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Ricey · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:31 pm Post subject: LXF 72

Got my latest edition yesterday, another fine job Smile

Am definately gonna try InitNG, Halving the boot time, thats for me!!!

And QT4 looks interesting, will have read it cover to cover before the days out!

Thanks again,

Dave

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linuxgirlie · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject: RE: LXF 72

How early to you get the latest mag if you are subscription? I feel left out Sad

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overflow · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject: RE: LXF 72

I must have had mine nearly a week already.
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linuxgirlie · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject: RE: LXF 72

awwwwwwwwwwww, is there any karoshi in it?
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towy71 · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject: RE: LXF 72

I had mine delivered on Friday too
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Marrea · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject:

I got mine on Thursday 15th.

Any other magazine I have had on subscription has usually arrived at least two or three days after I have seen copies on the newsagents shelves, so to get LXF roughly a week early is fantastic and is one reason why I shall continue subscribing. Very Happy

My husband spent some considerable time on Friday afternoon fitting a larger letter box to our front door because the original one was too small to take the mag with its accompanying cardboard and I had to keep making trips to the post office to collect it. I thought I'd really wind him up by announcing "oh, didn't I tell you? I'm not going to get that magazine any more" Very Happy

- but thought better of it. I didn't fancy getting whacked over the head with the old letter box.

Rhakios · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject:

tealc · Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:08 pm Posts: 7

No mag. yet !!! One of the reasons I subscribed was because I thought that I would get them early !

Nigel · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:10 am Post subject:

tealc · Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:08 pm Posts: 7

Nigel, No it isn't my first issue, unfortunately I didn't subscribe through LXF but with "myfavouritemagazines.co.uk" who don't really seem to have their act together, their entire database was down a whole week when I first subscribed there !

nelz · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:

tealc · Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:08 pm Posts: 7

I have moved from Chulak to to Atlantis so the mail is even later here Laughing

I got issuse 72 today, that's nearly a week an half after some people ! I doubt that there is much I can do about that.

kevanf1 · LXF regular Joined: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:34 pm Posts: 125

Try subscribing to Fortean Times.. sometimes it just does not arrive at all Sad

or the milkman brings it (I kid you not).

PerlBoy · Joined: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:34 pm Posts: 1

Congratulations on getting better. Each month it is a superb read.
InitNG is a wonderful find.
Rise&Fall was good and Meeks interview excellent.
Roundup is worth the coverprice alone (although did prefer the style of the previous file managers one for some reason).
Emacs tutorial is sometimes hard work, but worth the effort.
Brilliant Perl tutorial as always
Complaints - In the whole magazine I have only three.
Bad cover this month. Took me far too long to see that it was a tobogan and not a rocket going the other way.
What happened to the UKUUG conference? Did anyone actually go? Yes I am sure expenses to USA justifies lots of copy, but what happened at Swansea? We get told where it was, that there was a lot of chat (twice) and it was a success. Why? Any photos apart from the beach?
Drop the "Nick says.." boxes. They are annoying! Enough for me to not resubscribe which would be a disaster for me. Does he really feel so insecure in his job that he has to add quotes to be seen doing something. Opening column good - Nick Says Very VERY bad.

Rhakios · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject:

To be fair to Nick (for a change), it isn't simply "Nick says...", opinions by a variety of regular contributors are given. So, on page 29 of the latest issue we have "Paul says..." about QT4, and again on page 58 about launching KDE apps, then "Graham says..." on page 61, etc.. However I would agree that they are largely superfluous, often simply emphasising a point made in the article.
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