I've subscribed to Linux Journal since late '98 and I've read Linux
Magazine and Maximum Linux from their inception. I recently got
subscriptions to them both (cheaper than picking them up each month from
Barnes & Nobel)
LJ is still the king. At 2x the size of the others, it simply has room for
more content. Content which, IMHO, is written by people who have been
involved with the Unix/Linux community over a longer period of time. It's
almost like having "Linux Old Timers" (if that term is even possible...Unix
Old Timers would be more accurate) talking to you. People like Doc Searls
and Phil Hughes and maddog. I get a fell that the people at LJ are all
"Linux People" and have been for quite some time, not people who happen to
work at a Linux mag.
LinMag has quality people writing for it, (Aeleen Frisch, Randall Schwartz,
and Bill McCarty all do regular columns...John Udell contributes
often...Matt "LDP, you probably read my book to install Linux" Welsh is a
Sr. Editor,good interviews and content overall), but at 1/2 the size for
the same cover/subscription price, LJ wins out. LinMag is like talking to
the new, but really talented Linux Experts. Maybe even some Linux old
timers, but not the Unix Old Timers Who Came To Linux that LJ has. They
may do a better job than anyone of catering to both Newbie and Vet (good
spread in their regular columns)
I picked up MaxLin because subscribe to MaxPc and always liked their
entertaining, irreverent editorial style. They've got decent content, but
it's kind of thin as magazines go. I recognize almost none of their usual
cast as Linux Luminaries/Long-Term Advocates (but that could be my
ignorance...). I like the mag, but it definitely smacks of "Hey, Linux is
hot! We at Imagine media can put out an additional magazine pretty
easily. Why don't we take the Sr. Editor from MaxPC and make him the EIC
at MaxLin!" The bi-monthly schedule sucks (get 6 issues for the price of
12), but they do include a CD, a boon for people with slower connections.
Magazines are one of my few vices, and I figured out recently that with $5
cover prices ($8 if you want the CD), a couple off the shelf=subscription
money spent, so I started subscribing.
I'd also like to hear anyone else's takes on this topic. Part of the
reason I subscribed to them all is because I had the same question Ron did.
At 11:37 AM 1/27/01 -0600, you wrote:
>On a lighter note, since we brought up the lack of Storm in Linux
>magazines, I was wondering what people on this list were reading.
>
>I've been a subscriber to Linux Journal for several years. While I have
>liked it (and it is getting better over time) I haven't kept track of
>the other magazines that are out now.
>
>Has anyone done a comparison?
>
>Ron
> ./.
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