An advanced Linux Mag - was Re: [Gllug] Algorithm question for your Friday morning

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Ben Fitzgerald wrote:

>On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 08:01:04AM +0000, Jason Clifford wrote:
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>>On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
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>>>Let's hope so as it's the best linux magazine I'm aware of (others being
>>>mostly newbie stuff the last time I checked - which was some time ago).
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>>A few years ago I floated the idea of a Linux magazine aimed nearer to the 
>>LJ readership than the LF/LU&D lot. There was a little interest however as 
>>never went anywhere.
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>>Do you think there would be demand for a Free Software mag like that and, 
>>more importantly, people willing and able to write good articles for it 
>>and produce it?
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>My feeling is no, there is not the demand. The problem is you are
>appealing to admins / developers who want the latest information on
>advanced topics. IMHO the major competitor for this is "the internet".
>There will always be more information on the net even if you specialise.
>Putting the info in a magazine is convenient for the reader but as the
>target audience are technical they are comfortable finding the
>information online for free. Very hard to see how you can get round
>this.
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>LJ has morphed into the worst thing - a halfway house between linux
>format (that franglais guy with the hat) and interesting technical stuff
>(plus things that go over my head but that I'm glad LJ brought it's
>existence to my attention). This way half the mag appeals to half the
>readers and half is seen as not what they want. I have to say I don't
>mind plenty of advertising to fund the mag provided there is a good
>amount of quality reading in there.
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>On a related point - did anyone ever read the LJ letters bit? That drove
>me crazy. Why put in pictures of some kid with the magazine next to it?
>Is this considered clever in the US? Plus who writes into a magazine
>with a question like "my root filesystem has gone missing and now my
>system doesn't boot" then sits for a month until the answer arrives on
>their doorstep! Sorry, just had to get that one out...
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>Ben.
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On the other hand, Phrack is no longer in publication. Perhaps there is 
room in the market for a new "hacking" magazine.

Gabriel.

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