Pretty sure it was Linux Format not Linux Voice. The editor mentions that in his opening letter this month. I was sad to see it go in any case. It’s nice to have some variety.
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I still working my way through the final issue of Linux Format. I skipped the reprinted reviews of Corel Linux 1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 2.1, and SUSE Linux 6.3. The Ubuntu 5.04, Linux-Mandrake 7, and Red Hat 7.3 reprinted reviews are pretty cool. The good old days.
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So only Linux Magazine has survived?
" On 27 October 2016 it was announced that Linux Voice was merging with Linux Magazine.[6]"
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Not quite there is
Although based on ubuntu there are lots of debian or mint related items
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Maybe this is what I remembered.
The editorial staff of the magazine came entirely from the UK magazine Linux Format.
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Should have remembered that. Ronnie, who produces Full Circle, does a bang-up job. I’ve been a sustainer for several years. Paul Arnote produces the magazine for PCLinuxOS and does a similarly nice job.
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The current Linux Magazine (June 2025) has reviews. of OnionOS and GoboLinux, and has articles on Distrobox and Rust in the kernel.
There is also a tutorial in the Linux Voice section on Bookstack which is a book writing package.
That is a fair home user focus
There is also something on real time support in the kernel (6.12 lts), and on file sharing with Onionshare.
Those are more professional focus.
I think they have acquired some home user focus by absorbing Linux Voice, which is still there as an discrete section. Some of the original Linux Voice team still write articles.
I think the situation may have changed since you observed that. It used to be so.
The printed magazine industry is shrinking and having to adapt.
I like my printed Linux Magazine. It still has DVD’s… this month Elementary and Zorin.
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Maybe this has changed too, but I remembered Linux Magazine as being pretty expensive to pick up at the news stand. That was part of the reason I would favor Linux Voice, Linux Format, and others.
They have a weekly podcast too. I try to keep up with that.
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It is expensive. Maybe that is why they survived.
My subscription is over $A 130 for 12 months. That includes postage.
I pay because I like it.
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