install a new filesystem - We reveal the joys of ZFS
  
• Issue 174 - Coverdisc: On the disc - Mint 15 mega mix, Bodhi, Siduction, Tutorial code and more
  
• Issue 174 - Tutorial: Encryption - Get started using public key encryption to protect your e-mails
  
• Issue 173 - Feature: Escape Google - Liberate your personal data from the companies that want to steal your e-mails, photos and friends, and take over your life.
  
• Issue 173 - Tutorial: Quota - We show you how to set filesystem quotas for different users.
  
• Issue 172 - Tutorial: Duplicity - Continuing our backup bonanza, we show you how to use a simple program to duplicate your directories.
  
• Issue 172 - Tutorial: Parental Controls - Control the way your little ones use their computers.
  
• Issue 171 - Tutorial: Sleep States - Give your computer a rest!
  
• Issue 170 - Tutorial: dnsmasq: DNS servers - We show you how to set up a local Domain Name Service (DNS) server using dnsmasq.
  
• Issue 169 - Feature: What is Linux? - We delve under the surface of Linux to find out what goes into a distro to make the OS we call Linux.
  
• Issue 169 - Tutorial: System Rescue - How to recover your system when things go wrong.
  
• Issue 168 - Tutorial: PDMenu: Build shell menus - introducing a simple system to create text menus so you don't have to memorize complex commands.
  
• Issue 167 - Tutorial: Synergy - We introduce a cross-platform method of running more than one computer using the same keyboard and mouse, and multiple screens.
  
• Issue 166 - Tutorial: SSH - Master the Secure SHell
  
• Issue 165 - Tutorial: Udev - Learn how your Linux system converts devices into files.
  
• Issue 164 - Tutorial: Syslog - Take a peek inside your computer's private diary.
  
• Issue 163 - Feature:  OggCamp 12 - This free software event returned to Liverpool this year, so Neil Bothwick risked the M62 to investigate.
  
• Issue 163 - Tutorial: Secure scanning - Turn your office paperless, and keep all your documents safe and sound in digital form.
  
• Issue 162 - Tutorial: Cloud Storage - We look at the options for cloud storage in case ultimate disaster strikes your home setup.
  
• Issue 161 - Tutorial: Data encryption - Keep your data safe regardless of how many different computers and operating systems you're using.
  
• Issue 160 - Tutorial: Add a new hard drive - Whether you want to add a 2TB giant or a tiny SSD, we sjow you how to avoid the pitfalls of partitioning.
  
• Issue 159 - Tutorial: File Ownership using ACLS - Manage who can modify files using access control lists.
  
• Issue 158 - Tutorial: VPN - Keep the internet's riff-raff out of your network using OpwnVPN.
  
• Issue 157 - Tutorial: Automatically Login - Set up your very own internet cafe.
  
• Issue 156 - Coverdisc: Centos, Linux Gamers Live and five other distros - We bring you seven full distros for work, play, and older hardware
  
• Issue 155 - Coverdisc: Ubuntu remixed and 6 other distros - Neil Bothwick shows his mastery over optical media with our own Gnome 3 remix of Ubuntu and six other fully booting distros, as well as all the other great software we feature in the magazine.
  
• Issue 154 - Coverdisc: Linux Mint 12 and BackTrack 5 - Neil Bothwick takes to the helm with Linux Mint 12, BackTrack 5 and tons of other great software.
  
• Issue 151 - Feature: Recycle old kit - Neil dusts off some ancient PCs and discovers there's plenty of life left in them yet.
  
• Issue 151 - Feature: 18 steps to better Data Security - The jewel in your computer's crown isn't the OS, or the hardware - it's your data, some of which might be irreplaceable. Here are some safety tips.
  
• Issue 150 - Feature: Kernel 3.0 - From 10,000 lines of code to 15 million. We look to the past and the future.
  
• Issue 149 - Feature: 18 of Linux software's Unsung Stars - We might not pay them much attention but we'd soon notice life without them. Here are the gems that make using Linux so much fun.
  
• Issue 147 - Feature: 20 ways to break Linux - Linux has a reputation for robustness but we prove there are still plenty of ways to damage a perfectly working system.
  
