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{{Infobox Magazine<br />
| image_alt = Cover of Linux User & Developer magazine<br />
| image_caption = Cover of the final issue (196)<br />
| editor = Chris Thornett<br />
| frequency = Monthly<br />
| category = Computing, Linux<br />
| company = [[Future plc]]<br />
| firstdate = September 1999<br />
| lastdate = September 2018<br />
| finalnumber = 196<br />
| country = [[United Kingdom]]<br />
| based = [[Bournemouth]] <br />
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20000815054216/http://www.linuxuser.co.uk:80/ Official Linux User & Developer website]<br />
| issn = 2041-3270<br />
|image_file=Linux User & Developer issue 196 cover.webp}}<br />
'''''Linux User & Developer''''' was a monthly [[magazine]] about [[Linux]] and related [[Free and open source software]] published by [[Future PLC|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 (application)|Newsstand]].<br />
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==History and profile==<br />
''Linux User & Developer'' was first published in September 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Linux User & Developer|url=https://www.imagine-publishing.co.uk/portfolio/magazines/LinuxUserAndDeveloper|work=Imagine Publishing|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> In August 2014 its sister magazine, ''RasPi'', was launched.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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The magazine was acquired by [[Future plc]] (owner of competing title ''[[Linux Format]]'') as part of its acquisition of [[Imagine Publishing]] in 2016.<br />
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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.<br />
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==Staff==<br />
*Chris Thornett - Editor<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20000815054216/http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/ Official homepage]<br />
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