Progress Made On Librem 5 Smartphone

In an update report, the team behind the smartphone built on free and open source software shows how far it’s come along.

Purism Librem 13

It’s expensive, but do the security features make this impressive Linux Ultrabook worth the extra cost? Christian Cawley finds out.

So Retro

We challenged John Knight to relive the entirety of computing history through open source. He almost died trying…

Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier Developer Kit

Can a tiny black box really be at the heart of Nvidia’s attempt to crack open the artificial intelligence market? Gareth Halfacree investigates.

Condres OS 2019.03

This issue Mayank Sharma learns yet another lesson: just because a distro has the right formula for success doesn’t mean it’ll necessarily be one.

I Can See You

Tamsin Oxford investigates the AI platform that never stops searching  for missing children: GMCNgine – built to behave like a parent. 

Hear Me Now

Jonni Bidwell takes a break from his frantic  conference snacking schedule to interview  audiophiles and gentlemen, 64 Studio.

Get Into Linux

Jonni Bidwell runs Linux on all his systems and he’s going to wax lyrical about why you should and how you could too. Best put the kettle on.

Mozilla Festival 2016

Les Pounder travels to London for MozFest and in the shadow of the O2 Arena finds a unique building housing the future of the open web.

Getting You started Kit

Clumsy fingers and electronic duncery be damned: Alex Cox tests Maker Life’s painless plug-and-play Pi programming package for the rest of us.

Mailserver

Write to us at Linux Format, Future Publishing, Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA or lxf.letters@futurenet.com.

Google Pixel 2

Matt Swider swoons over the best smartphone camera he’s seen, then realises the rest is a bit 2016...

Intel Core i9 7960X

Now that Intel has gone core crazy with its Skylake-X 16- and 18-core parts, Jarred Walton is as happy as an open source pig in muck.

Korora 26 Gnome

Trying Korora is one way of familiarising yourself with the characters in Finding Nemo. Shashank Sharma, however, likes it for its simplicity and usability.

10Gbps: Boost Your Networks

The Dark Lord of Network Operations, Tim Armstrong, is back again – this time to perform his occult arts on your Cat6 cables. Bring on the lasers!

Tacoma

Left abandoned after a terrible – and no doubt – embarrassing incident, Andy Kelly investigates what happened in the Linux Format Space Tower…

Stream It!

Build the ultimate streaming media server for music, movies and more on any device in or outside your home. Nick Peers brings the popcorn…

Watch And Record Live TV

Link in Emby with your TV back-end and you can watch, manage and integrate TV recordings into your media libraries.

Do More With Your Server

You’ve set up your media, added live and recorded TV capabilities, now discover what else Emby can do for you…

Engineering Linux

Jonni Bidwell meets Sean Finney, a recent convert to Linux, and hears heartwarming tales about how LXF eased his journey to the light side.

Automation pHAT

Les Pounder takes a look at a new board that offers a budget introduction to home automation. Now all he needs to do is train his robot to make coffee.

4tronix PiBug 2WD

Les Pounder takes a look at a simple robot that can be built in less than 30 minutes without any special tools.

HexagonOS 1.0

A sucker for home-brewed apps, Mayank Sharma gets lured into a new distro that’s headed in the right direction, but still has a long way to go.

On The Disc

Discover the highlights from this month’s packed DVD!

OpenSUSE 15.1

This project has been in a state of unrest for some time now, and Mayank Sharma wonders if that has left a mark on the distro.

Storage Perfection

Your data is precious, so let Jonni Bidwell help you stash that digital cache quickly and safely.

Pop!_OS

Let eyecatching-distro aficionado Jonni Bidwell show you the ropes of System76’s bespoke Linux flavour.

Mint 19 Powered

Jonni Bidwell has blended a  tasty selection of Minty wit  and knowledge, to help you  get the most from this  powerful distribution.

Get To Grips With Linux File Navigation

Puzzled about structure? Nick Peers reveals how the Linux file system works, plus the best way to browse it using Ubuntu’s built-in file manager.

Google WiFi

Why take just one router into your home when Joe Osborne can take three mesh routers!