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{{short description|Software magazine}}

{{infobox magazine

| title = Linux Voice

|logo = Linux Voice (LV).svg

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| firstdate = 2014

| lastdate = September 2016

| country = [[United Kingdom]]

| website = http://{{URL|www.linuxvoice.com/}}

| language = [[English language|English]]

| 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.

== History ==

The magazine started as a result of a successful [[Indiegogo]] crowdfunding campaign in late 2013, which raised over £100120,000.<ref name=indiegogo>{{cite web|title=Announcing Linux Voice|url=http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/linux-voice|work=indiegogo}}</ref>

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.<ref name=guardian>{{cite webnews|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|title=Linux Format staff who quit plan to launch rival Linux Voice|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/13/linux-format-staff-who-quit-plan-to-launch-rival-linux-voice|work=theguardian.com|accessdatedate=13 November 2013 |access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=gazette>{{cite web|last=Boyle|first=Darren|title=Linux Voice secures £90,000 crowdfunded launch target |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/linux-voice-secures-%C2%A390000-crowdfunded-launch-target|work=PressGazette |accessdateaccess-date=30 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330201837/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/linux-voice-secures-%C2%A390000-crowdfunded-launch-target|archive-date=30 March 2014}}</ref> Editorial Director Andrew Gregory claimed the magazine would return a portion of profits to "the community that we serve".<ref name=gazette />

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=First Profit Donating Scheme: The Winners!|url=http://www.linuxvoice.com/first-profit-donating-scheme-the-winners/|author=Andrew Gregory|date=May 7, 2015|access-date=June 2, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075430/http://www.linuxvoice.com/first-profit-donating-scheme-the-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The magazine started as a result of a successful [[Indiegogo]] crowdfunding campaign in late 2013, which raised over £100,000.<ref name=indiegogo>{{cite web|title=Announcing Linux Voice|url=http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/linux-voice|work=indiegogo}}</ref>

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.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|title=Linux Format staff who quit plan to launch rival Linux Voice|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/13/linux-format-staff-who-quit-plan-to-launch-rival-linux-voice|work=theguardian.com|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=gazette>{{cite web|last=Boyle|first=Darren|title=Linux Voice secures £90,000 crowdfunded launch target|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/linux-voice-secures-%C2%A390000-crowdfunded-launch-target|work=PressGazette|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref>

Editorial Director Andrew Gregory claimed the magazine would return a portion of profits to "the community that we serve".<ref name=gazette />

The magazine shares 50% of its yearly profits with reader voted FOSS projects.<ref>http://www.linuxvoice.com/first-profit-donating-scheme-the-winners/</ref> The profits are split between 'software' and 'projects and distros' with the top 3 winners in each category receiving a part of the total funds.

Nine months after an issue iswas published, it iswas made available under ''the [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported]]'' license for all to read without charge in both PDF and ePub formats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Creative Commons Issues|url=https://www.linuxvoice.com/creative-commons-issues/|website=Linux Voice|accessdateaccess-date=7 November 2016}}</ref>

On October 27, October 2016, it was announced that ''Linux Voice'' was merging with ''[[Linux Magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Linux Voice / Linux Magazine Merge|url=https://www.linuxvoice.com/merge/|website=Linux Voice|accessdateaccess-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111042446/https://www.linuxvoice.com/merge/|archive-date=11 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Podcast==

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.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.linuxvoice.com/category/podcasts/ |title=Podcasts Archive] |access-date=2014-05-19 |archive-date=2015-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206213954/http://www.linuxvoice.com/category/podcasts/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==

*{{official website|http://linuxvoice.com}}

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