[ale] Linux Mags?

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 18:44, aaron wrote:
> On Monday 23 September 2002 15:47, you wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 14:25, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > > Other than Linux Journal, I read Kernel Traffic (kt.zork.net) weekly,
> > > Linux Weekly News (lwn.net) weekly, and Linux Gazette Monthly (when I
> > > remember).  I read a couple of other Linux Mags (Linux Magazine is
> > > one, and there is a British one whose name I forget) and they didn't
> > > seem as interesting as LJ.  I do miss the Embedded Linux Journal,
> > > however.
> >
> > <sniff> Embedded Linux Journal <sob> <bawl>
> 
> Why so many tears?? Embedded Journal is still a regular feature section 
> Linux Journal, which prompted me to go ahead and pay for a subscription 
> last month. I also get Linux magazine, but need to decide if I want to 
> continue that as well.

The tears are because it is now reduced to a single article each month
and it used to be a whole magazine.  I miss it.  (And I'm particularly
fond of it because they featured the ZapStation and interviewed me.)
 
> I think the British magazine Michael Hirsch mentioned is Linux Format. 
> "Format" publishes several technology periodicals (until this year they 
> produced an "Amiga Format" mag) and their publications are easily 
> recognized by their attractive, flashy presentation, heavy on photos, 
> color and gloss. Their content also tends to be flashy, so Linux Format 
> leans more toward Desktop Apps, GUI Gadgetry and Gaming  than the 
> networking / server / enterprise focus of most of the other Linux 
> periodicals.

You are correct, sir.  I agree with your assessment, too, except for the
"attractive" presentation part.  I'd call it "garish", but "chaque un a
son goute".  I got the feeling that the fact that phone calls in England
charge by the  minute has influenced the magazine; there was a lot in
the magazine that you can get by reading freshmeat, lwn, C.O.L.A., and
other online resources.  But if you are changed for that, why not buy a
magazine instead.  Since I've gotten cable modem service, I don't have
any need for the CD, either.  I can download whole CDs in a few hours,
so the fact that LF puts a distribution on the CD every month doesn't
move me.  But it is quate a contrast to LJ in a way that Linux Magazine
is not.

--Michael


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