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CONTENTSThis issue brought to you by the unknown unknowns.
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RPI COMPUTE MODULE The heart of your next robotics project.
FAQ The latest acronyms to come at you from the cloud.
NETHACK Lose yourself in the greatest of all games.
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Important facts that have happened this month.
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DistrohopperWhat’s going to top the distro charts this time next year.
GamingUnreal Tournament, free and on Linux. Happy days!
Speak your brainsLet us know what’s going on in your precious cerebral cortex.
LV on tourManchester Girl Geeks and Cambridge Raspberry Jam.
Group testGet your news fast with the best RSS aggregators.
Core technologiesCall Mario and Luigi: Dr Chris is playing with pipes!
SysadminDiscover what dark secrets [QWT�NQIƒNGU�JQNF�
Subscribe!And sneak a peek at next month’s amazing issue.
FOSSpicksOnly the hottest free software makes it into these pages.
My Linux desktopLive from the desktop of the Awesome WM developer.
MasterclassGit and GitHub: two essential collaboration tools.
Interview6JG�KPUKFG�UVQT[�QH�.KDTG1͎EG��from Michael Meeks.
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Benchmarking: how fast is your computer?
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Compile software from source code
Raspberry Pi: make games with Scratch
XBMC vs MythTV Two giants Linux media centre CRRNKECVKQPU�ƒIJV�HQT�VJG�TKIJV�to control your television.
REVIEWSTUTORIALS
Test the capabilities of your machine and persuade the boss to let you get a new one.
.GV�[QWT�UOCNN�QT�JQOG�Q͎EG�labour no longer under the oppressive yoke of XP. Freedom!
Get the latest software, extra features and more speed with home-rolled source code.
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Linux Mint 17 The smoothest, slickest desktop Linux distribution gets a comforting new release.
Micro Python & Pyboard Hacking projects await for this microcontroller board and its cut-down version of Python.
Oxygen XML Editor 16 )KXG�[QWT�EQPVGPV�FGƒPKVKQP��structure and prettiness with this fantastic (and expensive, and proprietary) XML editor.
#RCEJG�1RGP1HƒEG� We tend to forget about 1RGP1͎EG��UKPEG�VJG�HQTM�YKVJ�.KDTG1͎EG��DWV�KVŨU�UVKNN�QWV�there and still getting better…
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Books Where else would you get Snowden, JavaScript and real British Ale?
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BASIC and the dawn of the microcomputerThe language that started a revolution.
PyParted: partition your disk with PythonGain insane levels of geek points.
Switch to Python 3Migrate your old code to the new way.
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Develop for AndroidPrettify our Linux Voice app.
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PageRank: write your ownWrite your own search algorithm.
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