Linux Format

Linux Format is your complete guide to the world of Linux. Whether you've just discovered Linux, or you're a full-time guru, Linux Format has everything you need to make the most of your OS. The editorial formula is a mix of features, reviews and practical tutorials that tackle topics as far ranging as installing software to socket programming and network management. Thought-provoking features and interviews also provide a focus on key technologies, trends and issues in the fast-paced world of Free and Open Source software.

MEET THE TEAM • We’re looking at the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment this issue, but what’s your favourite desktop of all time?

Desktop upgrades

Ubuntu 24.04 scores 20% faster than Windows 11 • Over 100 benchmarks on the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS Framework 16 have shown that Ubuntu 24.04 seriously outperforms Windows 11.

YOU NEED HELP!

Microsoft open sources MS-DOS

Open source Z80 alternative

Systemd wants to add sudo replacement • The upcoming v256 release of Systemd is expected to include a sudo replacement called run0.

German state moves to LibreOffice

Compromised Dockers

IN THE CLOUDS

KEEPING IT REAL

Distro watch

Kernel Watch

POWER DOWN

Answers • Got a burning question about open source or the kernel?

Mailserver

SanDisk Pro-Blade

Archcraft 2024.04.06 • Daring Nate Drake takes a trip in the Archcraft and finds it flies at the speed of light.

Fedora 40 • Nate Drake doffs his hat to the very latest version of Fedora as he gives the Workstation edition a twirl.

Austrumi 4.9.3 • Nate Drake discovers how a distro can be both fast and clunky at the same time when booting Austrumi.

Calculate Linux • Nate Drake crunches the numbers with Calculate Linux and finds it earns top marks for its excellent performance and features.

Pepper Grinder

Editors for authors • Whether you’re working on a fiction or non-fiction book, Michael Reed believes it’s vital to have an editor that works the way you want.

Ultimate desktop upgrade • Transform your desktop with hot KDE Plasma and a little Jonni Bidwell.

Pi Foundation co-founder Jack Lang dies aged 76 • Lang was a “central part of the Cambridge tech entrepreneurship scene” and helped establish the Pi.

Moah memory!

MAKE Pi NOT WAR

Booting Ubuntu

Dosbian 2.5 • Les Pounder lives in the past – he loves old computers and can remember a time when Snickers were Marathons.

Creality K1C • Constantly demanding perfection, Denise Bertacchi is finally pleased with Creality. Well, almost.

Build your own weather machine • Les Pounder is normally a ray of sunshine, but is feeling a little under the weather. Perhaps this project will lift the clouds.

Inside Linux • As we delve into what makes Linux tick, your guide Matt Holder explains how abstraction keeps you safely away from hardware voltages.

Learn the periodic table • An interactive periodic table accessible from the CLI might sound like sci-fi, but is pure joy for relapsed chemistry nerds like Shashank Sharma.

Getting comfortable with terminal control • Once upon a time, nervous Nick Peers was afraid of command-line interfaces. Not any more!

Playing a full (Steam) Deck of the classics • Christian Cawley explores retro gaming OS Batocera’s Steam Deck build, and learns how to bring the classics to life (again).

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UK’s first expandable home computer • The Microtan 65 was basic but expandable way beyond other ’80s home computers. Mike Bedford explains how to experience it via emulation.

Make secure video calls with Linux • Well-known chatterbox Nate Drake walks newcomers to...