[NTLUG:Discuss] Maximum Linux Magazine

[Christopher Browne]

On Mon, 01 Nov 1999 14:38:54 CST, the world broke into rejoicing as
root <Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com>  said:
> jv wrote:
> 
> >  Hello everyone, I hope this is the right group to post this question
> > in.  I've been looking for the Maximum Linux magazine in all the major
> > bookstores (MicroCenter, Barnes and Noble, Borders) and I can't find
> > it anywhere.  Does anyone in Dallas know where I can get it? Jaime
> > Villela
> > jvillela at airmail.net
> 
> I saw Issue #1 about a month ago at Barnes & Noble at 15th & Central
> Expwy. Plano. Having read through
> the issue at the newsstand I determined that it was a rag not worth
> spending my money on. It did include a
> CD of Mandrake 6.1, and it looks like they are a bi-monthly, planning on
> 6 issues/year - each w/ a CD-ROM.
> Technical innaccuracies, over-generalization and over-simplification,
> lack of technical depth seem to be
> the main symptoms here. Absolutely worthless as a programming/hacking
> resource. Lots of color and hype -
> no depth. Why bother? Linux Journal continues to be the value leader in
> my book. $22/yr. subsrciption price.
> In fact, I just sent in my renewal today.

I have to concur; I actually was contacted by the publisher of "Maximum
Linux" as they were looking for writers as well as a web presence,
and thought it would be a neat idea to latch some advertising onto my
web pages.

They were trying to sell me spam, which made it pretty clear that the
magazine contents were unlikely to be terribly serious.

Linux Journal is decidedly more serious; it doesn't even take "opening
the baggie" and cracking open a copy of Maximum Linux to determine that.

The magazine "Linux Magazine" actually looks really rather good; they
have been doing a pretty impressive job of locating good authors, and
appear to have more technical depth than Linux Journal.  They print
a larger proportion of source code, at any rate...
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