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Socoder -> On Topic -> Linux Magazine... |
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 06:27 | |
Dabz
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Oh, forgot to mention... I was in Sainsburys last night with the other half, and stumbled on the magazine section while she was looking at some household bollocks... Anyway, i glanced at a Linux magazine that had something like "Build your own NAS server", which, looked to be the same setup as the one Mr WarOffice suggested i do... It also proclaimed it had a 4.7gig DVD crammed with software (which when i took a closer look the vast majority was Linux distros)... It wasn't a thick magazine either, but, the NAS guide thing would be handy so i looked for the price, couldn't see one, but thought it wouldn't be too much since their was technically nowt in the thing... Got to the checkout... Putting all the guff through, then the magazine beeped through... 6 sodding quid... SIX English snots... I stood there looking, went to the wifey on the checkout "is that really 6 pound?"... She went "yeah, look", where she show me the tiny writing in the corner of the front page, which, in most cases, anyone with normal eye sight would need glasses that can see Venus to notice it. Told her to knock it off and keep it... Linux... Its not f'ing cheap is it!  Dabz -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit 
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 06:40 | |
Jayenkai
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Six quids?! Blimey crikey!!
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 08:08 | |
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Dabz
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Now... I don't mind paying, but, like most things with Linux, everything on the sodding 4.7gig DVD is bloody free anyway, and the guide that interested me is probably online somewhere anyway... If it was, say, 4 quid, then aye... Worth the punt, but, 6 quid for a magazine that is thinner then posh spice on a diet of dyed water... Nah! Dabz -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 08:41 | |
waroffice
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I subscribed to linux format, its miles cheaper but I havnt read one in months, I cancelled it but they keep you going for what you have paid for (June) got loads of em on my desk at work and a boat load of disks with nothing really on them. there is a coding academy in them but I think unless you start from the beginning its not great
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 09:03 | |
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Dabz
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Coding wise i use Vala on Linux... Its a bit C# in its setup, and along with something like Geany, a real gem!  Usually though, when i try to do other things, like said NAS whatsit, in totally useless when it comes to terminal antics and generally install crap till i wreck everything! Dabz -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 09:17 | |
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waroffice
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If you need a hand give me a shout, im no guru but I tinker. If I get stuck I ask the sysadmins in my team
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 12:09 | |
steve_ancell
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Jayenkai  Six quids?! Blimey crikey!! Same thoughts here. There was a time when we got computer mags for £1.50, with much more interesting, programmer related stuff. |
| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 14:48 | |
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Dabz
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If you need a hand give me a shout, im no guru but I tinker. Thanks Mr W, one will oblige when one sits there and ones hair is turning many shades of grey! There was a time when we got computer mags for £1.50, with much more interesting, programmer related stuff. Oh aye... Even the likes of PC Floormat's DVD comes with nowt decent on it, and most of the free stuff has been on since day one. And when they proclaim "150 pounds worth of free photo editing software", or something, you look and find its been made by some Johnny-who? company that writes bog standard software for device manufacturers, is a version behind the apparent newest version, and they then take the piss by adding the trail version of the newest version to the DVD with a discount code. Compared to back in the day, I always looked forward to Amstrad Actions cover tape, it was very rare I was disappointed, from decent PD games, type-ins on the tape, full software (With the 3D Construction Kit being my fave), I just loved plopping my tape in and loading up the goodies! Dabz -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 15:22 | |
rockford
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The Amstrad Action cover tapes were genuinely pretty good, month after month. Those were the days.
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 15:33 | |
spinal
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Commodore Format cover tapes! 1 or 2 full games, either commercial or indie, 2 or 3 game demos... a good read, all for something lie £1.35 or something like that.
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 15:35 | |
Jayenkai
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I own two (count em, two!) Amiga Cover CDs!! One from Amiga Format, the other CU Amiga. You would not believe the amount of crap they threw onto those things, to pad out the CDs. It's like an entire PD library on a single disk! Awesome amounts of stuff!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 15:39 | |
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"Got to the checkout... Putting all the guff through, then the magazine beeped through... 6 sodding quid... SIX English snots... " It is pricey. Over here in the US it's 13.95 + tax. Very outrageous. Some of the articles are interesting but It's just enough to get you started and the last time I looked not nearly enough to guide you into using Linux permanently. Great Technical mag though. -=-=- DNA |
| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 17:05 | |
JL235
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and they claim Linux is 'free' ...
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 17:08 | |
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Jayenkai
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It's Freemium!!
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 17:22 | |
steve_ancell
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I still don't understand what that means. 
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 17:25 | |
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Jayenkai
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Freemium is one of those new-fangled marketing terms. Games are "free", but with extra juicy bits that you have to pay for. ie, if Microsoft did it, you'd get Windows for free, but you'd have to pay for the close buttons. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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| Tue, 19 Mar 2013, 17:32 | |
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steve_ancell
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Ah!, now I get what it means. Thanx Jay.
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| Wed, 20 Mar 2013, 03:05 | |
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waroffice
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I have a ton of Linux format magazines, While my subscription is still active I can download PDF versions? Any requests? It is expensive though. Didnt mind the £13 for 6 issues subscription but I just didnt read them all. I have some still in their wrappers.
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| Wed, 20 Mar 2013, 04:28 | |
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Dabz
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Oh, if them PDF's are going, ill have them, see if i can get them on my kindle, worth a browse! Dabz -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
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