4 Jun
2010
4 Jun
'10
12:19 p.m.
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
I don;t think I've ever seen a Linux CD-ROM (or whatever) on its own for
sale in a bookshop over here. There are plenty of linux books that
include a distribution CD-ROM in the back, of course. But there are many
other books that come with a CD-ROM of software, nothing to do with linux
PC-World (A chain of PC shops over here)
certainly used to class Linux as
a book and not an operating system. Why I do not know. I also don't know
if they still do, I've not been in such a shop for many years.
Actually this brings up an interesting point. At bookstores around here you
used to be able to buy Linux distro's even though they wouldn't sell any
other software. BTW, is the UK's chief export periodicals? Also
why are they so much more
interesting than ones published in the US?
Eeek!. Considering that I regard most UK magazines are being pretty
awful, yous must be downright useless :-(
-tony