Issue #198 / May 2017

Free hardware is a noble concept, but expenses associated with the hardware manufacturing process means your single-board system will never be quite as a free as the software that runs on it.

Drop Discord. Say goodbye to Slack. The real way to communicate online is IRC – here's why it still rocks.

Ben Everard investigates the future of Linux-based routers.

Everyone wants to be root, because root can do anything. But in fact, its powers are now split. Learn more in this overview of capability sets.

Sparkling gems and new releases from the world of Free and Open Source Software

Not only is it possible to browse the web from the CLI, it's mightily useful, too, as we demonstrate in this article.