Most of the editorial team of Future’s monthly computing title Linux Format have quit the publisher and are seeking crowdfunding to set up a rival title called Linux Voice.

The editor, deputy editor and technical editor of Linux Format all left the title leaving only the art editor and production editor in place. The magazine for devotees of the free computer operating system has a circulation of just under 22,000 copies a month.

Deputy editor Andrew Gregory is editorial director of the new venture and it is expected that his other two former colleagues will also work on the new title.