Tux Magazine

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Front cover of issue #20
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Tux magazine was Linux magazine aimed at Linux Desktop end users. Tux's mission is to help Linux take over the desktop market. Tux is not a print magazine: each issue is delivered digitally as a PDF. On January 1, 2007, the publisher announced that the December 2006 issue was the last for the moment, because financial and other issues have required re-evaluation of how to best serve the reader community.[1]

Contents

[edit] The contents

TUX Magazine contains HOWTO-type articles which help new Linux users to use their Linux system in their everyday life. The magazine also had reviews of Open Source distributions and software/hardware products aimed at end users. In this, TUX is different to many other Linux Magazines which normally focus on a much more experienced audience. TUX Magazine elected to focus primarily on the KDE desktop because KDE is seen as being more comfortable for computer novices and newcomers to Linux. In addition, a survey showed that many more newcomers used KDE than GNOME. TUX Magazine has been criticised for focussing on KDE, and being critical of GNOME. The bulk of the criticism can be found in editorial style columns such as Mango Parfait's. Mango's column should be taken as provocative humor.

[edit] The publisher

TUX was created by SSC Media Corporation, founded in 1983. Other products of SSC Media Corporation include ITGarage.com, LinuxJournal.com, and the international print magazine, Linux Journal (the first magazine about Linux). It is now owned by TUX Media, Ltd.

[edit] Other PDF-based Publications

While these magazines share the PDF delivery method, they are not for newcomers to Linux.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hughes, Phil (2007-01-01). No more TUX. Retrieved on February 28, 2007.
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