Re: Linux Journal Ceases Publication

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

I was commenting a few days before this news hit that Linux is now so
ubiquitous that it seems to be boring to most people.  Attendance at
LUGs is lower overall than it was 20 years ago, even though we have more
users and more to talk about than ever.

On Sat, Dec 02, 2017 at 11:34:43PM -0600, Don Parth wrote:
> Yesterday, instead of getting my monthly link to download the latest issue,
> I got an email announcing that after producing 283 issues, it was the end
> of the line for Linux Journal.  Short story, no more money.  No December
> issue.
> 
> Linux Journal was one of the first magazines devoted to Linux, starting in
> 1994.  I've subscribed to it since February 1995.  LJ went all digital in
> 2011 because there wasn't enough money to pay for printing.  I watched the
> number of advertisers shrink to a handful.  But LJ kept going, providing
> quality articles focusing on Linux and FOSS software, and being a voice
> advocating for Linux, Open Source and open standards.  I for one will miss
> that voice.
> 
> Food for thought:
> Kyle Rankin (long-time LJ author) says, "One thought that has stuck with me
> since I got the news that Linux Journal was shutting down is just how
> _different_ the Linux community as a whole is today compared to when I
> started the column ten years ago, much less when I started using Linux
> twenty years ago. ... these days everyone's pockets are full of proprietary
> apps that we justify because they sit on top of a bit of Open Source
> software at the bottom of the stack. ... Linux has become the vegetable we
> batter in proprietary software and deep fry--sure more people will eat it
> that way but it's not nearly as good for you. Over time we've all started
> eating our vegetables that way and it's made our community unhealthy."
> 
> Linux as a deep fried battered vegetable?

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