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   RonB to rbowman   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   31 Jan 26 01:41:42   
   
   From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-30, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:35:06 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> There were a few of those Linux magazines. I'm guessing they're either   
   >> dead or limping badly as the Internet has pretty much killed them.   
   >   
   > I think there are a couple left. The B&N brick'n'mortar store is next to   
   > the gym so I check it out every year or so. Their tech section was   
   > whittled down to one shelf, but some of the mags are still around.   
   >   
   > I wonder how long magazines in general will last. The NRA rag, 'American   
   > Rifleman' is going digital with some sort of hardcopy 4 times a year. Many   
   > have went full digital.   
      
   I know. Reading an e-Magazine is just not the same. Newspapers as well. The   
   ones have survived have gotten ridiculously thin.   
      
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