[clue-tech] Good Linux magazine recommendation?

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

Byte magazine went the same way. They seem to feel that no one cares about those kinds of articles any more. I prefer a mix instead. 

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From: "Nate Duehr" <nate at natetech.com> 
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Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 2:31:58 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain 
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Good Linux magazine recommendation? 

Linux Journal back in the day would have been good for this, but 
lately they're off into la-la land with articles about hideously 
complex software mixed with "religious" editorials about open-source, 
and have completely lost focus on the beginner. 

Sad, but oh well... I got in on their deal when they put out their 
100th issue where they offered another 100 issues for $100. It was 
too good to pass up, but most of the time, the thing gets a glance and 
gets chucked straight in the trashcan these days after looking at the 
one or two articles on useful scripting or other things... the annual 
Security issue and the Sysadmin Issues usually have a few more "meaty" 
articles. 

Sorry, I don't know really where to point him -- I just wanted to rant 
about the quality (or lack thereof) of LJ lately. Apologies... 

Nate 

On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:30 AM, David Guntner wrote: 

> I've got a friend who's looking for a good Linux magazine (print 
> publication, with a no-CD option when subscribing to it). What I'm 
> thinking he needs is something that gives a lot of good fundamentals 
> and 
> some neat how-to things. That sort of stuff. :-) 
> 
> Most of what I know about Linux, I learned about while doing (and a 
> lot 
> of that was "the hard way" <grin>), so I'm a bit vague as to which 
> magazine(s) might have this kind of information in it to recommend 
> to my 
> friend. 
> 
> Any recommendations? 
> 
> --Dave 
> 
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