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Hey guys,

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I went into my local CNA today and I was surprised to see a LinuxFormat magazine! I grabbed it immediately (the staff must have thought I'd take it and run :oops: ) only to realise it was a UK version! :evil:

Is there any chance of an SA version? The UK version costs R150 cos it's imported. It's basically the same as PCF with cover dvd except it's for Linux. I know the SA version will probably be a UK version regurgatated, but that's OK so long as the price drops to the PCF-SA price.

I know PCF-SA has been trying to appease the local Linux market but their and Net+ attempts are best described as feeble. :x

What with a lack of knowledge that even a "beginner" like I am appalled at, I'd much rather have the UK version regurgatated than no version at all.

I didn't buy the UK version because of said price, however I was pleased by what I saw. And I'm sure the dvd was chock-ful of linux apps in repository format! Not just .rpms like in PCF-SA. :roll:

Don't these people realise that this is'nt deepest darkest Africa? Don't they realise that there are many of us who'd pay good money for LinuxFormat-SA?

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What do you guys think?
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never heard of this..................please one of you rich people sponsor pcformat to make one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Cameron_Losco »

On of the major problems with doing something like this is cost. Finding advertisers is a bit of a problem and if we dont have advertisers then we will have to charge a fortune for the magazine.
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Post by Azriel »

I got the December issue, I must say, it's actually really cool! I would definitely buy it!

Besides for adverts that are specificly meant for the windows platform, can't you get the same adverts? i.e. Hardware, internet access adds, some games like UT2004 & NWN (basically the Atari ones), stuff like that? Maybe Novell would be so kind as to sponser.... anyone know someone at Novell?
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I vote YES PLEASE
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