Linux Magazine

[goude]

Why Linux magazine is so expensive? (£7)

[techieMoe]

Doesn't it come with a DVD or something? Packing those in with every print magazine can't be cheap. I just assumed the reason they're expensive over here (USA) is that they're imported.

[goude]

Yeah you may be right but DVD's are not always included. I think is the kind of magazine that the company buys and then everyone can read it.

I hope they reduce the price a bit.

[techieMoe]

Yeah you may be right but DVD's are not always included. I think is the kind of magazine that the company buys and then everyone can read it.

I hope they reduce the price a bit.

I'm not sure what the current exchange rate is, but in the states most of these Linux mags cost between $8-15USD. I'd certainly buy more of them if they weren't so expensive, but I don't know if that's possible with the imported ones from the UK.

[daacosta]

I stopped buying linux magazines because:

1. The DVD is almost always outdated
2. I can gather the information I need by surfing the web

I do have a collection of Linux magazines that are equivalent to porn to me and I still peruse them from time to time...

[techieMoe]

I do have a collection of Linux magazines that are equivalent to porn to me and I still peruse them from time to time...

Brings new meaning to "Debian Woody."

[bigtomrodney]

I was a long time buyer of Linux Format but I gave up after I got broadband. I had intended to continue buying it but I just found all of the news was at least a month old and the CDs/DVDs began to be remastered or customised to fit together. This frequently left me without certain packages. Once I started depending on package managers with online repositories this all seemed redundant.

It's still a good magazine but I think I'd be buying it to support them, not for my own benefit.