Features
Making Music with Ardour3
Sound System
The latest version of Ardour – a full-featured digital audio workstation – offers some major new developments. We take a closer look.
Download Management
Download management with flareGet
flareGet accelerates your downloads and avoids the consequences of disconnections while downloading files.
Stellarium
Explore the Night Sky with Stellarium
What shines in the dark is often hidden by clouds. Stellarium provides a clear view of the stars plus a lot of astronomical data.
Wanted: A Free Accounting Application for Non-Profits
Non-Profit Accounting Software
The Software Freedom Conservancy is raising funds to fill a major gap in free software functionality.
What’s New in Samba 4
Samba 4
In December 2012, the open source world received the first, and very long awaited, release of the Samba 4.x series.
Traffic Watch
Analyzing Network Traffic with iftop
Sluggish network connections can be nerve-wracking. Checking live statistics about network traffic can help pinpoint the problem. Iftop is a command-line system monitoring tool that can help you identify bandwidth hogs and keep traffic moving.
Real-World Raspberry Pi
Exploring the Raspberry Pi through real-world projects
The single-circuit-board Raspberry Pi computer, only as big as a credit card, makes it easy to gain experience with embedded Linux systems. We’ll show you some hands-on examples of how to use the Raspberry Pi in an everyday environment.
Lightweight KDE Desktop Project
KDE Gets a Refit
An openSUSE project called KLyDE plans to streamline the KDE desktop.
Coping with the UEFI Boot Process
New Sheriff
The UEFI boot specification offers new capabilities – and new headaches if you aren’t ready for it. Learn how one Linux user came to a truce with the new sheriff.
Exploring KDE 4.10
Just Before 5
KDE SC 4.10 was released six months after KDE 4.9, adding many new features. In the background, work is in full swing for the next generation, KDE Frameworks 5: a KDE based completely on Qt5 and QML.
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