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Linux Magazine #300 - Print Issue
NOVEMBER 2025 – Create a Linux Virus
Linux has built up some strong defenses through the years, but the top virus writers still have some tricks for getting in. If you want to keep your systems safe, you'd better learn to think like a virus. Being that this is our 300th issue, we also have some special features where we look back at our last 25 years of publishing!
On the DVD: Linux From Scratch 12.4 and Debian 13.1 "trixie"
IN THIS ISSUE:
Create a Linux Virus
Linux might be safer than Windows, but it is not as safe as you think. We'll show you how a virus can navigate through the formidable Linux security system to deliver a payload.
Distro Walk – Distro Types
While there are hundreds of active Linux distributions, most fall into a dozen categories. Bruce breaks them down in his farewell column.
Adieu Clear Linux
Intel has announced the end of the innovative, high-performance Linux distribution known as Clear Linux. We recount its successes with this epitaph.
GRUB 2
Deeper knowledge of the GRUB 2 bootloader will help you with troubleshooting and customizing your Linux boot environment.
Navit
Use a low cost GPS module and Navit to build a portable GPS system.
Affinity Suite
Affinity is an award-winning photo editing, graphic design, and page layout tool suite that will run on Linux – with a little help from Wine.
Command Line – Modernization
Command-line applications have modernized since Bruce started writing about the command line 16 years ago. In his farewell column, he covers some of the recent innovations.
IT-Tools
The IT-Tools collection combines professional tools for a wide range of applications.
Programming Snapshot – Go WiFi Scanner
Mike Schilli lives high above the city. Inquisitive by nature, he wrote a Go program for the Raspberry Pi Zero that detects new WiFi routers in his neighborhood and reports them via texts to his phone.
MicroPython
The Adafruit NeoPixel (WS2812) is an RGB LED that you can program via a serial protocol. We show you how to control the LED with a few lines of MicroPython.
Pi Pico 2W Web Radio
A Raspberry Pi Pico 2W has enough power to let you create a very usable web radio when you add a DAC chip and an amplifier.
Doghouse – 300
Looking to the future of technology and expertise.
Retro Gaming with RetroArch
Using Linux as a base, you can build your own couch-friendly retro-gaming console. All it takes is a PC, a game controller, and RetroArch.
Plant-it
To keep your garden and indoor plants alive, you must remember to water them on time, apply fertilizers, and more. Plant-it is a self-hosted garden companion designed to assist you in achieving these tasks.
FOSSPicks
Nate explores the top FOSS including a utility to "curse" MP4s, the latest Gnome desktop, a fantastic Hexen source port, and a minimalistic RSS aggregator.
Tutorial – RSS to Email
RSS is not well known outside of tech savvy circles, yet it remains one of the best methods to consume recurrent publications, such as blogs.