• Issue 146 - Feature: 19 ways to do your bit for open source - It is undoubtedly 'good' to give back to a community you take so much from, and by doing so you can also help to improve the software that you use, for yourself and for everyone else.
  
• Issue 145 - Feature: 17 things we'd change about names - What's in a name? Acronyms, in-jokes and lots of capital letters, if free software is anything to go by. We look at some unfortunate choices that have been made at this critical stage of development.
  
• Issue 144 - Feature: Get more from MythTV - Want to record live TV straight to your computer? We guide you through that most powerful of DVR packages, MythTV...
  
• Issue 144 - Feature: 16 things we'd change about Ubuntu - Ubuntu is a popular distro but, like everything in life, it isn't perfect. There's plenty that could be improved, both in terms of software and the way it goes about doing things. We have a few suggestions...
  
• Issue 143 - Review: KDE 4.6 - The seventh release of KDE 4 is here. Are the team still trying to innovate, or is usability now a key feature?
  
• Issue 143 - Feature: 19 things we'd change about KDE - KDE has courted controversy in recent releases. It's improved now, but it's far from being perfect. We strap on our goggles, dive into the Plasmoidal soup and dredge up some suggestions for change.
  
• Issue 142 - Review: Opera 11.0 - With so much decent open source competition in the web browser arena, we wonder whether this proprietary entry can find its voice.
  
• Issue 142 - Feature: 20 things we'd change about OpenOffice.org - OpenOffice.org is a huge, lumbering beast. Don't get us wrong, we like it in principle and the practice is steadily getting better, but there's still room for improvement.
  
• Issue 141 - Review: MythTV 0.24 - Is the latest release of MythTV a major step forward or a minor evolution?
  
• Issue 140 - Feature: 20 things we'd change about installing software - Software installation in Linux can confuse new users, while it pleases and irritates more experienced campaigners in equal measure. Here are some ideas on improving the situation.
  
• Issue 140 - Tutorial: Routers: Build your own - Part 2: Build your own internet firewall and router from scratch to keep your network safe and learn how it all works.
  
• Issue 139 - Feature: 22 ways to convert your friends to Linux - We all know how great Linux can be, but what about your Windows-using friends? Have you tried to convert them or are you afraid of risking a friendship? Here's how to turn people to the light side...
  
• Issue 139 - Tutorial: Routers: Build your own - Part 1: Turn an old, neglected computer into a powerful internet firewall and router – and keep your network safe in the process.
  
• Issue 138 - Feature: 20 reasons to use Linux - There are hundreds of compelling reasons why Linux is better than all the rival operating systems. Here's our top 20...
  
• Issue 136 - Review: VLC 1.1.0 - The name may be misleading, but does VideoLAN Client do what it's meant to do?
  
• Issue 136 - Coverdisc: Mandriva 2010 Spring and OpenSUSE 11.3 - Two first-class distros, both with KDE and Gnome incarnations! Plus: Tiny Core Linux, development tools, internet apps, games, podcasts and more.
  
• Issue 133 - Review:  Ubuntu 10.04 - That time of year is here again: the birds are singing and Ubuntu has a new release. We look at Lucid Lynx to see what all the fuss is about.
  
• Issue 132 - Review: Amarok 2.3 - Amarok went from the popular 1.4 to a rather flaky 2.0. We wonder whether the new 2.3 has regained some lost ground.
  
• Issue 131 - Review:  KDE 4.4 - KDE 4.4 has been released - has it reaches the stage where it's a good choice for most users?
  
• Issue 129 - Review: Thunderbird 3 - Do standalone email apps still have a place when we have the cloud and webmail? We think so, and examine a popular option.
  
• Issue 127 - Review: VMware 7.0 - VMware's flagship program now comes with support for Windows 7. We venture to the dark side to see if it's a worthwhile upgrade.
  
• Issue 126 - Review:  Moblin 2.0 - At last, a distro designed for netbooks from the start. We wonder whether Moblin is the future of the netbook or just another respin.
  
• Issue 125 - Tutorial: BackupPC: Get backups sorted - Part 12: Making backups is boring, but we show you how a server can take the pain out of the process with just a few lines of code.
  
• Issue 124 - Tutorial:  WebDAV: Share over the web - Allowing several people to work on a document increases overall quality and reduces your workload - here's how.
  
