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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I’m still working my way through the last issue. Found a good resource. They describe it like this:
Linux is a tool-building operating system. That means tools such as sed, grep and awk are well worth knowing alongside regular expressions. It may seem boring at first, difficult perhaps, but these are central to being a good admin. For the more advanced users, there is a free book at
There is another free reference book for git. Super handy of you’re in devops.
The great thing about Git is that it is free as in beer and even the most in-depth book is available for free, in a Git version-controlled form obviously, at
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In the metalworking world, toolmakers are the elite experts.
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Yes I always read FCM=Full Circle Magazine ; very useful
Frank in County Wicklow Ireland
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