Issue #301 / Dec 2025

The Orange Pi RV2, an affordable single-board computer, features the RISC-V architecture. We test how it compares to the Raspberry Pi.

ESPHome makes it easy to create your own smart-home devices that seamlessly integrate with Home Assistant. We show you how to use ESPHome with a Thread network.

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

Privacy, commerce, and even politics have influenced, and been influenced by, the issue of data encryption.

A deep dive into the open source note-taking application QOwnNotes and its scripting ecosystem.

LaTeX has been the standard in technical document preparation for decades. Has a potential replacement finally arrived?

Nate explores the top FOSS including the latest version of Firefox, an elegant Wikipedia reader for Gnome, a spooky first-person shooter, and a useful QR code generator.

Learn how to leverage cron for routine maintenance, backup automation, and critical system monitoring to enhance operational reliability.