[Wftl-lug] No more TUX Magazine

[greg.s.larramore at rrd.com]

In the early months of TUX, while it was available for free download, I 
appreciated the PDF format. With a PDF file, I was free to download to my 
laptop and go wherever and read the magazine at my leisure (usually my 
comfy local Caribou Coffee before they offered free wireless internet 
access). Additionally, I have those files burned to CD for future 
reference.

For Tux Zine, perhaps we could use a similar approach, making use of 
Linux-based desktop publishing tools (Scribus, GIMP, Inkscape, etc.), and 
output to PDF.

However, here in the early stages, I think compiling and developing 
content on Christian's wiki (
http://digitaltippingpoint.com/wiki/index.php/TuxZine) is a great idea and 
approach.

Christian, I have not participated in a wiki yet. What will it take for 
myself and others in the group to make use of this tool? Are there any 
rules and guidelines that we should establish as we get this project 
rolling?

Thanks.

Greg







"Charles McColm" <twccomprec at gmail.com>
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> layout for a free magazine and helping with all stages of production 
(for 10
> years now... and have also helped produce a few free newsletters).

Print or web (or both)? If we can get a poll going somewhere it would
help. Anyone remember Boardwatch Magazine? It was a magazine tailored
to Bulletin Board system operators and users. The publisher of that
magazine started it out as a newsletter. It was, in my opinion at
least, one of the best magazines for the technology, and it had a
pretty good run.

> that regard... but if you want something in print as well, I'd advise 
you to
> design for both media right from the start... or you're asking for a lot 
of

That sounds like sensible advice. I always thought both as well, but I
was keeping it open to everyone. It might not make financial sense to
do both in a big way.

> I had to smile Charles when I read what you said about starting a print
> newsletter in 1998 and being out of steam by the third issue. I tried to 
get
> a magazine off the ground myself in 2001 and didn't make it past the 
first
> issue.  Now I can look back on it as a series of valuable lessons, tho 
at

Jack Rickard succeeded with Boardwatch. If things are done sensibly
I'm sure Tux Zine can succeed just as well. The success of having a
big hardware manufacturer offer to fund the magazine has stayed with
me all these years - it was a very satisfying feeling. I did get two
issues out and they did go literally all over the world. Hearing back
from other groups was also quite satisfying, though oddly enough more
people responded to the first issue than the second.
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