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Parrot Security 3.5

A modern day Robin Hood with a conscience, Shashank Sharma tests security measures while remaining anonymous. Until now…

FreeNAS Corral

Shashank Sharma looks at the popular NAS solution that has been   reborn much like its reviewer.

Ubuntu 17.04

It’s been six months since the Yakkety Yak escaped the confines of the build system, which means it’s now time for the Zesty Zapus to roam free.

Benchmark Linux

So, you think your system’s fast? Faster than Jonni Bidwell’s? Almost certainly. And now you can prove it with our awesome guide to speed testing.

Threadripper 2970WX

Zak Storey has run out of fingers and toes keeping track of AMD’s threads.

Pop!_OS 18.10

The prospect of reviewing yet another Ubuntu-based distribution doesn’t excite Mayank Sharma. Yet there’s something different about this one…

Intel Core I9 9900K

Even more mainstream cores from Intel for Jeremy Laird to mine his steadily growing collection of Monero coins.

Fedora 29

Mayank Sharma was expecting fireworks when Ubuntu switched to Gnome. Yet Fedora is still the undisputed premier Gnome-based distro…

Virtualisation

Jonni Bidwell learns to master containers and VirtualBox, enabling him to run Linux any time, any place and anywhere…

Megaquarium

Fishy things are afoot and for once it’s not the Machiavellian machinations of management pulling the strings, as Philippa Warr discovers!

The Code Less Travelled

Jonni Bidwell hadnevertalked toanyonewhoprogrammed BASICforhelicopters.UntilhemetEleanor McHugh

Omada EAP225 Outdoor

Mark Pickavancetests TP-Links affordable outdoors Wi-Fi solution by sitting in the garden with a laptop, a smartphone and a large Pimms

Protect Against Malware

Jonni Bidwell isn’t sure if malware  could break his PC more than he does,  but he doesn’t really want to find out…

Bluestar Linux 5.0.7

Another issue, another Arch-based desktop – and the obvious question in Mayank Sharma’s mind is how is this different from any of the others.

Wayland The Wait Is Over

The next-gen display protocol is ready for primetime! There, we said it send all your arguments to Jonni Bidwell…

Terminal Velocity

Jonni Bidwell once again provokes readers   by fraternising with a Microsoft employee,   the ever-knowledgeable James Turnbull.

OpenMandriva Lx 4.0

A delighted Mayank Sharma discovers that not only is this project alive, it’s still rewriting the rules for desktop Linux – much like its progenitor.

Do you CVE What I CVE?

Wind River Systems’ David Reyna  talks to Jonni Bidwell about  keeping the embedded space safe  – and also fixing robots on Mars.

Piper Computer Kit

Christian Cawley weighs up if it’s worth sticking a Raspberry Pi in a wooden box, pretending it’s a laptop and giving it to the kids…

ArcoLinux 19.06

There’s an endless list of Arch-based distros, but there’s something about this one that catches Mayank Sharma’s fancy.

Raspberry Pi 4 B

Les Pounder loves a surprise and a Raspberry Pi – so when the Pi 4 was released, he was over the moon!

Zorin OS 15 Core

Any Ubuntu-based distro has to pull something special to get into the good books of Mayank Sharma. Has he found a unicorn, or a one-trick pony?

Total War: Three Kingdoms

Management are worried about an impending Chinese takeover, but really it’s just Jody Macgregor using the new diplomacy system.

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.