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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…