"Which are your favorite Linux (PAPER) magazines?" [multiple choice enabled poll]

[RAV TUX]

1. Linux Format (http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/)
2. Linux Pro (http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/)/Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-magazine.com/) (In the US and Canada, Linux Magazine is known as Linux Pro Magazine.)
3. Linux User and Developer (http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/)
4. Linux+ (http://lpmagazine.org/en/)
5. 2600 (http://www.2600.com/)
6. Linux Journal (http://www.linuxjournal.com/)
7. Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-mag.com/)(not the Linux Pro/Linux Magazine above)
8. Linux For You (http://www.openitis.com/openitis/index.php)
9. LinuxWorld Magazine (http://linux.sys-con.com/)
10. Other

Online magazines are not included on this list, as well as "Sys Admin magazine" which ceased publication effective with the August 2007 issue.

[RAV TUX]

2. Linux Pro (http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/)/Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-magazine.com/) (In the US and Canada, Linux Magazine is known as Linux Pro Magazine.)
7. Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-mag.com/)(not the Linux Pro/Linux Magazine above)


To clarify the difference between the two Linux Magazines above:

Linux Magazine on option #2 on the list (which is called Linux Pro Magazine in the USA & Canada) looks like this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45144&d=1191381691
Issue 74 January 2007

Option #7 Linux magazine looks like this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45145&d=1191381691
January 2007 issue

[RAV TUX]

18 views, 7 voters, 0 post...is everybody shy tonight?

[RAV TUX]

18 views, 7 voters, 0 post...is everybody shy tonight?
Nice to see more participation with 57 views and 12 voters. ;)

[hessiess]

havent seen a single linux related magasine int the uk

[glupee]

sorry don't read magz.

[conehead77]

18 views, 7 voters, 0 post...is everybody shy tonight?
As a student i dont spend money for a magazine, i rely on the internet. Just wanted to know what magazine is recommended ;)

[diskotek]

i usually read magazines, but not so much computer/linux related ones. i read them in bookstores mostly :D

i met with linux with `pc extra` magazine *i can be wrong about name) that was publishing in turkey.

[Celegorm]

Linux Format has to be the best linux magazine I have ever seen, but it is sadly expensive, about $15 an issue for a copy here in the USA if I remember rightly. I'd love to get a subscription if I could afford it, but instead I just settle for getting one from the magazine rack every once in a great while, and subscribing to Linux Journal, which is awesomely cheap (around $30 for a year's subscription) and has some pretty nice stuff in it.

[Sunforge]

Hessiess: I'm in the UK and subscribe to Linux Format and Linux Magazine, both are available in larger newsagents.

No matter how advanced the web is, there's nothing like a magazine.

[Lord Illidan]

I subscribe to Linux Format too.. Expensive but very good articles, and full DVDs too. I used to be subscribed to Linux Magazine too, but it was not as engaging as Linux Format.

I also like the way that Linux Format covers some BSD stuff and even Syllable. Also, the tutorials are good, and very readable. Recently they've also took to reviewing hardware, which is also nice imho.

Top!

[Keith_Beef]

Out of the list, my favourite is Linux Journal. I was a subscriber to LJ for several years, ans still buy it occasionally.

But better than any on the list, to my mind, is Gnu Linux Magazine France (http://www.gnulinuxmag.com/), published by Diamond Editions.

The text is in French, but I suspect that several of the articles are either translations from other languages (German or English, occasionally Polish) or are written in French by foreigners.

Very wide range of topics: hardware, software, programming, administration, real-world use and case studies...

Beef.

[RAV TUX]

Cool thanks for the input everyone, and thanks for keeping the thread on topic, on Linux (PAPER) magazines.

[Phil Airtime]

Why do people continue to buy tech magazines? In the UK, they're mainly around the £5 mark and come with a CD full of stuff you can get for free off the internet. I don't get why anyone would pay a fiver for ye olde news from a month ago when the internet has an abundance of breaking tech news, reviews and more in-depth analysis for free?

[Acglaphotis]

Linux user and developer for me.

[diesel1]

Why do people continue to buy tech magazines? In the UK, they're mainly around the £5 mark and come with a CD full of stuff you can get for free off the internet. I don't get why anyone would pay a fiver for ye olde news from a month ago when the internet has an abundance of breaking tech news, reviews and more in-depth analysis for free?

Exactly, save your cash!

Diesel1.

[Celegorm]

Why do people continue to buy tech magazines? In the UK, they're mainly around the £5 mark and come with a CD full of stuff you can get for free off the internet. I don't get why anyone would pay a fiver for ye olde news from a month ago when the internet has an abundance of breaking tech news, reviews and more in-depth analysis for free?

Point, but some people just enjoy having hard copies of reading material. Also, the cd's are nice because it's a collection of things that are very easy to try out, without hunting around or downloading. Downloading is certainly an issue when you have a slow internet connection, or none at all.

[RAV TUX]

Point, but some people just enjoy having hard copies of reading material. Also, the cd's are nice because it's a collection of things that are very easy to try out, without hunting around or downloading. Downloading is certainly an issue when you have a slow internet connection, or none at all.
exactly, reading a magazine on the subway is much easier & lighter then lugging around a laptop.

[BigSilly]

Linux Format is easily the best. It's the only magazine I have on order now.