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.

In with the old!

Ubuntu 23.04: Lunar Lobster latest

END OF LIFE

It’s a flat future

Linux on Apple Mx hardware

Fractional scaling is still coming…

Half-Life 1 gets ray tracing

Plasma 6 is in development

RELIABLY SECURE

HANDS UP!

Distro watch

THE ITANIC

Kernel watch

Answers

MAILSERVER

Sabrent Rocket 2230 SSD

Intel Core i5 13400F • Being skinflint northern types around here, it’s high praise for Jacob Ridley to say this is the best budget processor right now!

Brave Browser 1.48.171 • Nate Drake climbs on his soap box and explains why Brave is the last word in private browsing.

Endless OS 5.0.1 • Nate Drake has hours of endless fun with the colourful and simple-to-use Endless OS without once needing to go online.

Vanilla OS 22.10 R7 • With his first taste of the ultra-secure Vanilla OS, Nate Drake finds that plain doesn’t by any means equal boring.

Tor Browser 12.0.3 • Nate Drake nosedives into the dark net with the Tor Browser and is blown away by its new censorship-resistant features.

Rogue Legacy 2 • Workers with endless descendants happy to repeat their work over and over? Anne-Marie Coyle has never seen The Management so happy…

Lightweight desktops • In search of extra speed and efficient use of resources checks out the best lightweight desktop environments.

SAVE YOUR OLD PC! • Give your old hardware some extra longevity and beat the fiscal blues. shows you how Windows fails and Linux Mint prevails.

New Raspberry Pi camera launched • The £50 camera eliminates rolling shutter artefacts, the bane of digital photography!

RetroFlag GPi CASE 2W • Going back to the future is Les Pounder’s go-to retro phrase – let’s hope this case isn’t as long in the tooth.

Biqu Hurakan • Forever cleaning surfaces with isopropyl alcohol, Denise Bertacchi wonders whether this is the printer for her?

Using the GPIO with MicroBlocks • Les Pounder scratches an itch and builds code for his Raspberry Pi Pico using drag-and-drop coding blocks.

Building a web-based robot control interface • In part five of his series, Les Pounder shows us how to build a custom web interface for controlling your DIY robot.

TRACK YOUR FITNESS • Michael Reed looks at an open source Android app that can track your fitness.

Fast and easy image processing • Shashank Sharma dreams of achieving a leaner version of himself. Until then, he’ll settle for an ImageMagick derivative that’s skinnier, yet useful.

Host your own music streaming server • Nick Peers discovers how to make your personal music collection available from anywhere with this simple, but effective, music server.

Relive classic FOCAL days on your PDP-11 • It’s probably not one of your favourite languages, but Mike Bedford says if you want to learn about programming’s heritage, don’t ignore FOCAL.

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Enhance GIMP with must-have plugins • For many years, plugins have extended the basic functions of GIMP. Karsten Günther pick the ones he thinks you shouldn’t be without.

Build your own distro with NixOS • “Why, I do declare!” Matt Holder proclaims as he...