[ubuntu-uk] What's happened to all the Linux Mags? "WHSmiths Watch"

[Anders Jacobsen]

I bought and read the official ubuntu guide [1] and thought it was pretty
good. Don't think it's up to date with Edgy and Feisty updates, but covers
all the basics from installation to user maintenance and most basics:
[1]
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Official-Ubuntu-Book-Benjamin-Hill/dp/0132435942/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/026-4653593-7381217?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182518029&sr=8-1

On 6/22/07, Saltire <saltirepc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Howard Berry
> Sent: 22 June 2007 10:40
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] What's happened to all the Linux Mags? "WHSmiths
> Watch"
>
>
> Hello everyone,
> As the is a nation wide listing, I wondered if my experience was
> replicated in the rest of the country.
> The plethora of "buy new cool Vista magazines" seems to elbowing the
> three Linux magazines out of existence in Wolverhampton and
> Bridgnorth.
> My main concern is that my favourite magazine "Linux User and
> Developer", to which I have subscribed for a couple of years, seems to
> have gone very ominously silent: no replies to emails, no replies to
> telephone messages. The web site is still functioning although cobwebs
> seem to be gathering on it.
> Is it me that they don't like, or have they gone belly down??
>
>
> --
> Regard,
> Howard
> Supporting Open Source Software.
> http://www.fsf.org/
> And Open Standards
> http://www.oasis-open.org/who/
>
> I have had a similar experience. Being new to Ubuntu I thought I would buy
> a
> Linux magazine or two. I couldn't find a trace of any Linux magazine in
> central Edinburgh. I know I have seen a couple on newsstands in the past.
>
> Incidentally, I noticed that amazon.co.uk has many books about Ubuntu and
> I
> was wondering if anyone could recommend a good beginner's title.
>
> Stuart
>
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Anders Jacobsen
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