Free Software Magazine

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The first issue of Free Software Magazine is out! Free Software Magazine is a new magazine entirely dedicated to free software. It contains quality articles relating to both technical and non-technical issues; all published articles are released under a free license after their publication. The magazine obviously needs subscribers - the more the better. Have a look at it: if you feel like supporting an exciting project, please subscribe to get the printed version at *www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

A pdf version of the first edition is available for download for free at

*www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_01/issue.pdf


--enjoy the freedom

a.m

 

[BONZI]

Thx for the info

 

[amitsaudy]

I m downloading the pdf.
N if what firewall has posted is true ill surely subscribe.
I ll post my view here tommorow.

 

[GNUrag]

Issue 1 Volume 1 of this new magazine has just hit the (cyber)stands. And,
don't be too surprised, you're free to download a copy too of this 78-page
publication. Some of the articles in the first issue:

o File formats; format wars (Marco Fioretti)
File formats: the past, the present, a possible future

o XML: The answer to everything? (Kay Ethier, Scott Abel)
This article weighs the pros and cons of XML for some
applciations (publishing) and explores why it is the
best possible solution for many programming and
publishing needs.

o Free file formats and the future of intellectual
freedom (Terry Hancock)
Information as property may be served by closed
file formats, but the freedom of information
requires free formats.

o Creating the Free Software Magazine (Tony Mobily)
A long path that takes us to the very beginning
of this project.

o Mac OS X: Welcome to the jungle -- a look inside the
Mac OS X software ecology (Chris J Karr)

o The magic of live CDs (Harish Pillay)
What are live CDs, and how do they work?

o Every engineer's checklist for justifying
Free Software. It's not just about 'no licence fees'
(Malcolm D Spence)

o Smarter password management (John Locke)
How to handle your passwords without getting lost

o The content tail wags the IT dog (Daniel James)
Without hardware and software, there would be
nothing for digital media to be created on, or used
with. And yet the content industry attempts to tell
the far larger IT industry what it can and cannot do.

o Motivation and value of free resources. Wikipedia
and Planetmath show the way (Aaron E Klemm)

o It's all about freedom (Christian Einfeldt)
Freedom is free software's competitive advantage.

o The Commons (Dave M Berry)
The Commons as an Idea -- Ideas as a Commons

o Let's not forget our roots (Free Software is not
just about cost or stability; it's a movement that
mustn't forget the principles which made it possible)
Tom Chance.

A PLANT NEEDS WATER TO GROW! Free Software Magazine -- by subscribing you
will be supporting a magazine which believes in Free Software. All our
articles are released under the GNU free documentation license, enhancing
existing information on Free Software.

Download your copy today from *www.freesoftwaremagazine.com
Subscriptions open!

*mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2005-January/002732.html

 

[tuxfan]

Subscription rates are exhorbitant $36 for a year if I opt for only PDF files of each issue Buying Indian magazines from news-stands every month will be cheaper than subscribing to this one :roll:

Anyway, if someone is opting for PDF then please let me know. If there are a few of us who share them, costs will be less

 

[BONZI]

Its a free dl tuxfan (right?). I dont like reading an e-book

 

[tuxfan]

I don't think it is a free download Even if it is, who will sit and download every month? Lets convince Digit guys to give it on their DVD every month. Free distribution is allowed They can give Feb issue in March or April. We don't mind as long as we get to have a look at it

 

[vignesh]

the magazine id good .but the subscibtion price is huge.we can ask digit to put it on the dvd.good idea.

 

[help_me]

thankz

 

[babumuchhala]

Nice Mag

Would only download and read free issues in future.(If they provide free issues)

 

[Babumushayar]

nice magazine

Hi, this is a very nice magazine indeed. thanks for this , i am taking its printout

 

[khin007]

I agee with Tuxfan

I don't think it is a free download Even if it is, who will sit and download every month? Lets convince Digit guys to give it on their DVD every month. Free distribution is allowed They can give Feb issue in March or April. We don't mind as long as we get to have a look at it

 

[khin007]

Please include the pdf version in CD

 

[Charley]

the magazine is not free. It says u have to pay by credit card

 

[tuxfan]

Yes you have to pay for it. But once you pay, you can freely distribute it in the same way as GNU/Linux Its free as in freedom So if Digit pays and gets one copy, it can freely distribute it.

 

[babumuchhala]

^ Ya i think atleast digit can do this much fr its readers.

Team Digit just give us these as pdf in the DVD

 

[cool_dude_prav]

Hope tat TEAM DIGIT reads this and doesa so!!!

 

[firewall]

Issue 2 Released...

Issue 2 of Free Software Magazine is finally out! Download your PDF copy for free from *www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

Contents...

o EDITORIAL / Your part-time job
The trials and tribulations of being a "computer person"

o FOCUS / The history and future of SMTP
by Kirk Strauser
SMTP's adaptation to a hostile Internet

o Filtering spam with postfix
by Kirk Strauser
Effective ways to reduce unwelcome mail

o Mail servers: resolving the identity crisis
by John Locke
How to get Dspam, Postfix, and Procmail to play well together

o TECH WORLD / Poking at ITunes
by Chris J Karr
A developer's guide to the iTunes platform

o Why free IT management tools are gaining traction
by Will Winkelstein
Enterprises are increasingly receptive to free software alternatives for
IT management.

o CASE STUDY: Mythic Beasts
By Tony Mobily
A small company specialised in Linux servers and amazing support

o Interview with Bernhard Reiter at aKademy
by Tom Chance
What we can do to promote the future of free software

o Hard passwords made easy
by John Locke
Creating strong memorable passwords using mnemonic devices and
word lists

o WORD WORLD / The FUD-based Encyclopedia
by Aaron Krowne
Dismantling fear, uncertainity, and doubt, aimed at Wikipedia
and other free knowledge resources.

o Guerrilla marketing
by Tom Chance
Part one: promoting community projects in the marketplace

o A law for free software
by Maureen O'Sullivan
Don't we have enough laws already?

o The Libre Culture Manifesto
by David M Berry, Giles Moss
A manifesto for free/libre culture

o Richard Stallman's blog
by Richard Stallman
Selected entries from Richard's blog (*agia.fsf.org/rms-blog)
from November 2004 to December 2004.

75 PGS * WORLD-CLASS PRINTING, GET-UP * A DOWNLOAD AWAY * unbelievable?


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[techsavvy]

A GOOD MAGAZINE MAN

 

[GNUrag]

I think we can unsticky this thread.