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OF COOLANT AND KEYBOARDS
Tiger Lake Lands • A whole new family of low-power chips
AMPERE LANDS • 2nd-gen RTX cards aim high
OCULUS INTEGRATED • YOU MUST HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech
APPLE VS. EPIC • Fortnite ousted from Apple as pair fight over fees
THE LIST • THE MOST UNUSUAL LOGOS IN TECH
Nvidia’s Ampere Doubles Everything
DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…
Testing Nano Coolant We get handson with one of the world’s most advanced liquid coolants
Kings of Cooling • The problem with PCs
Reconfiguring the Pink PC Our consolekiller needs some love to get it ready for testing
Conversion Complete
NEXT-GEN DISTROS • Step right up: Jonni Bidwell is here to unveil the finest Linux distros around!
Linux Milestones • Many battles were fought—and coffee urns emptied—to get distros to where they are today. Here’s a quick recap
SOLVING PROBLEMS
User-friendly Usability • Some Linux distributions go out of their way to make new users feel comfortable. We shine a spotlight on the more welcoming distros
NEXT-GEN APP DISTRIBUTION
The New Generation • Check out these wonderfully crafted distros that give the operating system from a certain fruit-named company a run for its money
BEHOLD, THE GORGEOUS POP!_OS
Next-gen Distro Tech • Shiny and easy-to-use distributions are one thing, but which distros ship the latest Linux tech? Keep reading to find out
WHAT ABOUT ARCH?
MECHANICAL MYSTERIES • Dave Alcock takes you on a journey through the realm of clickety keyboards
Corsair iCue Suite
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HOW TO • STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC
Nintendo Game Boy • THIS MONTH WE DISSECT…
Create Stop-motion Animation with a Pi
RASPBERRY PI HIGH QUALITY CAMERA
Hack Stadia: Stream Gaming onto the Pi
STADIA: IT’S BETTER THAN EXPECTED
Do More With Your WordPress Website
RUN A BUSINESS WITH WORDPRESS
MAXIMUM PC DIGITAL EDITION ANYTIME, ANYWHERE!
Find The Perfect Black Friday Deal
Testing, Testing • In need of a new test bed? We are, so we’re putting together a new system for review purposes
A CASE IN POINT
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT • Incremental increases
MSI Raider GE66 • Raiders of the lost laptop
Hydra Mini • Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
Corsair 4000D Airflow • Obsidian meets 2020
GMMK Compact Barebones Keyboard • A small, mighty keyboard you can build yourself
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition • Oh give me a home, where the robo-buffalo roam…
Röki • Take a stroll through a deep, dark wood
Google Docs vs LibreOffice • The last word no longer belongs to Microsoft
The Perfect Key Switch? • There’s nothing more magical than building the perfect board
Duolingo Plus
EDITOR’S PICK
LETTERS • WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON…
THE BUILDS