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I think you'll find that Tux has turned up it's toes. The web site is up and running but the last magazine on there was some time the beginning of last year. It was a great mag, unbeatable for newbies and probably still worth looking through the old issues, bearing in mind that they are a bit outdated. I've only been running Linux for about 9 months so I'm still a newbie but I love Linux Format. I've looked at the others and there is nothing else out there to touch it, but it has it's faults. Next issue will be interesting as they've said they're improving their pages on basics. On the subject of newbies, I noticed the bit this week about finding out what memory you have by running lshw -C memory in a terminal. When I tried it I got "command not recognised". I thought "How can this be? Surely Bash has a fixed set of commands." This was in Mepis so I tried it in Edubuntu which I also have loaded at the moment and it worked as it should. After kicking it around a bit (and the cat) I read my Linux Pocket Guide to find that Bash also runs applications as well as it's internal command structure, and lshw is an application. Installed by default in Edubuntu but not in Mepis. And, of course, we are told to open applications from a terminal all the time so it should have been blindingly obvious. Shouldn't it? I installed lshw in Mepis, gave the cat some salmon and peace is restored. It explains some funny results I've had doing other things as instructed by Linux Format and this list etc. etc. George On Friday 15 February 2008, Paul Sutton wrote: > I think tux magazine fits the bill for new users > *http://www.tuxmagazine.com/ > > *I am sure we could contribute to this in some way, its also free (I > think). > * > *Paul > > -- > > Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format > as used by openoffice.org, http:///www.openoffice.org > > visit us on IRC - irc.flashtek-uk.com / 6667 #dclug > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version 3.1 > GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- > O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- > DI! D++ G e H! r! z? > > -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html