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Parrot Security 3.5
A modern day Robin Hood with a conscience, Shashank Sharma tests security measures while remaining anonymous. Until now…
2 min |
June 2017
Linux Format
FreeNAS Corral
Shashank Sharma looks at the popular NAS solution that has been   reborn much like its reviewer.
2 min |
June 2017
Linux Format
Ubuntu 17.04
It’s been six months since the Yakkety Yak escaped the confines of the build system, which means it’s now time for the Zesty Zapus to roam free.
10+ min |
June 2017
Linux Format
Benchmark Linux
So, you think your system’s fast? Faster than Jonni Bidwell’s? Almost certainly. And now you can prove it with our awesome guide to speed testing.
9 min |
June 2017
Linux Format
Threadripper 2970WX
Zak Storey has run out of fingers and toes keeping track of AMD’s threads.
2 min |
January 2019
Linux Format
Pop!_OS 18.10
The prospect of reviewing yet another Ubuntu-based distribution doesn’t excite Mayank Sharma. Yet there’s something different about this one…
2 min |
January 2019
Linux Format
Intel Core I9 9900K
Even more mainstream cores from Intel for Jeremy Laird to mine his steadily growing collection of Monero coins.
2 min |
December 2018
Linux Format
Fedora 29
Mayank Sharma was expecting fireworks when Ubuntu switched to Gnome. Yet Fedora is still the undisputed premier Gnome-based distro…
2 min |
December 2018
Linux Format
Virtualisation
Jonni Bidwell learns to master containers and VirtualBox, enabling him to run Linux any time, any place and anywhere…
10+ min |
December 2018
Linux Format
Megaquarium
Fishy things are afoot and for once it’s not the Machiavellian machinations of management pulling the strings, as Philippa Warr discovers!
2 min |
December 2018
Linux Format
The Code Less Travelled
Jonni Bidwell hadnevertalked toanyonewhoprogrammed BASICforhelicopters.UntilhemetEleanor McHugh
10+ min |
October 2018
Linux Format
Omada EAP225 Outdoor
Mark Pickavancetests TP-Links affordable outdoors Wi-Fi solution by sitting in the garden with a laptop, a smartphone and a large Pimms
3 min |
October 2018
Linux Format
Protect Against Malware
Jonni Bidwell isn’t sure if malware could break his PC more than he does, but he doesn’t really want to find out…
10+ min |
July 2019
Linux Format
Bluestar Linux 5.0.7
Another issue, another Arch-based desktop – and the obvious question in Mayank Sharma’s mind is how is this different from any of the others.
3 min |
July 2019
Linux Format
Wayland The Wait Is Over
The next-gen display protocol is ready for primetime! There, we said it send all your arguments to Jonni Bidwell…
10 min |
July 2019
Linux Format
Terminal Velocity
Jonni Bidwell once again provokes readers by fraternising with a Microsoft employee, the ever-knowledgeable James Turnbull.
10+ min |
July 2019
Linux Format
OpenMandriva Lx 4.0
A delighted Mayank Sharma discovers that not only is this project alive, it’s still rewriting the rules for desktop Linux – much like its progenitor.
3 min |
September 2019
Linux Format
Do you CVE What I CVE?
Wind River Systems’ David Reyna talks to Jonni Bidwell about keeping the embedded space safe – and also fixing robots on Mars.
10+ min |
September 2019
Linux Format
Piper Computer Kit
Christian Cawley weighs up if it’s worth sticking a Raspberry Pi in a wooden box, pretending it’s a laptop and giving it to the kids…
2 min |
September 2019
Linux Format
ArcoLinux 19.06
There’s an endless list of Arch-based distros, but there’s something about this one that catches Mayank Sharma’s fancy.
3 min |
September 2019
Linux Format
Raspberry Pi 4 B
Les Pounder loves a surprise and a Raspberry Pi – so when the Pi 4 was released, he was over the moon!
5 min |
September 2019
Linux Format
Zorin OS 15 Core
Any Ubuntu-based distro has to pull something special to get into the good books of Mayank Sharma. Has he found a unicorn, or a one-trick pony?
3 min |
September 2019
Linux Format
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Management are worried about an impending Chinese takeover, but really it’s just Jody Macgregor using the new diplomacy system.
6 min |
September 2019
Linux Format
Total War Saga: Thrones Of Britannia
Management at Linux Format Towers are getting worried with all of Fraser Brown’s whispered talk of toppling kings and assassinations…
6 min |
Summer 2018
Linux Format
Tuning Into The World
So you thought shortwave radio was dead? Think again as Mike Bedford shows you how to listen to and decode distant radio stations…
10+ min |
Summer 2018
Linux Format
Hottest Distros: We Crown The New Linux!
Mayank Sharma cant help you find your purpose in life, but he sure can help find a distribution for your purpose.
10+ min |
October 2018
Linux Format
Open Source Game Engines
Like the Revenant in Doom II, Jonni Bidwell brings the corpses of lost video games backto life with a lil bit of FOSS magic.
9 min |
October 2018
Linux Format
Quirky 8.6
What to do with old hardware would be a crisis-inducing existential question for Shashank Sharma, if not for projects like Quirky
2 min |
October 2018
Linux Format
Arma 3
Senior management have bunkered down, terrified on the top floor of Linux Format Towers as Evan Lahti proclaims: This Means War!
5 min |
October 2018
Linux Format
Monitor Your Network Using A Raspberry Pi
Christian Cawley scans his network for intruders and unsafe hardware using little more than a Raspberry Pi and Nagios.
5 min |