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 running our own home AIs this issue, so what’s the one job you’d like AI to take off your hands? And it can’t be dealing with grumpy editors…

Machines learning

Newsdesk • THIS ISSUE: Ubunto Core is Snapped up >> AMD announces free firmware >> Fresh features for Gnome >> Wine owned by employees

Kernel Watch • Jon Masters keeps up with all the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, so you don’t have to.

Answers • Got a burning question about open source or the kernel? Whatever your level, email it to answers@linuxformat.com

Mailserver

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Intel Core i3-13100F • As Intel reclaims the mid-range, Paul Alcorn assesses that the company has lost the low-end.

Fedora 38 • Nate Drake took the latest Fedora for a test drive and was blown away by the vast array of new spins and features.

EuroLinux 9.2 • Nate Drake is on the continent this month, taking a stroll through the natural beauty of EuroLinux.

Peropesis 2.1 • Nate Drake grapples with the ultra-minimalist Peropesis. Will he relive Linux’s glory days, recover a corrupted system or have a breakdown?

Valheim • Management are delirious to learn that Christopher Livingston can keep working long after his death and will take draugr entrails as payment!

Ubuntu spins • With the release of Ubuntu 23.04 still fairly recent, Michael Reed examines the differences between the official spins of that distribution.

Configuration tools • Hopefully, the settings cover all of the main areas of the system and its appearance.

The applications • A distro gets a lot of its personality from the default selection of apps.

Drive and memory efficiency

The user interface

Package management

Suitability for switchers • How suitable is this distro for those used to a different OS?

Extra features and customisations • What does this distribution have that the others don’t?

The Verdict

ALSO CONSIDER

CONTROL YOUR A.I. • AI usually requires server farms of training GPUs, but Tam Hanna’s modest freelance budget lets him train his own personal HAL.

Nvidia CUDA rulez

Natural language translation

AI see you…

Chatty AI man

Free all the things! • One of the brains behind Collabora Online, Michael Meeks talks to us about taking open source office to the cloud and document liberation.

Astronomical!

AI, AI, oh!

GET THE LOWE DOWN

It’s (finally) raining Pis, hallelujah! • Eben Upton takes to the blogs to promise millions of Pis this summer.

Debug Probe • Les Pounder was about to reach for a can of fly spray in an effort to rid his code of bugs, but then he spotted this.

Pi Compute Blade

Use a Pi HAT on the Raspberry Pi Pico • Being a skinflint Northerner, Les Pounder is all about reusing things, so he explains how you can use Pi HATs on the Pico.

Inside BlendOS • Matt Holder discovers how to use the Arch-based BendOS to mash together multiple distributions. Does it give the best of them all?

Minimalist RSS reader • As far as Shashank Sharma is concerned, it’s not social media but ads that are the bane of...