• Issue 123 - Review: Firefox 3.5 - After wondering what happened to Firefoxes 3.2 to 3.4, we now look at whether Firefox 3.5 is that much of a step forward.
  
• Issue 123 - Tutorial: Squid: Run your own web proxy - Part 10: Would you like faster and safer web browsing? Here's how to do it and reduce your bandwidth use at the same time!
  
• Issue 122 - Tutorial: VPN: Extending your network - Part 9: Do you need full access to your network from across the internet? Follow Neil as he tackes Virtual Private Networking.
  
• Issue 121 - Tutorial: Mail server: Get rid of spam - Part 8: Complete your mail server setup with Postfix, and filter out spam and viruses in the process.
  
• Issue 120 - Tutorial: Web apps: Serve content globally - Part 7: With an Apache web server up and running, you can make your applications available everywhere.
  
• Issue 119 - Review: PCLinuxOS 2009 - Can a single-CD distro produced by a tiny developer community keep up with the big boys?
  
• Issue 119 - Tutorial: SSH and VNC: work remotely - Do you need to access your home computer while at work? We explain how SSH and VNC can do this, and keep it all secure.
  
• Issue 118 - Tutorial: Subversion: Get collaborative - Part 5: Do you need to work on files with other people? We show how Subversion can keep you all up to date, and off each other's toes.
  
• Issue 117 - Feature: Fix Linux - Penguin yourself happy with our guide to the most useful ways to fix your OS, from booting to networking.
  
• Issue 117 - Tutorial: NFS and Samba: Share disks - Part 4: Is the file you want always on the other computer? Short of space on your netbook? We show you how to share your disks.
  
• Issue 116 - Review: OpenSUSE 11.1 - We investigate how the latest green machine from the OpenSUSE team stacks up against the stiff competition.
  
• Issue 116 - Tutorial: Media: Serve your files - Part 3: Share your media. We show you how to set up a central media server and your own radio station.
  
• Issue 115 - Tutorial: Email: Fetch, sort and serve - Part 2: Take control of your email. We show you how to combine mail from multiple mailboxes and be able to read it from any computer.
  
• Issue 114 - Review: Ubuntu 8.10 - Canonical continues to create cute, contrived alliterative names for its distro releases. We examine whether the latest version is truly Intrepid.
  
• Issue 114 - Tutorial: Apache: Set up a web server - Part 1: A new tutorial series for everyone who likes fiddling with wires and connections. That's all of us then!
  
• Issue 113 - Feature: Mobile broadband - Can you really use Linux on your laptop while on the move? We look at the latest mobile broadband offerings and see how well they work.
  
• Issue 112 - Review: Kerio MailServer 6.5.2 - Linux is hardly short of free, high quality mail servers - so is there room for this commercial offering?
  
• Issue 112 - Feature: Switch distros - Do you want to try the latest distros but are afraid of losing all your previous work? We show you how to get the best of both worlds.
  
• Issue 110 - Review: Firefox 3 - Firefox 3.0 was downloaded over eight million times in one day, but is it any good? We look at the product behind the publicity.
  
• Issue 110 - Feature: 25 killer apps - Photo managers, emailers, text editors and a whole lot more - we round up the very best that Linux has to offer.
  
• Issue 106 - Tutorial: LTSP: thin clients made easy - Do you want to run modern software on old hardware? Of course you do! We show you how, with the Linux Terminal Server Project.
  
• Issue 103 - Feature: Distro heaven - Why does toast always land buttered-side down? How long is a piece of string? Why are there so many Linux distros, and what are they all for? Find out here...
  
• Issue 102 - Feature:  Resurrect your old PC - Nostalgic for your old beige boxes? Don't let them gather dust! Proprietary OSes force users to upgrade hardware much sooner than necessary: we highlight some great ways to make your pensioned-off PCs earn their keep.
  
• Issue 100 - Review: Mandriva 2008 vs OpenSUSE 10.3 vs Ubuntu 7.10 - With three brand-new interations of major Linux distributions released just in time for Christmas, we find out which you'd prefer under the tree.
  
• Issue 100 - Tutorial: Network: Booting without a hard drive - Do you want a silent HTPC, or need to run a cluster of similar computers? Network booting may be the answer - we show you how.
  
