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MAX30105 Multi Sensor

Nothing gets Les Pounder’s heart racing like a new toy. But how can we monitor his excitement? For that, we need the MAX30105!

Extix 19.3

The promise of a user-friendly distro lures Mayank Sharma into testing one based on beta software – and then suffering the consequences.

Solus 4.0

A user-friendly rolling release distro written from scratch sounds more like marketing hype than a usable product – or so Mayank Sharma thought.

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…

Emmabuntüs De 2 1.04

Not a big fan of the kitchen-sink approach, Mayank Sharma runs into one distro that’s put in enough effort to perform surprisingly well.

Fedora 30/Ubuntu 19.04

Mayank Sharma wonders just what separates the two leading Gnome-based distros – besides their packaging formats…

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!

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.

Escape Windows

Fed up with Windows 10? Looking to switch to a more user-friendly variant of Linux that gives you the best of all worlds? Nick Peers has all the answers…

QNAP TS-453Be

A versatile high-end NAS for the home or small office says Lindsay Handmer. And who are we to disagree?

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.

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!

Disk Station DS418 Play

While enjoying his extensive collection of 4K media, Lindsay Handmer wonders if there’s more to life than streaming moving pictures?

Surviving Mars

We often say management is trapped in its own sealed-off bubble. Little did we know Fraser Brown had them trapped on Mars…

Ubuntu 18.10

Leaning back in his chair while testing the latest iteration, Mayank Sharma wonders if it’s time Ubuntu should only put out LTS releases?

Elementary OS 5

As a major update of the trendy distribution parades down the Linux ramp, Mayank Sharma wonders if he can use it as his everyday desktop.