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Linux Journal runs shutdown -h now for a second time: Mag editor fires parting shot at proprietary software
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Well that sucks. Kyle is a good guy.
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I thought it had gone already. After I stopped seeing it at tye newsstand, I never really heard anything about it.
It’s kind of sad that other newer Linux magazines keep going, especially when they aim at a more popular market.
Wasn’t there a Unix Journal before, or maybe overlapping? Phil Hughes was connected with LJ, but if I reacall he was already in Unux publishing before that, some laminated “cheat cards” related to Unix, I think some books, and maybe a magazine.
This memory is strong enough, yet too vague, that initially I thought LJ was a retitling and repurposing of a Unix magazine. Of course, Unix still exists, but for the vast population it’s Linux they talk about.
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They had an article where the editors chose their favorite distro. That led me to Mepis which was the first that I started to use full time. For that I’ll always be grateful.
LinuxJournal is dying? It won’t be official until Netcraft confirms.
Damn… I even used to subscribe to the print edition back in the late 90s. Bummer.
Remember ol’ User Friendly? That was my thing for the longest time. I know things went really downhill towards the end, but I hope J.D. Frazer ended up somewhere nice. (He’s certainly done a good job of lowering his profile.)
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