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On 9/1/07, Patrick C <patrick.pxc.c@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of any good Linux magazines printed and distributed in
> the US available for less than the $15-per-issue that imported European ones
> cost? I really enjoy being able to sit down and read about Free Software in
> a printed format and read the interviews, try the DVDs I never heard of or
> bothered to download, etc., but I can't afford to subscribe to such
> expensive magazines.
> [...] <http://www.sabayonlinux.org/>
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I realize this may be OT ["Off Topic"], that is, the "Forwarded message"
below may not be what you are (/were) looking for, since FSM
("http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/", etc.) is to "paper", as
"print to file" is, to the parenthesized 2nd word "(printed)" in your Subj:
     Good (printed) USA Linux Magazines?
...so, "Read or Toss"; - the choice is yours, use your judgment,
YMMV, try before you buy, swim at own risk, no lifeguard on duty,
all the best, from
((Forwarded by:))
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz@acm.org

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From: chief@freesoftwaremagazine.com <chief@freesoftwaremagazine.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 00:59:14 UT
Subject: FSM newsletter: FSM Newsletter 2 September 2007
To: schwartz@acm.org

FSM Newsletter 2 September 2007

By admin

Hello readers, and welcome once again to Free Software Magazine's
fortnightly newsletter (sorry about the delay!), keeping you up to date with
all things free software... AND the top 10 FSDaily articles for this week!
Enjoy!
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Original story<http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/FSDaily_crosses_1000_user_mark-1/>
Top ten Free Software Daily stories this week

*Microsoft WGA servers down; XP and Vista installs marked as counterfeit*â€"
DRM bites again: the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage servers (which
every XP and Vista install phones home to) all failed sometime earlier
today. read more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/Opposition/Microsoft_WGA_servers_down_XP_and_Vista_installs_marked_as_counterfeit/>

*Why proprietary code is bad for security*â€" Tho Skype is using an
encrypted protocol, it’s still their own, non-disclosed code and property.
So we don’t know what it contains. read
more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/EndUser/Why_proprietary_code_is_bad_for_security/>

*Torvalds confirms there will be no Linux kernel 3.0*â€" According to a new
interview with Linus Torvalds there will be no Linux kernel 3.0 as the great
man himself says there is no need. read
more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/HighEnd/Torvalds_confirms_there_will_be_no_Linux_kernel_3-0/>

*Open Source Contribution - Alternative to Certification?*â€" Today, when
open source projects are so active there is a way to earn yourself a
measurable reputation by doing what you know the best - coding. read
more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/Open_Source_Contribution_-_Alternative_to_Certification-1/>

*Backing Up Your Linux*â€" Backing up your computer is important. Don't be
the sucker who loses important files and has to deal with it afterwards! read
more... <http://www.fsdaily.com/EndUser/Backing_Up_Your_Linux/>

*Public Schools, Open Source Software and Linux*â€" Last school year, I
worked as a technology coordinator for a rural high school in Illinois. In
an attempt to save the school some money, I introduced OpenOffice.org, GIMP,
Firefox, and Thunderbird. read
more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/Industry/Public_Schools_Open_Source_Software_and_Linux/>

*Order out of chaos: Airforce base swithces to Red Hat*â€" Over the course
of 11 months the base switched from using HP Superdome and Sun servers and a
Windows environment which Babb (chief information technology systems
architect) described as “unstable†to “the only vendor out there that
had gone through National Security Agency security" which was Red Hat. read
more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/Industry/Order_out_of_chaos_Airforce_base_swithces_to_Red_Hat/>

*Linux User - You Have The Right To Remain Silent, Anything you say...*â€"
There could come a day when it will be against the law...at least in the
United States to use, possess, advocate or distrubute any Linux Operating
system. read more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/Legal/Linux_User_You_Have_The_Right_To_Remain_Silent_Anything_you_say/>

