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 • The big news is that Linux gaming has leapfrogged Mac OS on Steam for the first time. Which classic game would you love to play again on your Linux PC?

Smarter Pi Guy

Proton turns five and Linux overtakes Mac OS • Valve’s launch of Proton in August 2018 changed the face of Linux gaming for ever. Linux numbers on Steam are also “through the roof”.

Death of Bram Molenaar

GAME OVER!

Linux kernel 6.5 ready to ship

NVK HAS LANDED

Happy birthday! Debian turns 30

SUSE goes private

LibreOffice 7.6 released

QUALITY CONTROL

Distro watch

Kernel Watch

PLUMB LINE

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

Mailserver

WD Black 8TB HDD

AMD Radeon RX 7600 • With so much competition in the market, Chris Szewczyk tries to work out whether the new RX 7600 does enough to beat the pack.

Window Maker Live • Nate Drake gets into the frame of things with Window Maker – adesktop experience reminiscent of a ’90s Mac.

OPNSense 23.7 • Nate Drake has the good sense to try out OPNSense, a powerful firewall distro based (in a roundabout fashion) on FreeBSD.

Rhino Linux 2023.1 • Nate Drake takes a ride on the Rhino, exploring the rich Unicorn desktop, as well as the pleasures and perils of rolling releases.

Mask of the Rose • There’s an indescribable horror in the basement. Management just employed it to do the accounting, and Joshua Wolens has to make it tea.

Personal cloud servers • Michael Reed compares five open source personal cloud servers to find out if they’re really free, what it takes to install them and what they can do.

Obtaining and installing • We want to see a variety of installation types suitable for different scenarios.

Installable apps

The user interface

Mobile apps

File synchronisation

Storage back-ends

Freemium vs free

The verdict

A.I.-POWERED RASPBERRY Pi • Tam Hanna has followed the Raspberry Pi since the first revision, and puts the RPi 4 to work on amusing AI tasks.

Smart hardware choices

Sounds like trouble

A face for AI…

Our chatty AI man

RISC-V x86

Lichee RISC-V

MORE Pi FOR EVERYONE

Rejoice! 271% more Pi available than in 2022 • Les Pounder wonders if 75% of all statistics are made up, but at least he can buy a Pi 4 now.

52Pi Rack Tower • Les Pounder owns multiple Raspberry Pis but has yet to make a cluster. Perhaps this enclosure will see him put all of his Pis on the shelf?

Elegoo Neptune 4

Control a Pi bot with a Wiimote • Les Pounder travels back to 2014, the last time that he held a Wiimote that wasn’t embedded in an LCD TV.

Fre/e/YOUR PHONE • Tired of being tracked and spied upon by popular mobile OSes, Jonni Bidwell is ditching Android and taking back privacy with /e/OS.

Bring your images and videos to life • Not known for his love of cameras, Shashank Sharma still knows how to turn images into presentable GIFs and video clips into masterpieces.

Mapping made easy • Nick Peers reveals how to navigate the...