Linux Format App Reviews

Im very disappointed that you have to buy a subscription.

Nice content, but app keeps crashing repeatedly.

I wish I can read my magazine but the app keeps crashing.

By far, the Linux Fornat & MacFornat are the best Magazines. THE UK always does it right! Best information, very easy to read and has the latest updates and news about Linux! I am wondering if they also make a BSDFormat magazine... Very good - I wish I could Find these magazines Ara store in Canada to purchase in person. So far, Excellent information. 5/5 Stars! Keep up the excellent work.

Really good app.

Subscription for one month costs $5,99; for three months - $20,99. Seriously?

I usually prefer the paper editions, but this app is a good surrogate.

I hope to see an update soon. The app has crashed repeatedly while I have been trying to read the issue.

Will change to 5 star as soon as it stops crashing.

I would love to subscribe to this, if only I could read more than two pages without crashing. I might even be satisfied if I could consistently read one page, without crashing as soon as I attempt to flip to it via the index at the bottom of the screen.

I have never had the app crash. I also love the content.

I love this magazine and wanted to subscribe via my iPad. But the low resolution on screenshots is a deal breaker for me. The text and layout is great but if I zoom in to take a look at a screenshot then it is a blurry mess that is unreadable. Considering this magazine is full of screenshots of applications and terminal commands this is kind of important. If you include full resolution screenshots then you will have an instant yearly subscription purchase from me. I seriously dont mind if the files are larger size just increase the screenshot quality. pretty please with a cheery on top.

Ive had a subscription to your printed Linux Format magazine and Ive bought it off the shelf at book stores. This digital copy is far less expensive than buying it off a booksellers shelf (usually around $15 USD) and as a print subscription ($125 USD for 13 issues), which I appreciate. However, the actual iPhone/iPad app leaves a lot to be desired. The UI is terrible. There is no integration with Safari, to easily navigate to a web link. The advertisement space is annoying in the mobile environment and takes up way too much real estate. The image resolution is questionable, at best. Finally, had I known there would not be any way to get the disks, included with the printed edition and that I would not have access to the web site, as I do with a print subscription, I never would have subscribed to it via the App Store. I can tell you this much, I will not renew, until these options are made available. Nice to see the disclaimers have now been added to the app, in the app store, but not before I had already signed up for 6 months.

Linux Journal has done a fantastic job with their ePub implementation and I love and use just about all the available formats including the iOS app. It rocks on the iPad and is very convenient on the iPhone for reading anywhere I am.

This is NOT FREE!!!! You will get NOTHING FREE by downloading this.

I love the bits of humor sprinkled in the articles. I only wish I could save issues as PDFs for my personal archive. I could have access to them if I had a print version of LFX but I dont want a print version. Minus 1 star for no way to archive issues in a future proof format.

The magazine is great and the app works very well!

I am a loyal subscriber to LXF, and I have loved every issue. I use an iPad more often than I have the opportunity to carry my bookbag around, so it would be GREAT if subscribers like me had a free digital subscription. Other than that, the best mag I am subscribed to!

i have downloaded some of the back issues (for IPAD) as ive enjoyed reading this magazine at the store but its too expensive to purchase in North America (at the bookstore). However, the app isnt user friendly as there is no way to bookmark or favorite an article or page on the app. Also, when you go back into the app after leaving or turning off your ipad, you open up at page one of the magazine again, so have to scroll through the magazine again to find where youve left off. This is again where the favorites/bookmarking feature would really help. Other magazines on IPAD have this feature but this one doesnt, which is surprising. It keeps an otherwise great magazine from being truly enjoyable.

This app feels more like a purpose built PDF viewer more than a "magazine app". It leaves a lot to be desired. Bookmarking would be awesome, trying to download back issues or restoring subscriptions can be painful. The content of the magazine is excellent and I love reading Linux Format. Would like a more interactive experience, maybe a font enlarging feature other than just page zooming, but I understand that may be a lot of extra work that a small magazine team wouldnt have the appropriate resources to do that. My star rating is strictly rating the app and not the magazine content. Content gets 5 stars hands down. Thank you for a great magazine