Full Circle Magazine is a free distribution Portable Document Format

Portable Document Format

Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....

 magazine that was launched in April 2007. The magazine is an independent publication and is not affiliated with Canonical Ltd.

Canonical Ltd.

Canonical Ltd. is a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects. Canonical is registered in London and employs staff around the world...

, the sponsors of the Ubuntu operating system. It is advertising-supported and relies on volunteer writers for much of its editorial content.

The publication is aimed at users of the Ubuntu operating system and all its derivatives, including Kubuntu

Kubuntu

Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop as well as the Unity desktop on...

, Xubuntu

Xubuntu

Xubuntu is a Canonical Ltd. recognized, community maintained derivative of the Ubuntu operating system, using the Xfce desktop environment.The name Xubuntu is a portmanteau of Xfce and Ubuntu...

 and Edubuntu

Edubuntu

Edubuntu, also previously known as Ubuntu Education Edition, is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system designed for use in classrooms inside schools, homes and communities....

. It focuses on product reviews, community news, how-to articles, programming and troubleshooting tips. It is available in multiple languages; the first edition was produced in English, Estonian, Romanian, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Galician, Dutch and Indonesian, but more recent issues have been available only in English, Italian, French, and Russian.

History

Issue 0 of Full Circle Magazine was released in April 2007 and featured stories about Ubuntu's history, features including desktop effects and new Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 games. This first edition was 17 pages in length, in portrait format.

By Issue 25 the magazine had evolved to 28 pages in landscape format

Landscape format

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, for easier viewing as a PDF document.

In December 2007, the Full Circle Magazine Podcast started. After two episodes, the podcast stopped production, due to the host unable to dedicate time to the podcast. In March 2010, the podcast was re-established by Robin Catling, along with Ed Hewitt and Dave Wilkins, with an entirely new format. Each episode, the podcast covers news, round up of the latest issue of the magazine, interviews, reviews and feedback from listeners.

Staff

The production staff consists of:

• Editor: Ronnie Tucker
• Webmaster: Rob Kerfia
• Communications Manager: Robert Clipsham
• Editorial Staff: Mike Kennedy, David Haas, Gord Campbell, Nicola Cappellini, Ryan Hartlage, David Sutton, Robin Catling, Ed Hewitt