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Crowdfunded Linux Voice Magazine Releases First Issue CC-BY-SA

Posted by timothy on from the different-models-can-all-work dept.

M-Saunders (706738) writes Linux Voice, the crowdfunded GNU/Linux magazine that Slashdot has covered previously, had two goals at its launch: to give 50% of its profits back to the community after one year, and release each issue's contents under the Creative Commons after nine months. Well, it's been nine months since issue 1, so the whole thing is now online and free to share. Readers and supporters have also made audio versions of articles, for listening to on the commute to work.

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  1. Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here we go again, /. at its worst.
    A 116 page CC licensed magazine with dozens of articles, and our comments?
    That their format sucks, that it's out of date, that there is a smell spelling error on page 87, and so on.
    Way to go guys and gals, a fine example of what /. appears to be all about.

  2. Re:9 months? by MacTO · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps it is a good idea to read Linux Voice before commenting upon it's value, simply based upon the merit that it is a magazine.

    While certain aspects of a magzine do go out-of-date quickly, others don't. Nine month old news, not so great. Nine month old reviews are okay. They'll introduce you to a product, even if some information is outdated. Nine old month tutorials can be useful.

    Magazines do have merits other than content. The flow of information is more paced. Reading the news daily (or even hourly) means that you are more likely to run into redundant details across multiple articles. It also means that there is less time to write comprehensive stories, verify details, and edit the material. I'm not saying that they're perfect, but you really have to wonder about the quality of a lot of the online media when they publish as much a day as a magazine publishes in a month. Actually, I don't have to wonder. I've gone to many sites where the articles range from terrible to excellent, primarily because the authors range from terrible to excellent. Yet they won't cut the terrible authors because it's more important to have a continuous stream of updates than it is to invest in quality.