[Sussex] New Linux magazine

[john]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Teale" <Geoff.Teale at claybrook.co.uk>
To: "Sussex (E-mail)" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:49 AM
Subject: [Sussex] New Linux magazine


> Chaps,
>
> I was going to post this yesterday, but I got to busy with a real bitch of
a
> bug..  anyhow, yesterday lunchtime in WHSmith I came across a new Linux
> magazine. Now this magazine is not in itself going to be of interest to
most
> of this list - however it is significant - it's an absolute beginners
> magazine (THere are numerous such title for Windows all called things like
> "Using Windows XP").  The first issue seems to come in a box containing a
> magazine and the free version of Mandrake 9.0 and Demo Linux.
>
> I wonder if this magazine will be a success?  Will it succesfully get
people
> to take the plunge into Linux?  Will the area of the market is addressing
> even know what Linux is?
>
> All I know is, more than anything, this is a sign o' the times....
>
> --
> geoff.teale at claybrook.co.uk
> tealeg at member.fsf.org
>

Off the top of your head Geoff, Do you recall the name of the magazine, as
Lancing doesn't have WHSmug, but I could probably get it from the local news
agent - being one of the few idiot beginners on the list, I need idiot
beginner level stuff!

regards

John D.