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== History ==

The magazine started as a result of a successful [[Indiegogo]] crowdfunding campaign in late 2013, which raised over £120,000.<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|accessdateaccess-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|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330201837/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/linux-voice-secures-%C2%A390000-crowdfunded-launch-target|archivedatearchive-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}}</ref>

Nine months after an issue was published, it was 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 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>

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