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Previously I reviewed Ubuntu on the Raspberry PI 4 and it was a fairly poor experience. Ubuntu Mate was always going to be the better option and in this review I look at the good and the bad on the Raspberry PI 400.

This guide shows how to set up conky on a Raspberry PI to display useful system information on the desktop. It includes details about how to install conky, get it to run at startup, use transparency, adjust the positioning and configure the information that is displayed

With XMAS just over, many people will have received a Raspberry PI 400 as a gift. This list gives users a starting point and shows them 10 things they should do such as installing the OS to the SD card, running through the setup, configuring the PI and customising the desktop.

With the introduction of the Raspberry PI 400 it now seems that the Raspberry PI is a viable desktop computer. There is now a full Ubuntu desktop version available for the Raspberry PI 4. This article is a review of Ubuntu on the Raspberry PI 4.

There are hundreds of Linux distributions which serve a plethora of different purposes. When it comes to the average computer user they just need a browser, maybe word processor, email client, video editor and audio player and a way to play games. The operating system needs to be easy to install and easy to use. In this review I looked at Debian to see how well it suits this purpose.

This is a review of MX Linux which is a collaboration between the developers of AntiX and Mepis. In the past year this distribution has become very popular and in this review I have had a peek to see why.

For the past fortnight I have been testing Elementary OS 5 to see if it is a good choice for the average computer user. The website claims that the applications have been specifically selected to be useful without bloat. This article tests those claims to the full.

It has been a while since I have written a full Linux distribution review and so I have come back with a review of Linux Mint 19 as there really isn't a better place to start. It looks good, is easy to use and does just what you want it to.

This is a step by step guide to creating a bootable Zorin OS USB drive. It includes everything from listing the different versions, navigating the site, downloading the Etcher software tool and booting into Zorin.

In this article I have analysed who is to blame for the Ubuntu BIOS bug which leaves the BIOS of some laptops in a read only state. So who is to blame? The developers, the manufacturers, the BIOS developers or indeed the users?

This guide shows how to install the latest version of Cinnamon on Ubuntu. You may ask why bother, why not use Linux Mint? If you have already installed Ubuntu it seems a little extreme to install a new OS just to get a different desktop environment

This guide shows how to install the latest Java runtime environment and development kits on Ubuntu. It shows how to install the official and open source versions.

Here is a review of Elementary OS Loki 0.4 for the average computer user. It provides information on how to get Elementary, how to build a USB drive, how to install it and the features of Elementary as well as some software installation issues

As with previous years this guide looks at the top 10 distributions of last year and addresses how suitable each of them are for the Everyday Linux User based on ease of installation, ease of use, software and hardware support

Q4OS is a light weight Linux distribution which looks much like Windows of old. Don't let that put you off however as it is easy to install and easy to use with all the major top applications catered for.

PyCharm is an IDE brought to you from the same people that create IntelliJ and Resharper. It is possibly the best Python IDE available for Linux with intellisense, code refactoring and debugging options.

This is an overview to the Thunderbird email client. It shows how to connect to major mail providers, all the features for creating emails, how to setup chat and RSS feeds and more

This guide shows how to use Nautilus to connect to the Raspberry PI

Here is a review of Xubuntu 16.10 for the average computer user. The beauty of Xubuntu is that it changes by not really changing at all. There are subtle difference with each release but nothing over the top. It is also a great base for people who like to customise their desktop.

Linux Lite 3.0 is an ease to install, easy to use Linux distribution based on the Ubuntu LTS release. Whilst easy to install is the lack of an EFI option a drawback?