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Linux Format
Graveyard Keeper
Management is regretting their love of roast potatoes, as Rachel Weber needs new candles and management is overflowing with excess flab…
2 min |
January 2019
Linux Format
Intel Bean Canyon NUC
Stuart Burns discovers that power and performance are well within your reach in the smallest of Intel’s build-your-own NUC systems.
2 min |
January 2019
Linux Format
Raspberry Pi 3 A+
Les Pounder sits down for another slice of “classic” Raspberry Pi, the last of the current generation. Does it still provide the nourishment that we crave?
2 min |
January 2019
Linux Format
Manjaro Linux 18.0
Mayank Sharma tests a user-friendly Arch-based distro, ignoring the jibes of being called a pseudo Arch user by one very vocal advocate.
4 min |
January 2019
Linux Format
Crucial MX300 2TB
The only writer we know who’s owned multiple Porsches, Jeremy Laird  sullies his hands with the cheapest 2TB SSD in town.
2 min |
June 2017
Linux Format
4MLinux 21.0
Ambitiously minimalist distros can be quite a tempting bait, but will Shashank Sharma bite on this occasion?
2 min |
June 2017
Linux Format
Civilization VI
Gather around children as holographic great, great granddaddy TJ Hafer describes how all this here rocketport used to be fields.
5 min |
June 2017
Linux Format
Community Relations
Jonni Bidwell meets Kara Sowles, Puppet Labs’ Community Manager, to learn about the perils of organising tech events.
10+ min |
Summer 2016
Linux Format
HardenedBSD 12
Spooked by the recent string of vulnerabilities in critical components like systemd, Mayank Sharma is looking beyond Linux to protect his cat GIFs.
2 min |
April 2019
Linux Format
Life Science
Jonni Bidwell, long suspected of being a robot, hears from Claire Janisch about the secrets and genius of nature.
10+ min |
April 2019
Linux Format
Deepin 15.9
Mayank Sharma is glad he didn’t heed the advice of his peers who told him to avoid the gremlin-like cuteness of this distro.
3 min |
April 2019
Linux Format
Parrot 4.5
Having reaped the benefits of Kali Linux already, Mayank Sharma wonders what new things Parrot can offer in this saturated space.
3 min |
April 2019
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 |
September 2019
Linux Format
Gameshell Kit
Need to take your love of retro gaming everywhere you go? Check out the open source handheld ClockworkPi GameShell, says Christian Cawley.
2 min |
September 2019
Linux Format
Protect Your Privacy
The government wants your data, but they don’t understand tech. Facebook and Google want your data – and they do. Jonni Bidwell tries to disappoint them all.
10+ min |
September 2019
Linux Format
Escape Windows
Fed up with Windows 10? Looking to switch to a more user-friendly variant of Linux that gives you the best of all worlds? Nick Peers has all the answers…
10+ min |
November 2018
Linux Format
QNAP TS-453Be
A versatile high-end NAS for the home or small office says Lindsay Handmer. And who are we to disagree?
3 min |
November 2018
Linux Format
MAX30105 Multi Sensor
Nothing gets Les Pounder’s heart racing like a new toy. But how can we monitor his excitement? For that, we need the MAX30105!
3 min |
June 2019
Linux Format
Extix 19.3
The promise of a user-friendly distro lures Mayank Sharma into testing one based on beta software – and then suffering the consequences.
3 min |
June 2019
Linux Format
Solus 4.0
A user-friendly rolling release distro written from scratch sounds more like marketing hype than a usable product – or so Mayank Sharma thought.
3 min |
June 2019
Linux Format
Storage Wars
Allen Samuels is a veteran of the storage industry, having worked for Citrix and Weitek before moving to Sandisk in 2013.
10+ min |
March 2017
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
Behind-The-Scenes Guide To Cryptography
Interested in the inner working of cryptographic tools? Mike Bedford provides a hands-on introduction to the technology of cryptography.
10 min |
March 2019
Linux Format
Calculate Linux 18.12
Always looking to cut corners, Mayank Sharma tries out a distro that promises to enhance his geek credentials without making him work for it.
3 min |
March 2019
Linux Format
Lull'd By Soft Zephyr
Thea Aldrich assures Jonni Bidwell that with a well-designed operating system IoT might not end humanity after all.
10+ min |
March 2019
Linux Format
Septor 2019
Mayank Sharma has a soft spot for projects that promise to protect his privacy. But is this one any better than his current favourite, Tails?
3 min |
March 2019
Linux Format
Adata Su630 480GB
Turns out QLC isn’t quite more storage for free. Jeremy laird digs a little deeper…
3 min |