Issue #305 / Apr 2026

Bash is more than 40 years old, but it is still an active project that receives occasional updates. The most recent version appeared in July 2025 with some important changes. We take a look inside Bash 5.3.

The new Raspberry Pi 500+ combines a Pi 500 board with an RGB-backlit mechanical keyboard, 16GB RAM, and an integrated NVMe SSD.

You don't have to learn C to create multitasking applications on a microcontroller. Instead, you can use pyRTOS, a native Python multitasking library, on your next microcontroller project.

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

Computer sovereignty takes on greater importance as global relationships change.

Darktable offers advanced, non-destructive RAW editing and an active, volunteer-driven community.

A pair of useful tools will help you customize the command prompt to provide notifications, better navigation, Git integration, and more.

Nate explores the top FOSS, including the latest version of the Plasma desktop; a fun Rock, Paper, Scissors game; a Firefox-based browser; and an Egyptian horoscope reader.

Blender is a complex piece of software, but it's relatively simple to get into using it for animation. We show you the basics of moving things around and applying physics in Blender.