*Free ATI drivers for Christmas?*â€" Fully-functional video drivers -- ones
capable of handling 3-D acceleration -- remain one of the weak points of
free software. The Free Software Foundation has declared them a
high-priority project. read
more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/EndUser/Free_ATI_drivers_for_Christmas/>

*GPL Violations On Windows Go Unnoticed?*â€" Seems a slashdot reader has
discovered a company using Free Software in their products without complying
to the GPL. It seems they've even deliberately tried to hide those, wrapping
them in dlls. read
more...<http://www.fsdaily.com/Legal/GPL_Violations_On_Windows_Go_Unnoticed/>

*Thanks to dave, mark, achingbaby, kofman, greengrass, anna, Jimbob, and
incinerator for these stories!*
Latest content

*Interview with Jeff Starkweather, Chris Buechler and Scott Ullrich*â€" by
Tony Mobily. "Centipede Networks has recently entered a partnership with BSD
Perimeter to offer commercial support for two important free software
projects, pfSense and m0n0wall..." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/interview_with_jeff_starkweather_chris_buechler_and_scott_ullrich>

*How to use Quake-style terminals on GNU/Linux*â€" by Andrew Min. "We know
all about how powerful the GNU/Linux terminal is...." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/how_to_use_quake-style_terminals_on_GNU_Linux>

*Create your own Live CD in 7 Steps*â€" by Jonathan Roberts. "Knoppix made
live CDs popularâ€"and with good reason too..." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/create_your_own_live_cd_in_7_steps>

*Fighting Megatron: five steps to freedom*â€" by Pieter Hintjens. "The free
software world is being attacked by a large, wealthy, brutal monopolist, who
I'll call "Megatron" for today..." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/fighting_megatron_five_steps_to_freedom>

*Snap happy with free software*â€" by Ryan Cartwright. "It's been said that
for a free software desktop to succeed it needs to address the needs of the
average home user...." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/manage_your_photos_with_digikam>

*Love and war: the Microsoft patent deals*â€" by Chris Mostek. "Few events
have created more fodder for the blogosphere, more fuel for Microsoft
critics and more emotional responses than the Microsoft patent deals with
Novell, Linspire and Xandros..." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/love_and_war_the_microsoft_patent_deals>

*Free software media players*â€" by Robin Monks. "Last year, while running
Ubuntu, I decided I wanted to watch a video, so I opened it up in the
built-in Totem player..." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/media_players>

*Zonbu GNU/Linux computer*â€" by Jeremy Turner. "Zonbu GNU/Linux is a new,
environmentally-friendly, compact PC available from Zonbu..." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/zonbu>

*Linspire: Doomed to failure*â€" by Andrew Min. "Linspire is doomed..." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/linspire_doomed_to_failure>

*Introduction to Firestarter*â€" by Ken Leyba. "Most modern GNU/Linux
distributions are secure with their default minimal installs, whether
desktop or server, while some distributions are designed specifically with
security in mind..." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/introduction_to_firestarter>

*Beware of Skype*â€" by Jabari Zakiya. "On Sunday, August 5, 2007 Bush
signed the revised Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) into law, in
which the U.S. Congress spinelessly caved in and gave legal authority to the
Bush administration to continue to intercept and spy on electronic
communications." read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/beware_of_skype>
Latest book reviews released

*Free/Open Source Software: Network Infrastructure and Security by Gaurab
Raj Upadhyaya* What are computer networks? And where does FLOSS fit in? A
brief but to-the-point slim book, with loads of links, brought out by a
program linked to the United Nations. read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_free_open_source_software-network_infrastructure_and_security>

*Linux Appliance Design by Bob Smith, John Hardin, Graham Phillips, and Bill
Pierce* I am not paranoid... honest, but we are all surrounded, surrounded
by consumer appliances such as wireless network routers, media centers and
even some clever fridges and microwaves. read
more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_reviews_linux_appliance_design>
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