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LibreOffice 7
Neil Mohr discovers what’s new in this latest release of the office suite that is one of the crown jewels of the open source world.
10+ min |
October 2020
Linux Format
EndeavourOS 7.15.2020
Just as HMS Endeavour explored the unknown southern lands, so Jonni Bidwell uses EndeavourOS to explore Arch…
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
Mailserver
Write to us at Linux Format, Future Publishing, Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA or lxf.letters@futurenet.com.
5 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
Tropico 6
Management are terrified of the new Linux Format workers’ council, but it’s just Phil Savage playing at communism under a hot sun.
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
BunsenLabs Lithium
Forever grunge Jonni Bidwell is pleased to find a distribution that’s almost as good as the Nirvana song. Almost…
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
PRESSURE VESSEL
Jonni Bidwell gets on the video chat to talk video games and message buses with D-Bus guru Simon McVittie
10+ min |
October 2020
Linux Format
Crucial P2 500GB
What’s this? Low-cost SATA-breaking speed without the DRAM? Sean Webster is impressed, albeit with a few reservations.
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Is this the Goldilocks chip? Well, Zak Storey did catch it stealing porridge from Intel, so the moniker might stick…
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
BACK UP LIKE CLOCKWORK!
Jonni Bidwell has a plan – several plans, in fact – to keep his ever-growing repository of data ticking over nicely.
10+ min |
October 2020
Linux Format
4tronix Picon Plus
Les Pounder needs to build a robot to help during social isolation. But can he build a robot butler to deliver more Pis to his table?
3 min |
October 2020
Linux Format
Mainframe Mage
Jonni Bidwell reconnects with mainframe guru John Mertic and somehow ends up talking about Doom and cheesecake…
10+ min |
September 2020
Linux Format
Open Source Underground
Mike Bedford on why caving needn’t only pose a physical challenge – it’s also your chance to try out exciting bits of FOSS-powered kit!
10+ min |
September 2020
Linux Format
MINT 20
The latest Mint, codenamed Ulyana, is here and so is the herbaceous Jonni Bidwell to tell you all about it.
10+ min |
September 2020
Linux Format
Robolinux 11
Review bot-at-large Jonni Bidwell does his damnedest to look past the late 90s-stylings of this project’s website…
3 min |
September 2020
Linux Format
Intel Core i9-10900K
Zak Storey straps himself in, ready to ride Intel’s fastest chip yet!
3 min |
September 2020
Linux Format
Waveshare Game HAT
Stretching the idea of what a Pi HAT can do, Neil Mohr settles in for some portable retro gaming.
3 min |
September 2020
Linux Format
Calculate Linux 20.6
After that last review, Jonni Bidwell finds something much more suited to his highbrow tastes: a Russian distro based on the venerable Gentoo.
3 min |
September 2020
Linux Format
Besiege
Management have fended off many a pleb revolt against LXF Towers, but Rick Lane has been plotting and practising with mighty siege machines!
6 min |
September 2020
Linux Format
Intel Frost Canyon NUC
The latest generation of small form computing from Intel gets a mini makeover, reveals Stuart Burns.
3 min |
August 2020
Linux Format
Lair Of The Clockwork God
Management only fear the elder gods and the taxman, Chris Schiling is neither, so he’s been sent off to the content mines to dig up some words.
2 min |
August 2020
Linux Format
Purism Librem 5
Yes, it’s an open-source smartphone for the privacy- and security-conscious user, but is it easy to operate, asks Christian Cawley…
6 min |
August 2020
Linux Format
OPEN BRITANNIA
Linux Format puts on its clean shirt and trousers to go on a VoIP call with Amanda Brock and discuss OpenUK, influencing government policy and how old we all are.
10+ min |
August 2020
Linux Format
Mabox Linux 20.02
Having convinced himself that the days of striking one-man distros were over, Mayank Sharma is pleasantly surprised when he finds one.
3 min |
August 2020
Linux Format
NEXT-GEN DISTROS
Step right up – LXF’s greatest showman Jonni Bidwell is here to unveil the finest Linux distros around!
10+ min |
August 2020
Linux Format
LED Strip HAT Mini
Les Pounder, unlike Gremlins, loves bright lights. So when a new board offered easy access to controllable RGB LEDs, he built a new gizmo!
3 min |
August 2020
Linux Format
DXT2 1.2
Unable to control his fetish for tinkering with new distros, at long last Mayank Sharma finds himself a newcomer that isn’t half bad…
3 min |
August 2020
Linux Format
How To Record, Edit And Manipulate Audio
Listen up – Mike Bedford’s on hand to show us how to record and work with audio, using the digital sound editor and recording program Audacity.
10+ min |
July 2020
Linux Format
Raspberry Pi High-Quality Camera
Interchangeable lenses, powerful sensor, flexibility and resolution all make a winner says.
5 min |
July 2020
Linux Format
Program the Manchester Baby
The Manchester Baby was the world’s first real computer. Mike Bedford introduces this pioneering machine and shows you how to write code for it.
10+ min |
July 2020
Linux Format
Pop!_OS 20.04
Ne’er have we seen such an excited Jonni Bidwell as when he heard that Pop!_OS does window tiling now!
6 min |