Linux Format

Linux Format is your complete guide to the world of Linux. Whether you've just discovered Linux, or you're a full-time guru, Linux Format has everything you need to make the most of your OS. The editorial formula is a mix of features, reviews and practical tutorials that tackle topics as far ranging as installing software to socket programming and network management. Thought-provoking features and interviews also provide a focus on key technologies, trends and issues in the fast-paced world of Free and Open Source software.

MEET THE TEAM

Just revolutioning

Join the revolution! • The battle cry from the original LXF001 still rings true. Look back with some of the original staff at how Linux Format launched, managed to keep going and racked up 25 years.

Newsdesk • THIS ISSUE: Tactless Torvalds » Steam support to stop? » Nvidia opens up » Fork uplift » Linux love gets larger

SteamOS support issues • Valve widens SteamOS support for other handhelds, while ending legacy Linux Steam client compatibility.

Nvidia moves to open source • Nvidia placates community and antitrust investigators.

OFFICE PARTY

IT’S BEEN A PLEASURE

Germany adopts ODF • Europe’s open source push continues but challenges to adoption remain.

Keep on forking! • Redis relicensing backfires as open source fork Valkey wins major support.

Year of the Linux desktop! • Windows exodus and Steam boom pushes Linux towards 5% adoption.

Distro watch • What’s behind the free software sofa?

30 YEARS OF MYSQL

ALL GOOD THINGS

Kernel Watch • Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, so that you don’t have to.

Answers • This is the 25th Anniversary edition of Linux Format and its Answers pages, so here’s a selection of some of the more common and interesting questions we have received.

Corel Linux 1.0 • Corel’s entry into the Linux market has potential, but there are issues.

Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 • It may be a bit behind the times, but Debian is one of the best distributions on the market.

SUSE Linux 6.3 • We test this long-established German company’s latest distribution effort. Can it hold off the competition?

Ubuntu 5.04 • Andy Hudson hopes this is one hedgehog that won’t get squashed.

Linux-Mandrake 7 • Simplicity and a wide range of applications make this a great distribution for all Linux users.

Red Hat 7.3 • Richard Drummond asks whether the biggest is necessarily the best as he examines the latest release.

Roundup • Elementary OS » Ubuntu » Deepin Linux » Linux Mint » Zorin OS » Lubuntu Pop!_OS » MX Linux

The verdict • Distros for Windows users

Escape Windows 10 • Save all your old PCs! Nick Peers reveals how to give them a new lease of life with Linux Mint.

Blast off with coding, making and AI! • From space-based competitions to running AI at home, the Pi Foundation has you covered.

Ubuntu 25.04 Beta • For his final Linux Format review, Les Pounder goes back to where it all started for him: Ubuntu and the Raspberry Pi.

QiDi Plus4 • Picking up where the Bambu left off, Denise Bertacchi finds a practical if unexciting machine.

Orange Pi RV2 • Never one to miss sticking it to the Pi Man, Tam Hanna tests the best little RISC-V board he’s seen.

Network AI clusters to model and move on • Few things can rival the computing demand of AI models. Tam Hanna helps you spread the load with a cluster of affordable systems.

The art gallery at the end of LXF • Les Pounder wipes a tear from his eye as he writes his final Linux Format Raspberry Pi tutorial and chops onions…

Linux: the essential learning library • Learning Linux skills has a...