The MagPi
The MagPi is the official Raspberry Pi magazine. It started off life as a free[1] fanzine for users of the Raspberry Pi computer. It was created by the community[2][3] as an unofficial volunteer produced Raspberry Pi publication[4] and in 2015 was handed over to the Raspberry Pi Foundation to be run in-house as the official Raspberry Pi magazine.[5] It was launched in May 2012[6] and contains news, projects and tutorials.[7]
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| Editor | Lucy Hattersley |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Russell Barnes |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | May 2012 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Camborne |
| Language | English |
| Website | raspberrypi |
| ISSN | 2051-9982 |
Reception
Writing in LinuxNov at the time of the launch, Mohamed Hussein considered it to be "really worth" downloading for its informative and helpful content.[8] The first issue was found by Harry Fairhead in I Programmer to be uninspiring, with the lack of hardware available to writers being noted. However, he did consider it to be a "venture worth supporting" in the longer term.[4]
Writing in The Wall Street Journal's Tech Europe blog, Ben Rooney described the magazine as having a "comforting nostalgic feel" but questioned whether this would appeal to a new generation of programmers.[9]
References
- The MagPi – Raspberry Pi online magazine launched, The Digital Lifestyle.com
- MagPi Raspberry Pi Computer Community Magazine Launches, Geeky Gadgets
- University Of Cambridge Launches Free Raspberry Pi OS Course, TechWeek Europe
- MagPi - A Raspberry Pi Magazine, I Programmer
- All change: meet the new MagPi, Raspberry Pi
- The MagPi: a Raspberry Pi community magazine, Raspberry Pi Foundation
- Raspberry Pi Gets Its Own Fan Magazine, TechMASH
- MagPI A Dedicated Magazine For Raspberry PI, LinuxNov
- Rooney, Ben (7 May 2012). "Raspberry Pi Launches '80s-Feel Fanzine". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 May 2012.