The world of Linux is one of seemingly endless possibilities and ingenious developments, and our latest annual will get you up to speed with both in no time. Featuring expert in-depth articles on the latest updates in the world of Linux, tutorials and a raft of new Raspberry Pi projects, we have something for every Linux user out there.
LINUX FORMAT 2025 ANNUAL
Essentials • Get to know Linux and the many astonishing things you can do with it
STREAMING MADE EASY! • Bring together all your film, TV, music, audiobook and photo streaming needs under one roof. Nick Peers shows you how.
Install Jellyfin • Get set up and ensure your media files are organised correctly.
Stream films, TV and music • Jellyfin can cover almost all of your media streaming needs…
Back up and view photos and videos • Ditch the expensive subscription and back up (and stream) photos locally.
Stream audiobooks from your server • Why pay for Audible when you can host your own collection?
Next-gen Wi-Fi • Another new wireless technology, already? Darien Graham-Smith looks ahead to the seventh generation of the IEEE networking standard.
TIMELINE: The when and where of Wi-Fi
LEARN LINUX! • Finally had enough of your Windows PC? Nick Peers reveals how to fully road-test – then switch to – a user-friendly Linux distro.
Prep for a Linux OS • An ounce of preparation is worth a pound of cure.
Take the Elementary tour • Discover how to get started using your new flavour of Linux.
Install Elementary OS • Discover how to safely install Linux on your PC.
Solve hardware issues • Fix classic problems first-timers have with displays, networks and more.
Try some distro hopping • Don’t like Elementary? Try one of these beginner-friendly OSes.
LINUX INVADES WINDOWS • Join Nate Drake as he explores Linux’s infiltration of Windows. Have the barriers between operating systems truly been broken?
Learning to love Linux • The early days of Microsoft put it at loggerheads with the growing open source movement, but things are different now.
Linux inside Windows • Run Linux apps on Microsoft’s OS in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.
VS Studio for Linux • WSL2 integration offers the best of cross-platform development.
Run the Microsoft distro • Rumours are rife but how far will Redmond go to embrace Linux…
Fre/e/YOUR PHONE • Tired of being tracked and spied upon by popular mobile OSes, Jonni Bidwell is ditching Android and taking back privacy with /e/OS.
A.I. CODING • Matt Holder spends some time discovering how AI, ML and LLM can be used to help us with our programming – and, yes, he explains what the acronyms mean as well…
What is AI? • Discover exactly what AI, ML and LLM are.
When AI goes wrong • Very self-assured AIs can produce code that looks right, code that it’ll argue very strongly is right, but is in fact very wrong.
Your coding copilot • Where we’re going, we don’t need licences!
Coding for ChatGPT • Take control of the daddy of AI chatbots for fun and profit!
MANAGE YOUR APPS! • David Rutland looks at dependency hell and the benefits of containers, and gets to grips with Podman, the newest container tool.
Dodging dependency hell • Containerisation can stop you drifting through these levels of hell.
Container engines to full pod power! • How to get down with the Podman and blast off with some containers.
Blasting pods into orbit • Find out how to get your first full application up and running.
Building your own pods • Assembling your own pod is as easy as a pull request…
Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS • The latest Ubuntu is here. Jonni...