• Issue 99 - Review: SmoothWall Express 3.0 - Recycle old hardware and keep the internet bad guys out at the same time...
  
• Issue 98 - Feature: 48 Linux tricks - We all love Free Software, but sometimes it just doesn't work quite how we want it to. Team LXF put their heads together to figure out the top problems that people face on a daily basis, and went about fixing them for you...
  
• Issue 97 - Review: Paragon NTFS for Linux 6.0 - Need to write to Windows XP or Vista hard disks from Linux? We test the only potential solution if you need NTFS compression support.
  
• Issue 97 - Tutorial: Gentoo: Write your own ebuilds - Need the latest and greatest software that's not in portage yet? We show Gentoo Linux users how to track down an ebuild or write your own.
  
• Issue 95 - Review: Gentoo 2007.0 - Do you need to be a rocket scientist to install Gentoo? Neil tries it without going ballistic.
  
• Issue 93 - Roundup: Command shells - Never explored beyond Bash? The shell is more than a plain text box for typing commands, so try out a couple from this collection. Rated: Bash, Dash, Dsh, Fish, Sash, Tcsh, Zsh
  
• Issue 91 - Review: Metisse - Fed up with all the hysteria over wobbly windows and spinning cubes? Neil is, so he explores a 3D desktop that places function first.
  
• Issue 90 - Review: OpenSUSE 10.2 - Novell has been in the news for all sorts of reasons lately - we try its latest distro release to see whether it's good news this time.
  
• Issue 90 - Review: VMware Workstation - A man who rarely has fewer than a dozen distros installed at once, Neil previews version 6...
  
• Issue 89 - Review: Damn Small Linux 3.1 - Is this the lightest Live CD around, and can you do anything useful with 50MB?
  
• Issue 89 - Tutorial: Kernel: Compile your own! - Some say you aren't a real Linux user until you have compiled your own kernel. If you're ready to take it on, we show you how.
  
• Issue 86 - Feature: 15 years of Linux - A student project from 1991 has grown into a liberating operating system that businesses and users dependon on and enjoy throughout the world. We track down the hackers who made it happen.
  
• Issue 84 - Feature: RAID your machines! - Bugged by slow performance or the pest of SATA failure rates? Combining your hard disks can improve their speed and reliability...
  
• Issue 83 - Tutorial: LVM: run virtual partitions - Get away from the tyranny of fixed disk partitions. We show you how to make things much more flexible with Logical Volume Management.
  
• Issue 82 - Roundup: X terminals - Ah, real computing, back to the command-line interface. Immerse yourself in the deep pool of terminals that Linux has on offer.
  
• Issue 79 - Tutorial: DCOP: Control KDE programs - Add features to KDE apps or control them remotely - it's easy with DCOP.
  
• Issue 78 - Review: Gentoo Linux 2006.0 - Have changes to its installation lost Gentoo its 'tailor-made' tag?
  
• Issue 73 - Tutorial: HAL: Auto-mounting USB devices - Resisting any reference to "I'm sorry, Dave", Neil instructs HAL to get his iRiver flowing.
  
• Issue 70 - Coverdisc: Double-sided DVD - Debian 3.1 and Fedora Core 4. Plus: UT2004 SAS add-on, Skype, Anjuta, Azureus, Bash Scripting Guide
  
• Issue 69 - Feature: Emulate! - Dust off the greatest games ever made - then play them using emulators for the Amiga, Spectrum, C64, Mega Drive, SNES, Arcade machines and more.
  
• Issue 69 - Coverdisc: Kanotix, Ark Linux and Arch Linux - Plus: Omnis Studio, Critical Mass, AbiWord, KOffice, audio editors...
  
• Issue 68 - Coverdisc: Gentoo 2005.0 and Ubuntu 5.04 - Plus: Roundup mini distros
  
• Issue 66 - Review: Gentoo Linux 2005.0 - Roll your own packages with the latest release of Gentoo.
  
• Issue 66 - Tutorial: Connect your devices with udev - We explain how to code a name for your hardware when 'Bob' just won't do.
  
• Issue 66 - Coverdisc: Slackware 10.1 - Great new version of the oldest Linux distro. Plus: Firefox, Thunderbird, Vega Strike, NoMachineNX, FreeNX