Linux User and Developer
{{Short description|British magazine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox Magazine
| image_alt = Cover of Linux User & Developer magazine
| image_caption = Cover of the final issue (196)
| editor = Chris Thornett
| frequency = Monthly
| category = Computing, Linux
| company = Future plc
| firstdate = September 1999
| lastdate = September 2018
| finalnumber = 196
| country = United Kingdom
| based = Bournemouth
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20000815054216/http://www.linuxuser.co.uk:80/ Official Linux User & Developer website]
| issn = 2041-3270
|image_file=Linux User & Developer issue 196 cover.webp}}
Linux User & Developer was a monthly magazine about Linux and related Free and open source software published by Future. It was a UK magazine written specifically for Linux professionals and IT decision makers. It was available worldwide in newsagents or via subscription, and it could be downloaded via Zinio or Apple's Newsstand.
History and profile
Linux User & Developer was first published in September 1999.{{cite web|title=Linux User & Developer|url=https://www.imagine-publishing.co.uk/portfolio/magazines/LinuxUserAndDeveloper|work=Imagine Publishing|access-date=17 April 2017}} In August 2014 its sister magazine, RasPi, was launched.{{cite news|title=British magazine LinuxUser & Developer launches sister magazine "RasPi"|url=https://blog.adafruit.com/2014/08/08/british-magazine-linuxuser-developer-launches-sister-magazine-raspi-piday-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi/|access-date=14 August 2015|work=adafruit|date=8 August 2014}}
The magazine was acquired by Future plc (owner of competing title Linux Format) as part of its acquisition of Imagine Publishing in 2016.
The last issue of Linux User & Developer was on 20 September 2018 (#196). All previous subscribers received issues of Linux Format as compensation for the next remaining issues of their subscription.
Staff
- Chris Thornett - Editor
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20000815054216/http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/ Official homepage]
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Category:Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
Category:Magazines established in 1999
Category:Magazines disestablished in 2018