The Python Cover - apparently I remembered it a bit wrong.
It's the only magazine subscription I've maintained for over 20 years. It was clear a few years ago that the magazine was in trouble, because they had to go to an all-electronic format.
One of the reasons I liked Linux Journal was because, unlike most periodicals, they didn't dumb down their content much. Sure, there was always newbie stuff, but they also would have serious articles about complex system management issues, and howtos. There was something pretty worthwhile in just about every issue for me. Sometimes they'd get a bit too programmer-specific for my tastes, but I almost always learned something of use.
Then, there was the Python special issue they did on the Python programming language many years ago. The cover was a very Monty Pythonesqe image of a fellow facing away from the camera playing a piano in the nude. They got more hate mail for that issue than I think anything else, other than when they actually eliminated the dead-tree issue. I'll admit that I didn't really care for that particular change, but I understood the financial reasons behind it. Fortunately, the electronic versions allowed you to choose between epub, mobi, and pdf versions, so you could read it on just about anything.
For me, I really liked the in-depth articles they had on various technologies. It wasn't always something I was planning or able to use, but it helped to keep me at least somewhat current with what was going on out there in the world of Linux.
Sad to see it go. May have to see if they have any of the DVDs left that contain every issue published to date, just for my archives. I generally buy one of those every 5 years.
I only subscribed for the centerfolds.
usenix proceedings continue...
It’s getting harder to find anything worth reading with search engines. Many pages of search engine spam hits are coming up first.
Need a good search engine that eliminates many of the vendors and other search engine spammers (spammers like eHow, wikiHow, etc.).
Our mainframe runs Linux. It really loses its luster when that happens.
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RIP Linux Journal