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]

The MagPi
EditorLucy Hattersley
Former editorsRussell Barnes
FrequencyMonthly
First issueMay 2012 (2012-05)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inCambridge
LanguageEnglish
Websiteraspberrypi.org/magpi
ISSN2051-9982

Reception edit

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 edit

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

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