Tsurugi Linux 2019.1

This is one of the things that Mayank Sharma believes everyone must have and not need, rather than need and not have…

TROM-Jaro 17.06.19

Mayank Sharma moves to an Arch-based distro that has one more mandate besides desktop friendliness.

AMD Radeon RX 5700

We’re all surprised, as Jarred Walton has found a GPU that makes him happy.

Whonix 15

If routing all traffic through Tor doesn’t satisfy your need for privacy, Mayank Sharma tests a resource-intensive solution with a novel approach.

The Future Of The Database

Twiddling thumbs between sessions at a database conference, Mayank Sharma ponders on the impact of the web on databases…

LattePanda

Is it a PC, a Raspberry Pi competitor or an Arduino board? Mike Bedford put this unusual product through its paces in order to find out.

Enterprise Soaring Success

Mayank Shama meets Robin Schumacher of DataStax to talk about  building success with open source while nurturing the community.

Dirt 4

Management is petrified, hiding from the mud monster entering the building, but it’s just Andy Kelly after a season of rallying.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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

Arma 3

Senior management have bunkered down, terrified on the top floor of Linux Format Towers as Evan Lahti proclaims: This Means War!

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.

Gameshell Kit

Need to take your love of retro gaming everywhere you go? Check out the open source handheld ClockworkPi GameShell, says Christian Cawley.

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.

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.

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.

Lull'd By Soft Zephyr

Thea Aldrich assures Jonni Bidwell that with a well-designed  operating system IoT might not end humanity after all.

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?

Adata Su630 480GB

Turns out QLC isn’t quite more storage for free. Jeremy laird digs a little deeper…

On The Disc

Discover the highlights from this month’s packed DVD!

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.

Life Science

Jonni Bidwell, long suspected of being a robot, hears from  Claire Janisch about the secrets and genius of nature.

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.

Parrot 4.5

Having reaped the benefits of Kali Linux already, Mayank Sharma wonders what new things Parrot can offer in this saturated space.

Voice Controlled Smart Home

If you utter “Siri”, “Alexa” or “OK Google” in Jonni Bidwell’s home, all the lights go off and the router disconnects.

Kali Linux 2019.1

Once again we have only a single distribution this month, but this time we’re not neglecting our 32-bit users, with 64- and 32-bit versions of Kali Linux.

Debug Serial Comms

Sean Conway walks you through the process of troubleshooting communication problems between a PC application and a serial device.