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Easy Does It
Cross-platform game and app development for new programmers
Ren'Py helps you create Android, Linux, macOS, Windows, and HTML5 games and apps.
Distro Walk – Redcore Linux
Bringing Gentoo Linux to the masses
With its point-and-click installation, Redcore aims "to be to Gentoo what Manjaro is to Arch Linux."
FOSSPicks
This month Graham looks at Penpot, ProcMon, diskgraph, Shaarli, Music Radar and more!
Phone as Linux PC
Running Linux apps on Android without rooting your phone
UserLAnd lets you run Linux applications on your Android phone – all without replacing Android OS.
Distro Walk – Void Linux
An old-style distro doing new things
Void Linux offers a unique distribution with a lower barrier to participation that is easy to manage.
Doghouse – Dress Code
Dress for Success
This month, maddog charts the changing norms in dress code over his lengthy career in the tech industry.
Agile Controller
Monitor your media with Hard Disk Sentinel
Hard Disk Sentinel helps you monitor mass storage devices with a fully automated process minus the bells and whistles.
Down in the Mine
Setting up a data analytics environment in Linux with Python
The Knowledge Discovery in Data Mining (KDD) method breaks the business of data analytics into easy-to-understand steps. We'll show you how to get started with KDD and Python.
Mixing Debian Repositories
Tips for mixing safely
A little caution can save you hours of frustrating work (plus, options for mixing gone awry).
Tutorial – Blender
Rendering a perfume bottle with Blender
Blender's massive feature set can seem overwhelming at first. Choosing a manageable project can help you get started.
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