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"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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I recently did an e-mail interview, in the guise of Editor of <I>Linux
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Gazette</I>, for
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the Italian Edition of <I>Linux Gazette</I>. I know it sounds strange,
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but the Italian edition is basically our <I>LG</I> with a few additions
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such as this interview. (I really wasn't interviewing myself.)
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The questions were presented to me by Francesco De Carlo, a member of the
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faculty of Computer Science at University of BARI, Italy and the Director
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of the Italian Edition of <I>Linux Gazette</I>, which can be found at
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<A HREF="http://www.media.it/LUGBari/index.html">http://www.media.it/LUGBari/index.html</A>.
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-- Marjorie L. Richardson, Editor
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<H2>LGEI Interviews the <i>Linux Gazette</i> Editor</H2>
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<H4>By Francesco De Carlo,
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<A HREF="mailto:fdecarlo@mailbox.media.it">fdecarlo@mailbox.media.it</A></H4>
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<b>Francesco</b>: When and why did SSC decide to publish <I>Linux Gazette</I> in the
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current version? Originally, <I>LG</I> was edited only as an extra-curricular
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activity by John M. Fisk.
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<b>Margie</b>: During the summer of 1996, John Fisk decided he no longer had the time to
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keep <I>Linux Gazette</I> up in the fashion it deserved. <I>LG</I> had become very
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popular, and readers were wanting it to come out on regular monthly basis.
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Between school and work, John just didn't have time to do this, so he put
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out feelers looking for someone to take it over. We responded and he
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accepted us as the right people to continue <I>LG</I>.
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<b>Margie</b>: SSC responded to John because we had always felt that <I>Linux Gazette</I> was a
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worthy and necessary asset to the Linux community. We did not want to see
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it either go away or be taken over by someone who would turn it into a
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commercial enterprise. We promised John that <I>LG</I> would remain free and it
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has.
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<b>Francesco</b>: What kind of relationship does the <I>LG</I> have with his
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"big brother" <I>Linux
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Journal</I>? Some exchanges of articles, writers, ...?
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<b>Margie</b>: Yes, <I>Linux Gazette</I> and <I>Linux Journal</I> do a lot of
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sharing. As of February 1
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of this year, I am Editor of both<I> Linux Journal</I> and <I>Linux Gazette</I>. Every
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month we use an article from <I>LG</I> in <I>Linux Journal</I>, and occasionally, I will
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use articles from <I>LJ</I> in <I>LG</I>--usually those about conferences and other
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events surrounding Linux. And yes, I have authors who write for both
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magazines, most notably the regular contributors of columns to <I>LG</I>:
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Larry Ayers, John Fisk and Michael Hammel. <I>Linux Gazette</I>'s
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Answer Guy, Jim Dennis, has done an interview with Stronghold's Sameer
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Parekh, which will be appearing in the August issue of <I>Linux Journal</I>.
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<b>Francesco</b>: Are authors wishing to write for <I>LG</I> contacted by you or do they
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send articles to you? That is: do you prepare a list of the
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subjects that will be discussed in the next issue of <I>LG</I>, or can users
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send you any article, on any topic?
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<b>Margie</b>: <I>LG</I> is managed very casually; authors can send me articles on any topic and
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I will include them. Whatever comes in during the month goes in the next
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issue. There is no focus other than Linux. Also, I do not edit the
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articles; they are posted just as the authors send them.
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<b>Francesco</b>: Are you alone in producing <I>LG</I>? Or do you have a real
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"editorial office"
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with real "editors" and "reporters"? If yes, how do you make it
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function?
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<b>Margie</b>: I have no real editors or reporters to help. I depend on outside
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authors in the Linux community to
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make their contributions, and the wonderful thing is, they do. Some months
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I have more material than others (January was really packed), but I've
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never been short. I have gotten a lot of help with graphics and HTML from
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SSC's webmaster, Michael Montoure. Beginning this month, I have a new
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assistant, Amy Kukuk, who will be helping out by doing the <I>News
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Bytes</I> column and perhaps more.
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<b>Francesco</b>: What are your plans for the near future? Introducing a new <I>LG</I> with a renewed
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graphic look, new articles and so on?
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<b>Margie</b>: I intend to continue posting <I>Linux Gazette</I> each month
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and promoting it
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wherever I can. I feel it is even more of an asset than ever to both new and
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experienced Linux users.
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<b>Margie</b>: Our look seems to change periodically. With the March issue, we dropped the
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spiral that caused so many problems. Michael is inventive, and we mainly
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add things as we come up with them.
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<b>Margie</b>: We have two new columns that will be appearing regularly,
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"The Answer Guy"
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by Jim Dennis, and "Clueless at the Prompt, A Column for New
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Users", by
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Mike List. Both columns are good for new users looking for help.
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<b>Margie</b>: <I>Linux Gazette</I> is free for the readers,
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but is not free for SSC. To help defray the publishing cost, <I>LG</I> has begun
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accepting sponsors. A small acknowledgment of these sponsors will be made
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on the Front Page. Our first sponsor is InfoMagic--our thanks to them for
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their help.
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<b>Francesco</b>: What do you think about our LGEI? Is it a good idea and, above all, can
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it help Italian Linux users to better understand this OS?
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<b>Margie</b>: I think LGEI is wonderful! It'a great way to spread the word about Linux to
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all Italy. With our regular columns and articles, as well as all the tips
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and tricks people send us, I feel LGEI is an invaluable
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resource to Italian Linux users, just as our English version is to Linux
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users worldwide.
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<center><H5>Copyright © 1997, Francesco De Carlo <BR>
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Published in Issue 16 of the Linux Gazette, April 1997</H5></center>
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