@tarek #Datamation is a gem of a magazine, and for some reason appears to be largely unknown in the #retrocomputing community. (It's well known in academic history of computing circles.)

A very complete set of Datamation magazine scans can be found (of course) on archive.org.

https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_datamation

Great bargains in #Datamation, November 1975 issue:

"For a limited time, Chafitz is offering what is sure to be a first in the calculator field, A limited quantity of quality calculators with a CHIP ERROR. Due to this chip error the MELCOR 635 is not able to calculate the arc cos of 0 (which everyone knows is 90 degrees). But, at our unbelievable low price, who cares about the error. Just remember that the arc cos of 0 is 90 degrees and you've got a perfect calculator at the incredibly low price of only $59.95."

On PDF page 80 of http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/magazines/Datamation/197511.pdf

Matt Hartley / For The Record: "Linux Snappy, Flatpak, and AppImage".

Linux Snappy, Flatpak, and AppImage. Which one is the best universal packaging format and how do they differ?

Does it matter? This article he did recently on Datamation is a good place to get started and helps shed some light on the differences between Snappy, Flatpak, and AppImage for Linux.

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Matt Hartley: "Ubuntu History: Linux Evolves".

He writes: "For many Linux users, it’s easy to forget what the Linux landscape looked like before Ubuntu. Back then, newbie centric distros didn’t have Ubuntu as their core. Instead, they relied exclusively on Debian, with the exception of Mandriva. In this spirit of remembrance, I want to take a look back at Ubuntu through the years."

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https://www.datamation.com/open-source/slideshows/ubuntu-through-the-years.html

#Matt #Hartley #Datamation #Ubuntu #article #history #Linux https://linuxrocks.online/media/RLsSVOAlsM7p_i0OAKI