On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Zoltan wrote:

In the early 1990s there where a two free newspapers providing computing information for the Toronto audience: Toronto Computes and The Computer Paper. Since last September these two have been replaced by HUB Canada. Unfortunately, HUB seems to be more about consumer electronics and the latest Windows applications than for someone looking for for an ISP with good tech support or where to meet Linux-heads in Toronto.

To this end I'd like to see who would be interested in a new computer paper for the Toronto area. This would be a free and have a pro-Linux/OpenSource stance with a focus on the Linux community here as well as providing stories of interest to Mac and, perhaps other computer systems. Currently I'm investigating using the news site The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/) to provide some syndicated content.

I'd like to get some feedback about this venture, specifically:

-Is this something that is needed?

Needed? Probably not. Good to have, useful? Definitely.

-What would you like to see / not see in a computer newspaper

Like: Well written, well researched, meaty articles. Regular columns, both technical and editorial. Q&A columns on various aspects of computing. Dislike: Too many advertisements. (Actually, any, but that's not realistic.)

-Would you be interested in writing or helping out?

Yes. I'd be interested in writing about shell scripting and using the command line. I also have editing and design experience with newspapers and magazines. -- Chris F.A. Johnson ================================================================= cfaj-uVmiyxGBW52XDw4h08c5KA at public.gmane.org http://cfaj.freeshell.org -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml