New magazine - LinuxFormat

[Fred]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 13:13 -0500, Cole Tuininga wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 12:56 -0500, Bill Sconce wrote:
...
> > I plunked down $15.  For a magazine.  
> 
> I'm very curious what convinced you that the price was worthwhile if you
> don't mind expounding on that? 
> 
> I've had only a very passing experience with the magazine several years
> ago, and I wouldn't consider it a terribly favorable one (especially
> considering the price).  The issue felt behind the times, though that
> may simply be because of the lag between being published in the UK and
> shipped here.  Additionally, the articles just didn't feel like they
> were as in depth as I would have liked.  
> 
> As I said though, it was only one or two issues that I saw and it was
> several years ago.

I did it once, but that was to get its FC2 in DVD format at a time I
couldn't burn DVDs. I look at it "for free" at Borders occasionally, but
I am not impressed.

Then again, I must confess to being a bit jaded. I see Linux Format more
as a mag for beginners and "light" users of Linux. To be honest, I am
not terribly impressed by *any* of the Linux magazines I've been seeing
at Borders.

-Fred