Beware Of The Ransomware

Jonni Bidwell knows how not to do a lot of things,  including how not to pay ransoms and how not to  be fooled by social engineering scams…

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

As AMD’s third-generation Ryzen vies for the CPU throne, Jarred Walton goes all Zen 2 on us.

Champion of Freedom

Not usually one for being starstruck, Jonni Bidwell finds himself blushing and weak at the knees as he meets one of his heroes, the visionary Cory Doctorow.

Intel Core i3 7350K

Can an unlocked Intel Core i3 really take the world by storm? Jarred Walton  weighs up that tricky balancing act of price and performance.

Invisible Internet Project

Roll Over Tor, Nate Drake explores the strengths of the shadowy I2P network.

Manifesto Of The People

Jonni Bidwell’s political views have probably gotten him on all kinds of lists. Now, after meeting James Smith, he’s convinced open democracy is the way forward.

Perfect Your Desktop

Mayank Sharma says it’s time to shake up those factory settings! Refashion and replace your default Linux desktop now!

Civilisation Runs On Linux

Jonni Bidwell always suspected Linux would save the world. Industry experts Yoshitake Kobayashi and Urs Gleim all but confirmed his hunch…

Seagate Ironwolf 12TB

Who’s afraid of the big, bad IronWolf in this age of super-sized, super-fast SSDs, Jeremy Laird asks?

Univention Server 4.3 Endless Os 3.3.11

One learns to appreciate a well-designed management interface when battling the common cold, as a snuffly Shashank Sharma discovers…

Railway Empire

Capturing the complexity of building a transcontinental railroad makes Leif Johnson a mostly happy management man…

BME680 Breakout

Les Pounder in his quest to build a working starship, looks at another sensor platform for his data needs. Hailing frequencies open, captain!

A Wayland Of A Time

Jonni Bidwell meets  Daniel Stone to find  out what’s hot in the  crazy world of Linux  graphics right now.

Two Point Hospital

Management are refusing to come out of the their glass office on the top floor as Fraser Brown practises extreme surgery on the Linux Format team.

Hacker Secrets

As the nights finally start to draw in,  Jonni Bidwell dons his black hoody  and stares into the terminal. Actually,  he’s been doing this all summer long…

Coding A Murderer

Discover how algorithms put serial killers at the centre of the map. Tamsin Oxford investigates the Murder Accountability Project and its open source hunt for murderers…

Learn Linux With Feren OS

Nothing pleases Jonni Bidwell more than converting the uninitiated to Linux. Not even waking up before the alarm goes off.

Ruiner

When faced with Linux Format Towers, Omri Petitte still preferred to escape into a brutal, ultra-violent, dystopian cyberpunk future. Who doesn’t?

Arch Linux Tips

Jonni Bidwell has spent years perfecting his Arch install,  and he’s begrudgingly going to share some insights…

Human Computing Machine Learning

Never one to turn down talking about high-powered  programming over biscuits and coffee, Jonni Bidwell  meets the multitalented Omoju Miller.

How To Build A Photo Library In Shotwell

Nick Peers reveals how to bring order to your chaotic photo and video library with Ubuntu’s default photo organiser.

BattleTech

The workers in their giant robots suits are revolting! Chris Thursten uncovers Management’s evil plan for the staff in Linux Format Towers.

Nutyx 10.5

Since he’s made deception a habit this month, Mayank Sharma now claims that he’s built his distribution from scratch.

Crucial P1 1TB

Quad what? Jeremy Laid has run the numbers, and isn’t impressed.

Acer Chromebook R 11

Abandoning his MacBook, Danny Thorp is confused how something so low-cost can outperform an expensive proprietary toy made for adults.

Chromebook Flip

The premium Chromebook is finally affordable thinks Kevin Lee, as   he tosses another Macbook into the nearest bin. Hats off to Asus!

Intel 760p SSD

Intel produces something that’s value for money. Jarred Walton is shocked.

Crucial MX500

If you’re planning to store your data on anything, Jeremy Laird thinks that  you’re best going with the device with an extra two years of warranty.

Redcore Linux 18.01

Shashank Sharma is convinced that we’re in the ‘decade of rolling release  distributions’, as he tries his hands at a young Gentoo derivative…

Nitrux 1.0.8

Pleasing Shashank Sharma is a matter of offering custom software and being a rolling release. Nitrux claims to have the first part sorted…