New magazine - LinuxFormat
Benjamin Scott
bscott at ntisys.com
Sun Jan 9 14:13:01 EST 2005
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, at 2:34pm, colet at code-energy.com wrote:
>> I'll put a plug in for SysAdmin Magazine. While not dedicated to linux,
>> it basically is and has more hardcore content than others I've seen.
>> But it's focused on the sysadmin - you'll never find an article about
>> managing your checkbook in it.
>
> I was a subscriber to this for quite some time. I found that they
> typically had little content that was relevant to linux and when they did,
> it was pretty simple stuff.
FWIW:
I dropped my subscription to SAM last year. I was finding I was less and
less likely to assign the limited cycles I had for mag-reading to it. It
was still largely focused on traditional commercial Unix, and on
environments larger then I work in. Right now, my world consists of Linux
and *doze, and organizations with not more then a few hundred computers. I
suspect if I was still working at UNH (where they had at least one of every
computer ever made), I'd find SAM a lot more useful. Then again, that was
in 1996. It may be UNH is all Linux and *doze now, too. (Although I kinda
doubt it.)
The dead-tree mags I currently subscribe to are:
Linux Journal - Still *the* Linux magazine.
Maximum PC - I still follow the "PC enthusiast" world, even if I don't
have the time to play there much anymore. Plus it's entertaining.
Consumer Reports - Best "real life" publication out there.
Analog - Duh. I'm a geek. ;-)
I'd prolly subscribe to Linux Format if the cost/income ratio for me was
lower. It's a good mag.
--
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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