After being away from any sort of technology for the past couple of months I returned to you to finally renew and pay for my sub...
but you're gone, say it isn't so. If my tardiness in renewing/paying was the cause of your demise I am so sorry.
Your articles presented valid and useful information for those of use trying to commit to linux, without 'dumbing' down topics or writing articles that would appeal only to IT experts.
Please make a commitment to people such as myself and I will not be 'late' with my subscription again, ever.
Thank you.

As a paid subscriber, I am disappointed tux is no more (at least for now). But I must admit I was also often disappointed by TUX itself because it focused so much on KDE apps and the KDE UI. I began using linux with mandrake, but when ubuntu came out with the first "real" release I dropped mandrake and never looked back - as many, many others also seem to have done.

Ubuntu is the most popular distro right now and it focuses primarly on gnome. All offer a choice, but it seems the top 5 distributions primarily focus on gnome - so how can you expect to sustain a linux magazine primarily directed at newcomers without focusing on apps and tools deployed by default in the number one distro?

I have just received the March edition of Linux Journal to which I subscribe. On page 10 in the magazine info column it gives details of both print subscriptions and digital subscriptions. If this model works for big brother LJ why can't it work for Tux?

I use Linux because it is a stable SECURE O/S, but I don't know anything about it, I work with applications to make my bread, so I miss TUX a great deal as it explained things in a way I could relate to and understand. I hope TUX returns.

Roy

I have enjoyed TUX since the first issue. It has brought me closer and closer to making a decision to completely replace Windows. I hate to see this valuable resource go.

It would seem to me that the Open Source model for software development might work with an online magazine such as TUX. You could develop a set of standards for authoring articles - allowing anyone with something to share to contribute. Maybe to simplify distribution, articles could be viewed online only - maybe add a printer friendly button for those of us that might want to print to pdf. There would be no need to create monthly issues of the magazine - TUX would simply consist of a continually updated series of articles.

Maybe someone could develop and maintain a list of desired articles - this could come from readers. Authors could potentially sign up to write articles from this list - as open source software developers do with software issues.

Just a few ideas. I hope something can be done to save TUX.

My first reaction at finding no more TUX? Horror!!!! This has to have been the very best mag' on the market. It catered primarily for newcomers (I refuse to say newbie as I hate that word) but also contained good items for seasonsed Linux users.

Maybe you guys could give us some information about plan B? There are no doubt enough people on here reading about the future of TUX who have good business brains. Maybe those people could give some advice on how to best get TUX up and running again?

My personal suggestion would be to solicit a bit more advertising from both the US and the UK (and other countries). I'm sure if you offered competitive rates for advertising space many of the Linux oriented businesses would bite your hand off.

Now, as to those who are moaning about the KDE/Gnome bias... ok, I see your point but I also happen to agree with the authors that KDE is far friendlier to somebody moving over from Windows. On that score I foresee a lot more people wanting an alternative to Microsoft after seeing the pricing strategy for VISTA :-O OH MY GOD!!!! Expensive or what???? Has Bill finally killed that golden goose? I think so..

I first discovered your magazine while trying to get a wireless card workingand found a reference to a very helpful article in one of your early issues. Thanks to the very well written article, I did get the wireless card working, and immediately subscribed to your magazine and downloaded the back issues. Replace "wireless card" with your favorite piece of hardware/software, and I think you've got 90% of your reader's stories.
A while ago, you solicited reader's opinions on going with a paid subscription route; I responded yes then and would now as well. I hope to have the opportunity.
If you were to change the magazine slightly, I'd like to see a recurring section devoted to using Linux with......, that is, like most people, I've got a linux pc, a windows pc, a mac laptop, an ipod, etc and would like all the devices to work well with my linux pc (since that's my primary desktop). I imagine a lot of readers would be interested in these kind of integration articles.
Best of luck and keep us posted - we want you to succeed !

Hey!

How is very thing working with plan B?
It would really suck, if TUX had to close for good!

well, after reading thru the page here i now understand why my issues suddenly stopped showing up.. you really want to make this work get it back into the format that it was originally envisioned as; the online, downloadable magazine for the absolute linux neophyte who is really trying hard to transition off mac or windoze over to whatever flavor of linux, and doesnt have all that much knowledge of UNIx programming or anything else, but wants a good stable open OS that doesn't charge him/her to just breathe on their own keyboard and allows them to use the stuff they already own without violating some arbitrary business induced law that isn't even real or legal. .,..and please get rid of that damn mango avatar/character crap.. not only was it in seriously bad taste, it really had no place here at all.

Odd that this isn't working the way it was supposed to... kind of hard to see why it isn't sustainable... Puzzling.

