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Anderson Silva [afsilva at gmail.com]
I missed the news about red hat enterprise linux 6 being released on Nov 10.
AS
Jimmy O'Regan [joregan at gmail.com]
On 2 December 2010 13:33, Anderson Silva <afsilva at gmail.com> wrote:
> I missed the news about red hat enterprise linux 6 being released on Nov 10. >
Speaking of missed news, Google Code In has started (http://code.google.com/opensource/gci/2010-11/index.html). It's a competition for high school students to work with open source. If you know any tech-savvy 13-18-year-olds, encourage them to participate!
-- <Leftmost> jimregan, that's because deep inside you, you are evil. <Leftmost> Also not-so-deep inside you.
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 08:33:21AM -0500, Anderson Silva wrote:
> I missed the news about red hat enterprise linux 6 being released on Nov 10.
For whatever reason, Howard - who usually submits the NB material, which is then formatted by Deividson - omitted the Distro section this month, which Deividson did his best to fill in. It's not his usual "beat", but he made a pretty fair job of it anyway... although bits like the above release fell through the cracks. Personally, I'm very grateful for his stepping up to the plate.
The fact is that we have a very small (read "one correspondent and one editor") news team, so things like this are apt to happen. A larger team (read "more volunteers") would produce more complete coverage... but although many people enjoy reading LG, few seem to want to come forward and help keep it going.
For whatever reason - whether it's because I don't have the marketing savvy (or whatever the missing factor) to attract and keep a large number of eager volunteers, or because the format of LG is outdated, or something else - we're not getting the brainshare that's necessary to make LG grow, or to make it the top-quality publication that it could be. I often wonder if it's worth the continued effort - because the Linux community seems to be telling me that it isn't. I hope I'm mistaken about that.
No matter what the case, though - all of you who contribute, authors, editors, proofreaders, authors, and others who put their time and effort into producing LG have my personal gratitude and appreciation. Thank you all.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Predrag Ivanovic [predivan at open.telekom.rs]
On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:00:41 -0500 Ben Okopnik wrote:
> >For whatever reason - whether it's because I don't have the marketing >savvy (or whatever the missing factor) to attract and keep a large >number of eager volunteers, or because the format of LG is outdated, or >something else - we're not getting the brainshare that's necessary to >make LG grow, or to make it the top-quality publication that it could >be. I often wonder if it's worth the continued effort - because the >Linux community seems to be telling me that it isn't. I hope I'm >mistaken about that.
Personally, I read LG for the articles, reviews, tips, mailbag.There are a lot of places on the interweb that provide news in twitter-sized chunks, but very few have any indepth analysis of trends, or reviews that are not tainted with fanboyism(not a proper word, I know)of any kind (who said Phoronix?). Apart from LG, only other tech news source I read fairly regularly is LWN. So, imho, there is a place for The Linux Gazette, and I do not think that the format is outdated, think of it as a magazine, in contrast to 'daily newspaper or a ticker thingie on cable news channels' format that most other sites use. Ephemeral news for people with nanosecond attention spans. LG is, and it should be, better than that.
Just my 2 RSD (or .019 eurocents)
Pedja
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 09:22:10PM +0100, Predrag Ivanovic wrote:
> > So, imho, there is a place for The Linux Gazette, and I do not think that the format is outdated, think of it > as a magazine, in contrast to 'daily newspaper or a ticker thingie on cable news channels' format that most > other sites use. > Ephemeral news for people with nanosecond attention spans. > LG is, and it should be, better than that.
Thanks, Pedja. That's how I think of it, and that's where I try to focus it. I just wish there were more people thinking that way, and jumping in with help and ideas.
In some ways, I miss the earlier days of Linux. That's not to say that I resent how easy and user-friendly Linux is now; this is more like McLuhan's dictum of "something is always lost as well as gained". We've gained a huge number of users; we've lost some of the spirit of fun and exploration that characterized the community in the earlier days. To me, LG represents that spirit and that philosophy.
> Just my 2 RSD (or .019 eurocents)
If you and I ever meet up, that's worth at least one beer. 
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *