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Issue 329 (July 2025) - 25 years of Linux Format

Discover 25 years of open source with Linux Format! Celebrate our final issue ever while we look back on how the Linux kernel and open source software has changed, evolved and taken over the world! We dig up the old editors for a beer, relive classic reviews, Hotpicks, Answers and get Windows users to switch to a better distro. PLUS: Escape Windows 10, build a better Debian home server, the best distros for Windows users, how Linux runs all the super computers, better admin training, classic Pi projects, AI cluster tools, Rust on the Pi, Cool Term, start 3D printing, steal Bitcoins and loads more!

 Features

The final feature

Words from the old editors and staff. (Linux Format)
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Escape Windows 10

Get all your friends to do it! (Nick Peers)
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Administeria

Get trained (Stuart Burns)
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Answers

The top questions answered! (Neil Bothwick)
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 Coverdisc

Hotpicks

Classic Hotpicks (Neil Mohr)
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 Tutorials

Cool Retro Term

(Shashank Sharma)
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GIMP 3.0

(Nick Peers)
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Electerm BBS

(Michael Reed)
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Hardware that made Linux great

(Mike Bedford)
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The ultimate home server

(Nick Peers)
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3D printing

(Linux Format)
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Exo cluster

(Tam Hanna)
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Pi art gallery

(Les Pounder)
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Burgling Bitcoins

(Nate Drake)
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 Coding Academy

Pico8

Retro game coding (Nate Drake)
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Rust on the Pi

(David Bolton)
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 Reviews

Ubuntu 25.04 Pi Beta

(Les Pounder)
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QiDi Plus4 3d printer

(Denise Bertacchi)
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Orange Pi RV2

(Tam Hanna)
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Trezor Safe 3

(Nate Drake)
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Corel Linux 1.0

(Linux Format)
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Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

(Linux Format)
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SUSE Linux 6.3

(Linux Format)
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Ubuntu 5.04

(Linux Format)
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Linux Mandrake 7

(Linux Format)
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Red Hat 7.3

(Linux Format)
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Best distros for Windows users

(Mayank Sharma)
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 More

News: News

(Nate Drake)
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News: Pi news

(Les Pounder)
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News: Hacking news

(Nate Drake)
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News: Kernel news

(Jon Masters)
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