...making Linux just a little more fun!
Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:36:12 -0400
----- Forwarded message from Nguy?n Th?i Ng?c Duy <pclouds at gmail.com> -----
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 07:10:05 +0700 From: Nguy?n Th?i Ng?c Duy <[email protected]> To: TAG <[email protected]> To: editor at linuxgazette.net Subject: Talkback:130/okopnik.htmlHi, Just want to shout out that the puzzle is great! I'd been a long time reader of linuxgazette (since 2001 I guess) although I lost interest in linuxgazette for a while (maybe because I'm no longer a linux newbie). Now I'm really looking for the next issue :D I noticed that the september's puzzle is harder than the august's. But I won't complain just because I couldn't complete the puzzle myself. I think puzzles are good for newbies too to examine what they learned and find some fun of it. For that, we need easier puzzles with common acronyms such as gnome, kde, and other common commands. So if you have enough manpower, two puzzles in an issue would be great (one for geeks and one for newbies). Cheers,
-- Duy
Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:50:43 -0400
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 07:10:05 +0700, Duy wrote:
> > Hi, > Just want to shout out that the puzzle is great! > I'd been a long time reader of linuxgazette (since 2001 I guess) > although I lost interest in linuxgazette for a while (maybe because > I'm no longer a linux newbie). Now I'm really looking for the next > issue :D
Thanks, Duy - that's very nice to hear!
> I noticed that the september's puzzle is harder than the august's.
Not intentionally - although on reviewing the two, you're probably right.
> But > I won't complain just because I couldn't complete the puzzle myself. I > think puzzles are good for newbies too to examine what they learned > and find some fun of it. For that, we need easier puzzles with common > acronyms such as gnome, kde, and other common commands. So if you have > enough manpower, two puzzles in an issue would be great (one for geeks > and one for newbies).
Well... at the moment, I'm the manpower. I would happily welcome any
reader submissions - in fact, if someone sends me a reasonable puzzle
layout, I'll happily come up with some twisted clues for it. I'm sure
that there are aspiring puzzle editors out there - they're more than
welcome to send them in. I can promise everlasting fame... well, at
least LG author credit, anyway. 
Thanks for your note.
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *