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

Tue Aug 13 09:20:44 CDT 2019

I used the ancient "Monkey Fu" (ie: clicking repeatedly) to save off all 
the PDFs. Digital PDF only covers Apr-2005 through Aug-2019 and the 
Mobi/ePub only goes through Sep-2011. I also grabbed all the GeekGuide 
PDFs.

After everything is shown to be kaput I will see about putting up the PDFs 
on a LinuxGrill archive of at least the LinuxJournal. The GeekGuides I may 
need to quickly check the copyright. Let me know in the meantime.

mgm

On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Dan Linder wrote:

> For what it's worth, I replied to the email and got an auto-reply:
>
> 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.
>
> LinuxJournal.com/digital will be made available shortly for access to all
> back issues.
>
> ?Linux Journal, LLC
>
> It looks like the LinuxJournal.com/digital site is up - anyone with
> scripting and web scraping skill want to download and save the
> PDF+Mobi+ePub files in suitably named folders/files?
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 12:25 PM Matthew G. Marsh <olug4mgm at paktronix.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Upon reading the editorial missive and realizing that all the past
>> issues/archives/ebooks are open and available I surmise that their
>> contract for the Website runs through the end of August and that this is a
>> thinly veiled hint to mirror the site and grab all the goodies...
>>
>> Anyone have this done? Or in process? I found out to my chagrin that times
>> have changed and my OpenSSL is no longer able to talk HTTPS to these
>> sites... eh, oh well, maybe see about upgrading and recompiling.
>>
>> Sad to see this one go. But on the bright side it does show how Linux has
>> grown to be the "Unix" with all the attendant multiple sub-specialties,
>> methods, partisan choruses, and {gadz,b,m}illions of version and
>> distributions. So a single magazine devoted to the "whole" of Linux has
>> little commonality from which to proceed.
>>
>> Personally I am very glad I chose to play with the little freebie I found
>> on an Engineering BBS rather than buy a copy of Coherent. It has made a
>> world of difference.
>>
>> As an aside - Coherent was "open sourced" in 2015 - about 20 years after
>> the company producing it closed it doors. ;-}
>>
>> RIP LJ
>>
>> mgm
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Aug 2019, Dan Linder wrote:
>>
>>> Hopefully like last time they will open up the links to the back-catalog
>> of
>>> issues in PDF/eBook/Mobi format as well as some of the other eBooks they
>>> produced.
>>>
>>> The last time they went out of business they explicitly said that we
>> could
>>> share back copies of those files with fellow enthusiasts, and at one of
>> the
>>> meetups I did share the archive I manually made.  Definitely doing that
>>> again to appease my digital pack-rat side, but if it turns out the do
>> that
>>> again I'll update my archive.
>>>
>>> If I hear anything I'll keep the list informed.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:50 AM Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [image: Facebook]
>>>>>>> <https://linuxjournal.cmail19.com/t/j-l-mhjkdyd-jrhdlhhdq-j/>
>>>> [image:
>>>>>>> Twitter] <
>>>> https://linuxjournal.cmail19.com/t/j-l-mhjkdyd-jrhdlhhdq-t/>
>>>>>>> [image:
>>>>>>> YouTube] <
>>>> https://linuxjournal.cmail19.com/t/j-l-mhjkdyd-jrhdlhhdq-i/>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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> "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch,
>  you must first invent the universe."
>  -- Carl Sagan
>
> "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
>    (Who can watch the watchmen?)
>    -- from the Satires of Juvenal
>
> "I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them."
>    -- Isaac Asimov (Author)
> ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* *****************
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