[olug] Fwd: IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM LINUX JOURNAL, LLC.

Fri Aug 9 11:49:53 CDT 2019

I did manage to grab the Deep DIve E-book.

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:17 AM Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> Ironically I had been looking for a simple task to brush up on Python
> programming, so I thought I'd setup a recurring script to download the PDF
> versions of the magazine into my GDrive and store locally.
>
> I guess I can still do that, but the "running monthly" feature is not
> necessary anymore. :(
>
> Dan
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 6:47 PM Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes it does.    I hope they release some of the back issues.....
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:27 AM Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, this sucks ...again...
> > >
> > > DanL
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > From: Linux Journal <subs at linuxjournal.com>
> > > Date: Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 8:44 PM
> > > Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM LINUX JOURNAL, LLC.
> > > To: DAN at LINDER.ORG <DAN at linder.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > The Awkward Goodbye
> > > [image: Subscribe Now]
> > >
> > >
> > > *IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM LINUX JOURNAL, LLC:*
> > >
> > > *On August 7, 2019 Linux Journal shut its doors for good. All staff
> were
> > > laid off and the company is left with no operating funds to continue in
> > any
> > > capacity. The web site will continue to stay up for the next few weeks,
> > > hopefully longer for archival purposes if we can make it happen.*
> > >
> > > *–Linux Journal, LLC*
> > >
> > > *
> > >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
> > >
> > > *Final Letter from the Editor: The Awkward Goodbye*
> > >
> > > by Kyle Rankin
> > >
> > > Have you ever met up with a friend at a restaurant for dinner, then
> after
> > > dinner you both step out to the street and say a proper goodbye, only
> > when
> > > you leave, you find out that you both are walking in the same
> direction?
> > So
> > > now, you get to walk together awkwardly until the true point where you
> > > part, and then you have another, second goodbye, that's much more
> > awkward.
> > >
> > > That's basically this post.
> > >
> > > So, it was almost two years ago that I first said goodbye to *Linux
> > > Journal*
> > > and the *Linux Journal* community in my post "So Long and Thanks for
> All
> > > the Bash <https://linuxjournal.cmail19.com/t/j-l-mhjkdyd-jrhdlhhdq-r/
> >".
> > > That post was a proper goodbye. For starters, it had a catchy title
> with
> > a
> > > pun. The post itself had all the elements of a proper goodbye: part
> > > retrospective, part "Thank You" to the *Linux Journal* team and the
> > > community, and OK, yes, it was also part rant. I recommend you read (or
> > > re-read) that post, because it captures my feelings about losing *Linux
> > > Journal* way better than I can muster here on our awkward second
> goodbye.
> > >
> > > Of course, not long after I wrote that post, we found out that *Linux
> > > Journal* wasn't dead after all! We all actually had more time together
> > and
> > > got to work fixing everything that had caused us to die in the first
> > place.
> > > A lot of our analysis of what went wrong and what we
> > > intended to change was captured in my article "What *Linux Journal's*
> > > Resurrection Taught Me about the FOSS Community
> > > <https://linuxjournal.cmail19.com/t/j-l-mhjkdyd-jrhdlhhdq-y/>" that we
> > > posted in our 25th anniversary issue.
> > >
> > > So we set to work and things were starting to look very promising. One
> of
> > > the changes I was particularly excited about was our expanded Deep Dive
> > > section in each issue. This "long-form journalism" approach to
> technical
> > > writing was something pretty special in the technical world and coming
> > from
> > > someone who wrote a few Deep Dives of his own, there was something very
> > > freeing in knowing you could truly give a topic justice without
> > artificial
> > > constraints on page length. You, the readers, and also new writers
> > > responded, and you could feel the new life and new energy in each
> issue.
> > > After dying and being revived, it was finally starting to look like
> some
> > > day soon we would be able to walk on our own.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, we didn't get healthy enough fast enough, and when we
> > found
> > > out we needed to walk on our own strength, we simply couldn't. So here
> we
> > > are giving our second, much more awkward, goodbye. What happens now? We
> > > gave each other a proper hug during the first goodbye, do we hug again
> > this
> > > time? Do we do the hand-shake-that-turns-into-a-single-arm-hug thing?
> Do
> > we
> > > just sort of wave and smile?
> > >
> > > It wouldn't be right to say goodbye without acknowledging the wonderful
> > > *Linux
> > > Journal* community we have been blessed with who have stuck with us
> > > throughout the years and encouraged so much during our first goodbye.
> To
> > > quote from my own recounting of that time:
> > >
> > > Ultimately, we couldn't keep the lights on. *Linux Journal* announced
> > that
> > > it was shutting down on December 1, 2017. I followed up that
> announcement
> > > with an emotional farewell of my own. If you read that farewell, you'll
> > see
> > > that somewhere in the middle it changed from a memoir into a manifesto.
> > My
> > > sadness at seeing something I had worked on for ten years going away
> was
> > > replaced by anger that the Linux community had seemed to lose its way.
> I
> > > lost my way. I took Linux and FOSS for granted. It became clearer than
> > ever
> > > to me that while Linux and FOSS had won the battle over the tech
> giants a
> > > decade before, new ones had taken their place in the meantime, and we
> > were
> > > letting them win. Although I had written and spoken about Linux and
> FOSS
> > > for years, and used it personally and professionally, I felt like I
> > hadn't
> > > done enough to support this thing I cared about so much. The death of
> > > *Linux
> > > Journal* was a major factor in my decision to put my money where my
> mouth
> > > was, quit my job, and join Purism so I could work full-time helping to
> > > forward this cause.
> > >
> > > So yeah, I took the news pretty hard. We all took the news pretty hard,
> > but
> > > where I had just lost a freelance writing gig, all of the core *Linux
> > > Journal* team had just lost their full-time jobs. It was a difficult
> > time,
> > > yet we also were flooded with so much support from you, our readers.
> Some
> > > people contacted us just to tell us how much they loved the magazine
> and
> > > how sorry they were to see it go. Others offered to pay more for their
> > > subscriptions if that would somehow help. Others still contacted us to
> > see
> > > if they could develop a fundraising program to keep the magazine
> alive. I
> > > can't stress how much this incredible outpouring of support helped all
> of
> > > us during this difficult time. Thank you.
> > >
> > > So yes, thank you for sticking by us. We truly did everything we could
> to
> > > make this a success, and I'm so sorry it didn't work out. On a personal
> > > note, thank you to the rest of the *Linux Journal* team. Not being able
> > to
> > > work with all of you and chat with you is going
> > > to be the hardest part of all of this by far.
> > >
> > > If you want to keep in touch, you can find me at
> > > https://social.librem.one/@kyle on Mastodon and
> > > https://twitter.com/@kylerankin
> > > on Twitter.
> > >
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