I JUST found this site, and you're leaving? It pains me to see a good resource go away. I hope you guys can find a way to carry on, because people like me need your help with this fantastic thing called Linux!

Please let us know about what can we do to keep the magazine going. I was in, almost at the very beginning. I would surely paid for subscription if need it.

With the limited market that a magazine as Tux has, I always thought it was incredibly self-defeating to alienate about half of your potential readers by constantly insulting them and implying they are idiots. I used to be a KDE user and moved over to Gnome. I agree that KDE has more features, but in my opition, all the features littered the GUI and made it look too busy, so now I enjoy the more relaxed interface that Gnome provides. If Tux will get a new life (and I hope it does), please come to terms with the fact that about half your potential readers will use KDE and half will use Gnome, and a small percentage will use something else. There is a reason 2 out of the 3 top distributions on DistroWatch use Gnome as their default interface. The people who use them are not all idiots, just because they have different likes and dislikes than you do.

I love TUX, and I looked forward to every issue. But, I refuse to pay anything for it. Why is that? because if the OS itself is free, why should I pay for a magazine that offers advise on how to use it? There is so much free information on the Internet about Linux that paying for it makes no sense to me. And yet, Tux, as a whole, is worthy of support. So, what's the answer? I think that the advertising support model makes the most sense. There is no doubt in my mind that Tux can deliver a solid reader base that has needs and desires that hardware/software manufacturers can economically reach through advertising in the magazine. I not only suggest this, but I welcome it! It's sort of like the gmail.com concept. I actually enjoy their text ads, because they are very rel event to my interests. Advertisers in Tux will have my full and undivided attention! Tux can deliver a specific target market, and it can sell that ability to the companies that depend on us to purchase their wares.

For those of you reading here looking for your "lost TUX" I just want to say that it looks pretty positive that we will have something up and running soon. The "we" is me and a group of TUX authors. We are still working out details but we all agree that TUX is needed.

Watch the web site for forthcoming details. Also, we are posting articles here daily--some from the old PDFs and some new ones.

I have loved your magazine from the very start. I have followed each and every subscription. Thanks to your help and advice I have converted to Linux (I am a gamer so that makes it tough). Wine and World of Warcraft are running perfectly if not faster than my xp system. I would love to help your magazine in anyway possible to continue. I will pay for subscriptions or "donate" if needed.
Thank you for the wonderful magazine and I only hope it can continue.
Lance

I just popped into the site to see where my January Issue was and was SHOCKED to see that it may be/probably is ending.

Please keep us informed of what we can do to help TUX. I really enjoyed reading each issue and used it not only for the help it provided but to promote Linux to others.

Also, I really like the fact that "mailers" don't fall out of my screen and onto the floor when I turn that pages :)

Sorry to hear that TUX is ending...
Perhaps that explains my difficulties trying to find where to pay my subscription fee. I have gained a great deal from this magazine. Why must the magazines that teach us the most end the soonest?

Wishing all the greatest success in the future, good luck and many thanks.

charlie kravetz

Very sad to hear the news. Great magazine for newbies and advanced users alike. Lets hope you come up with plan B

Can we readers do anything to help with the non-financial problems? I'm perfectly happy to send money for a subscription but you said there were other problems too...
-- Don

Well,
I had spare some money to subscribe to the new Tux but as many other, I'm disapointed while I was waiting for the first issue of 2007 with much impatience.

I hope you'll be back soon. This magazine is really a need for most of us and a premium source of knowledge about Linux and it's capacity even for common users.

Most of the linux magazine I know are too technical, too much code typing oriented. TUX is really what I expect for.

Be back soon !!
D.

Like everyone else, I too am quite saddened by the demise of one of my favourite magazines. I was always very excited to know there was a new one waiting for me each month. Sure not all the articles were of great interest to me, but that's the case with any mag - on average I probably read all if not every page and article - and was surprised that some things were more interesting or useful than I had imagined.

I'm very happy if the magazine can be kept alive in some format.

Thank you to all who are working to this end.

Hello,
I liked the magazine.but always disappointed by the blint GNOME bashing
by the editor and others esp mango parfait.If u repub
lish,please make sure tux be an independent mag-no kde
fanboyism.so again no GNOME hatred.there are millions who loves
GNOME and gtk-apps more than qt/kde.wishing u best
regards,
PJK

very much enjoyed the magazine.

best of luck in whatever follows next.

That's very sad.

It was a magazine with a lot of potential. Perhaps it would do well to explain where the shortcomings from a financial model point of view was. That kind of info would assist others trying to use Open Source products as a business product.

Thank you and good luck for the future.