| by Scott Kilroy

Text-based menus and information pages

Whiptail interfaces add menus and information pages to your Raspberry Pi projects.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-04-04 12:40:25

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

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| by Scott Kilroy

A Deep Dive into the ELF File Format

Linux and other Unix-based systems use the ELF file format for executables, object code, and shared libraries. Take a peek inside to learn how an ELF file is organized.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-04-04 12:40:19

Graham has finally taken delivery of a couple of RISC-V development boards for Linux experimentation. Expect plenty of cross-build tools in future issues!

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| by Scott Kilroy

Booting up the coreboot firmware alternative

Coreboot is an open source firmware alternative with an emphasis on speed and simplicity.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Analyze network traffic with Sniffnet

Network traffic remains a closed book for many users. Sniffnet lets less experienced users monitor their network traffic with ease.

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| by Scott Kilroy

DuckDuckGo from the Terminal

Since 2008, DuckDuckGo has been making waves as an efficient and much more private search engine alternative to Google. The unaffiliated command-line tool ddgr is designed to make running DuckDuckGo searches from the terminal a breeze.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Find files and directories with FSearch

In a crowded field of search applications, FSearch offers many interesting functions for quickly searching files and folders, with more promised in the future.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Flatpak updates with systemd

You can automate Flatpak updates without a package manager using systemd’s services and timers.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Historical Record

A new effort to record the history of open source is underway.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Better Boundaries

Is the whole high-tech scene imploding? If so, it won’t be the first time, but every time it implodes, it comes back a little different, so even temporary implosions are relevant.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-04-04 12:39:36

Fedora 37 Workstation and TUXEDO OS 2

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| by Scott Kilroy

Bookmark organization with floccus and LinkAce

LinkAce and floccus synchronize and manage bookmarks while storing your data locally.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-04-04 12:39:29

In the news: Gnome 44 Release Candidate; Flathub Vying to Become the Standard Linux App Store; Debian 12 to Ship with KDE Plasma 5.27; Planet Computers Launches ARM-Based Linux Desktop PCs; Ubuntu No Longer Shipping with Flatpak; openSUSE Leap 15.5 Bet…

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| by Scott Kilroy

A simpler packet filter

Filter rules for firewalls can be tricky. As the successor to iptables, nftables simplifies the process of creating and maintaining firewall rules.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-04-04 12:39:25

This month in Linux Voice.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Repositories for energy-saving software

A number of open source projects offer tools for analyzing energy usage in software.

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| by Scott Kilroy

TUXEDO OS 2 Preview in test

The popular Linux PC forge TUXEDO extends Ubuntu to include the latest KDE packages and says goodbye to Snap for its in-house TUXEDO OS distribution. The latest version is suitable for any PC.

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| by Scott Kilroy

The disaster of MIPI cameras on Linux

Linux users have long gotten used to the standard hardware in their systems working perfectly. Recently, however, things have gotten dicey for webcams supporting the MIPI specification. We’ll tell you why and what to do about it.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Viewing wildlife with a Pi Zero photo trap

Armed with no more than a Raspberry Pi photo trap, you can discover who pays a visit to your garden at night.

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