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The MagPi
Commissioning EditorRussell Barnes
Frequencymonthly
First issueMay 2012 (2012-05)
LanguageEnglish
Websiteraspberrypi.org/magpi
ISSN2051-9982

The MagPi is a free[1] fanzine for users of the Raspberry Pi computer. It was created by the community[2][3][4] as an unofficial volunteer produced Raspberry Pi publication[5] and in 2015 was handed over to the Raspberry Pi Foundation to be run in-house as the official Raspberry Pi magazine.[6] It was launched in May 2012[7] and contains news, projects and tutorials.[8]

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.[9] 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.[5]

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.[10]

References

  1. ^ The MagPi – Raspberry Pi online magazine launched, The Digital Lifestyle.com
  2. ^ MagPi: Raspberry Pi community starts a monthly magazine, Liliputing
  3. ^ MagPi Raspberry Pi Computer Community Magazine Launches, Geeky Gadgets
  4. ^ University Of Cambridge Launches Free Raspberry Pi OS Course, TechWeek Europe
  5. ^ a b MagPi - A Raspberry Pi Magazine, I Programmer
  6. ^ All change: meet the new MagPi, Raspberry Pi
  7. ^ The MagPi: a Raspberry Pi community magazine, Raspberry Pi Foundation
  8. ^ Raspberry Pi Gets Its Own Fan Magazine, TechMASH
  9. ^ MagPI A Dedicated Magazine For Raspberry PI, LinuxNov
  10. ^ Rooney, Ben (May 7, 2012). "Raspberry Pi Launches '80s-Feel Fanzine". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 11, 2012.