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 The first issue of Linux Voice | |
| Editor | Graham Morrison |
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| Categories | Linux |
| Frequency | 12 per year |
| First issue | 2014 |
| Final issue | September 2016 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 2054-3778 |
| OCLC | 914339325 |
Linux Voice was a Linux and open source magazine (print and digital) which began publication in the UK in April 2014. It was sold on news-stands around the world.
The magazine started as a result of a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign in late 2013, which raised over £120,000. [1] The editorial staff of the magazine came entirely from the UK magazine Linux Format . They resigned to pursue a different agenda in magazine/online publishing. [2] [3] Editorial Director Andrew Gregory claimed the magazine would return a portion of profits to "the community that we serve". [3]
The magazine shared 50% of its yearly profits with reader-voted FOSS projects. The profits were split between 'software' and 'projects and distros' with the top 3 winners in each category receiving a part of the total funds. In 2015 the winners in the software category were Scribus which was awarded £1000, GIMP was awarded £300 and Inkscape was awarded £200. In the projects and distros category, the Open Rights Group was awarded £1000, the Electronic Frontier Foundation was awarded £300 and the Free Software Foundation was awarded £200. [4]
Nine months after an issue was published, it was made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license for all to read without charge in both PDF and ePub formats. [5]
On 27 October 2016 it was announced that Linux Voice was merging with Linux Magazine . [6]
In addition to the magazine, the team produced a fortnightly podcast covering Linux and wider free software issues. This continued after the closure of the magazine before ending in November 2017. [7]
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