<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>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.<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Nate Duehr" <nate@natetech.com><br>To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech@cluedenver.org><br>Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 2:31:58 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br>Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Good Linux magazine recommendation?<br><br>Linux Journal back in the day would have been good for this, but <br>lately they're off into la-la land with articles about hideously <br>complex software mixed with "religious" editorials about open-source, <br>and have completely lost focus on the beginner.<br><br>Sad, but oh well... I got in on their deal when they put out their <br>100th issue where they offered another 100 issues for $100. It was <br>too good to pass up, but most of the time, the thing gets a glance and <br>gets chucked straight in the trashcan these days after looking at the <br>one or two articles on useful scripting or other things... the annual <br>Security issue and the Sysadmin Issues usually have a few more "meaty" <br>articles.<br><br>Sorry, I don't know really where to point him -- I just wanted to rant <br>about the quality (or lack thereof) of LJ lately. Apologies...<br><br>Nate<br><br>On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:30 AM, David Guntner wrote:<br><br>> I've got a friend who's looking for a good Linux magazine (print<br>> publication, with a no-CD option when subscribing to it). What I'm<br>> thinking he needs is something that gives a lot of good fundamentals <br>> and<br>> some neat how-to things. That sort of stuff. :-)<br>><br>> Most of what I know about Linux, I learned about while doing (and a <br>> lot<br>> of that was "the hard way" <grin>), so I'm a bit vague as to which<br>> magazine(s) might have this kind of information in it to recommend <br>> to my<br>> friend.<br>><br>> Any recommendations?<br>><br>> --Dave<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> clue-tech mailing list<br>> clue-tech@cluedenver.org<br>> http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech<br><br>--<br>Nate Duehr<br>nate@natetech.com<br><br>http://facebook.com/denverpilot<br>http://twitter.com/denverpilot<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>clue-tech mailing list<br>clue-tech@cluedenver.org<br>http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech<br></div></body></html>