Issue #257 / Apr 2022

After two decades as a sys admin columnist, Charly bids a fitting farewell with a login banner created with FIGlet.

We'll show you how to use the Checkmk open source monitoring tool to monitor your home router.

Cell phones often store photos upside down or sideways for efficiency reasons and record the fact in the Exif metadata. However, not all apps can handle this. Mike Schilli turns to Go to make the process foolproof.

While LibreOffice and OpenOffice have a shared past, LibreOffice outstrips OpenOffice in contributors, code commits, and features.

A HiFiBerry HAT, the matching system, and a Raspberry Pi combine with two old speakers to create a contemporary boombox.

The DMX protocol for controlling lighting technology has its roots in stage and event technology, but it can also be used in home automation. We show you how to control DMX devices with the Revolution Pi module.

This month in Linux Voice.

Closed IoT devices can use unexpected bandwidth "reporting home," pointing to a need for free devices to allow the user more control over their household gadgets and WiFi use.

A terminal-based solution helps ease the frustration of installing NVIDIA drivers.

Graham had an interesting moral dilemma this month: whether to include an open source Wordle clone or not. Read on to see his decision.