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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best Linux user magazine, April 7, 2008
This is, in my view, the best "using Linux" magazine on the market. There's a lot of information in each issue, it's an entertaining read, and the coverage is broad enough that you're likely to learn a fair amount if you read it cover to cover.
The quality is sometimes uneven, though. The "Roundup" feature, in particular, has of late used such narrow review criteria that it feels like looking through a keyhole. The all white male editorial staff that they seem to have settled on can be annoying as well. As others have pointed out, though, the biggest negative to this magazine is the fact that it's only available in paper form with an accompanying DVD and, outside of the UK, an astonishing subscription price. I'd love to keep getting it, but have a hard time justifying to myself a subscription price that's now north of $15 US per issue. When we start talking that kind of money I'd think that I'd rather donate it to open source projects.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great magazine, HORRIBLE PRICING!!, July 20, 2007
There are several Linux magazines out there, but this one, Linux Format is probably #1, Linux Pro Magazine is probably #2. However, they are priced ridiculously high...about $150 to $200 per year!!! NOT BEGINNER FRIENDLY!!
It is more than about time the Linux FORMAT started offering subscriptions without the DVDs or even better - an online .PDF version to lower the costs. Until then, I will stick with the MANY online resources and FREE online magazines out there.
Linux is about freedom and being advanced...being cutting edge and thinking outside the box, yet Linux Format continues to "stay the course" and only offer a subscription with DVD. The magazines pile up, the DVDs never see the light of day (how many distros can you possibly test drive in a year for God's sake???) and your money gets wasted.
As far as I am concerned and as much as I love the writing behind Linux Format, I think the executive people behind it are ripping us all off.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Linux Magazine Available, September 7, 2009
I've purchased several Linux magazines over the years and find myself coming back to Linux Format time and again, from the bookstore even, regardless of the the price. But what people I don't think realize is that the magazine is not published in the US. Its published in Britain and is sold primarily there. So when its sold in the states it is, unfortunately, subject to the current exchange rate.
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