home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   comp.os.linux.advocacy      Torvalds farts & fans know what he ate      164,974 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 164,261 of 164,974   
   RonB to rbowman   
   Re: Gentoo Linux: $10K community donatio   
   31 Jan 26 10:15:31   
   
   From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-31, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:45:55 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> I think they did well, pre-high speed Internet. Online shopping (and   
   >> reading) have pretty much killed a lot of outfits. But it looks like the   
   >> Linux magazines are still around (mostly online, see Vallor's post).   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Shopper_(American_magazine)   
   >   
   > Remember that one? In its later years you could roll it up and beat   
   > someone to death with it when you were through reading it.   
      
   I just mentioned it in my last post. I guess I should have read a little   
   further down. Sorry for the redundancy. I bought that magazine every time it   
   came out (I think monthly.)   
      
   --   
   "Not just insane... Trump insane."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca