| by Scott Kilroy

Go retrieves GPS data from the komoot app

The hiking and cycling app komoot saves your traveled excursion routes. Mike Schilli shows you how to retrieve the data with Go.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-09-27 09:08:41

In the news: System76 Updates the 15" Pangolin with Ryzen; KDE Plasma 5.23 Promises Plenty of Subtle Improvements; Gnome 41 Now in Beta; Debian 11 "Bullseye" Released; and AlmaLinux Makes CentOS SIG Repositories Available.

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Better Bug Reports for Better Help

For a better bug report, maddog offers a refresher course on crafting a clear statement that will help get your problem fixed.

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Managing and monitoring computer labs

If your school’s computer lab consists of Linux machines, Epoptes provides an interesting alternative to conventional management and monitoring programs.

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This is your command line on lsd

A revamp of ls, lsd offers color coding plus revised options relevant to the modern computer.

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Create cross-stitch templates with KXStitch

KXStitch lets you design cross-stitch patterns with the option to automatically convert imported images.

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Doas authenticates as a simpler version of Sudo

The Sudo privilege management tool is big and complicated, with many advanced options that only an expert would need. Doas is far simpler – which might just make it safer for desktop users.

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Simplify your firewall setup

Canonical’s ufw lets you configure your firewall without the hassle of the iptables tool, while reducing the risk of misconfiguration and simplifying maintenance.

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Rules for the Garden

There is this abiding faith within the Linux world that walled gardens and single-vendor control over global markets will eventually collapse under the weight of inefficiency. If you look at the history of the last 20 years, however, you would see a ve…

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Simultaneously flashing multiple USB devices

If you need to flash the same image to multiple USB media, Popsicle saves time by letting you write in parallel.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-09-27 09:08:20

Debian 11 and Redcore Linux 2101

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Build a saltwater battery

Rechargeable lithium batteries are expensive, and manufacturing them damages the environment. Saltwater batteries offer a cheaper and greener approach to storing energy.

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Cross-platform game and app development for new programmers

Ren’Py helps you create Android, Linux, macOS, Windows, and HTML5 games and apps.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-09-27 09:08:08

This month in Linux Voice.

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Protecting your private key with the OpenPGP smartcard

Improve communication security with GnuPG and the OpenPGP smartcard.

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Linux Magazine Full Feed 2021-09-27 09:07:59

This month Graham looks at MyGNUHealth, Sniptt, Pigiron, CudaText, KnobKraft Orm, D2X-XL, and more!

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Building a website in Markdown with Pandoc

Build a simple web page in Markdown; then convert it to HTML at the command line.

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Write, share, and publish documents with HedgeDoc

HedgeDoc lets you write documents collaboratively in Markdown and publish them online.

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Kernel News

Zack Brown reports on bug hunting and process appreciation, and refusing "useful" patches.

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Securely encrypt passwords with Nitrokey Pro 2

The Nitrokey Pro 2 is a small device that covers a wide range of cryptographic functions.

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