[ale] Baking Pi

[Rich Faulkner]

I for one support LXF and subscribe.  I had been buying it at Barnes &
Noble when we lived in DC but now subscribe to get the discount.
Autopay has been a GREAT thing for this and I have no intention of
stopping my subscription.  A couple of things that I like about LXF is
that it isn't FULL of ads.  Very heavy on content and content that I can
use.

I am not a Linux noob nor master.  I'm part of that great mass of those
in between who are daily drivers and want to spend more time in the CLI
but rely on GUI for the bulk of what I do.  ALE and LXF have been major
parts of my educational experience as they are FAR more helpful than
online forums.  LXF has had great series on the RPi and I would expect
that to continue...more reason why I choose to support it.  They publish
what is useful (and entertaining) to me!

Thank you Jeff for your contributions to the cause as a writer and Linux
professional.  Thanks to all ALE'ers for being a great bunch who are
willing to share your knowledge to grow the community.  

Rich in Lilburn


On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 11:34 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:

> Good morning,
> 
> I just wanted to quickly comment  on the magazine part of
> the discussion. I have written for Linux magazines both
> in print and the web. The US environment for these is pretty
> harsh. Many of the magazines have faced some hard times
> because advertisers aren't spending money any more because
> they don't see the impact of sales due to the advertising.
> The marketing arms of these companies are being pushed
> to tie sales to marketing $$ and they need to be somehow
> measured. So magazines started to rely on subscriptions so
> prices have gone up.
> 
> It's a tough environment right now. The European publishers
> have some interesting approaches to surviving but a reasonable
> size chunk of their income is subscription based. I'm writing
> for one of them now and their strategy, from what I can tell,
> follows this.
> 
> I've ridden 2 print magazines into oblivion and things have
> really changed in the last 6 years. I really miss seeing lots
> magazines around Linux and computing in the airports. But
> I try to buy Linux magazines when I can to support them :)
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> > Hi Rich,
> > 
> > I know what you're saying about the magazines. Actually, I'd like
> > both Linux Format and Linux User and Developer. However, $200 / year
> > is a LOT of $$. It's a shame that the US publishers have essentially
> > abandoned this market and all that's available for the most part is
> > the nice but expensive European publications.
> > 
> > Regarding the tablet, I find mine tremendously handy. I take it
> > everywhere. It has a 10" screen. Having said that, it's really good
> > for reading ebooks which can reflow the text. Reading PDF's in
> > landscape mode is OK when you scroll up and down the page. Reading
> > PDF's in portrait mode without zooming strains my eyes. A magazine
> > as large as the ones we're discussing wouldn't work well on this
> > screen unless the file can reflow the text and images for this
> > screen. I don't know if they do that or not. The tablet works well
> > for audio bible, audio podcasts, and audio books. Having the big
> > screen (relative to an mp3 player or phone) is helpful to control
> > and access the content.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Ron
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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