Comments on: Requiem for Linux Journal http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:58:05 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TH http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-119 TH Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:27:17 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-119 LJ was great under Don Marti. Now, its Petreley on every page. [Can't resist interjecting. -Ed.] Where did all the interesting articles go? I don't like the tone anymore either. It seems like all the effort is going into graphic design these days. LJ was great under Don Marti. Now, its Petreley on every page. [Can’t resist interjecting. -Ed.] Where did all the interesting articles go? I don’t like the tone anymore either. It seems like all the effort is going into graphic design these days.

]]> By: Jon Dowland http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-107 Jon Dowland Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:01:38 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-107 I've written my own letter to the editor and published it online: http://alcopop.org/log/2006/04/01/#lj I’ve written my own letter to the editor and published it online: http://alcopop.org/log/2006/04/01/#lj

]]> By: jdub http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-61 jdub Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:47:34 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-61 <a href="http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-60" rel="nofollow">Segendium</a>: I think the FLOSS community has overwhelmingly proven that it does innovate, it does take different approaches and it is not always just a bad clone of something else. Much to Petreley's chagrin, GNOME is a brilliant example of this. Segendium: I think the FLOSS community has overwhelmingly proven that it does innovate, it does take different approaches and it is not always just a bad clone of something else. Much to Petreley’s chagrin, GNOME is a brilliant example of this.

]]> By: Segedunum http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-60 Segedunum Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:31:50 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-60 As much as I think Nicholas just goes a bit too far without explaining himself properly, he brings up a legitimate point. Is an open source community going to do something different, or is it always designed to copy i.e. Mono? As much as I think Nicholas just goes a bit too far without explaining himself properly, he brings up a legitimate point. Is an open source community going to do something different, or is it always designed to copy i.e. Mono?

]]> By: Andy Balaam http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-40 Andy Balaam Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:02:51 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-40 Just sent this email to Linux Journal: http://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/#Letter_to_Linux_Journal_20060317090630 _Really_ gutted about my favourite magazine becoming Slashdot. Just sent this email to Linux Journal:

http://www.artificialworlds.net/blog/#Letter_to_Linux_Journal_20060317090630

_Really_ gutted about my favourite magazine becoming Slashdot.

]]> By: Dick Dishkuvek http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-39 Dick Dishkuvek Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:17:24 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-39 I just got back from the bookstore where I was contemplating buying the new Linux Journal. Then I read the back page where that slob of an editor rants and raves, he makes himself sound like a real bastard. Needless to say, I did not buy the magazine. I just got back from the bookstore where I was contemplating buying the new Linux Journal. Then I read the back page where that slob of an editor rants and raves, he makes himself sound like a real bastard. Needless to say, I did not buy the magazine.

]]> By: David L Norris http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-34 David L Norris Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:37:36 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-34 Sadly, I feel the same way. The /etc/rant article about GNOME sickens me. It sickens me that he'd waste my money publishing such a negative article about anything. Linux Journal is no longer a happy place. Sadly, I feel the same way. The /etc/rant article about GNOME sickens me. It sickens me that he’d waste my money publishing such a negative article about anything. Linux Journal is no longer a happy place.

]]> By: Jon Dowland http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-33 Jon Dowland Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:49:04 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-33 I finally got my LJ subscription sorted this year, after years of buying odd issues. I subbed in oct '05 but there was an error so it was delayed until this year... and started with Petreley’s first issue as editor. I have found the tone of the last two (or three?) issues worrying. Apart from /etc/rant, the choice of reader's letters I have found poor (case in point. Someone writes "ubuntu is great. For me, ubuntu IS linux". What's the point in a letter like that?) It seems that the general content is moving more towards end-user and away from what made LJ stand out in the first place. The last issue had a 6 PAGE ARTICLE on installing mediawiki! I finally got my LJ subscription sorted this year, after years of buying odd issues. I subbed in oct ‘05 but there was an error so it was delayed until this year… and started with Petreley’s first issue as editor.

I have found the tone of the last two (or three?) issues worrying. Apart from /etc/rant, the choice of reader’s letters I have found poor (case in point. Someone writes “ubuntu is great. For me, ubuntu IS linux”. What’s the point in a letter like that?)

It seems that the general content is moving more towards end-user and away from what made LJ stand out in the first place. The last issue had a 6 PAGE ARTICLE on installing mediawiki!

]]> By: Alain Delon http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-32 Alain Delon Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:17:13 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-32 There are alternatives. Go for Linux Magazine or one of the other mags. Vive la difference! There are alternatives. Go for Linux Magazine or one of the other mags. Vive la difference!

]]> By: James Susanka http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-31 James Susanka Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:16:23 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/15/requiem-for-linux-journal/#comment-31 I totally agree with you - I have over a year left of subscription and after that who knows It was a class act magazine and it looks like it is going to lose that reputation. If I wanted gutter rants I would go browse slashdot all day. But I wanted my magazine to be uplifting and positive and have some cool technical stuff. But now I think we will see at the grocery check out line soon. I totally agree with you - I have over a year left of subscription and after that who knows

It was a class act magazine and it looks like it is going to lose that reputation.

If I wanted gutter rants I would go browse slashdot all day. But I wanted my magazine to be uplifting and positive and have some cool technical stuff.

But now I think we will see at the grocery check out line soon.

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