This stirred memories for me. My introduction to Indian computing magazines came later and my first Linux distro was a version of SuSe in 2007. I also fondly remember the free Linux CDs and DVDs that were around at the time. The magazines were one source, Ubuntu was another. The free Linux CD project was yet another.
You raise a good question about drowning in the flood of info on the internet. The lack of gatekeepers has upsides as well as downsides. One of those downsides is the lack of quality control. The Linux and computing magazines in India were very high quality and they got a lot of people interested in computing.
You raise a good question about drowning in the flood of info on the internet. The lack of gatekeepers has upsides as well as downsides. One of those downsides is the lack of quality control. The Linux and computing magazines in India were very high quality and they got a lot of people interested in computing.