Editing Linux Gazette (section)

==History==
It was started in July 1995 by John M. Fisk<ref>{{cite web |title=Linux Gazette |last=Fisk |first=John M.|date=July 1995 |url=https://www.tldp.org/LDP/LG/issue01to08/linux_gazette.html |publisher=[[Linux Documentation Project]]|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> as a free service.  He went on to pursue his studies and become a medical [[Physician|doctor]]. At Mr. Fisk's request, the publication was sponsored and managed by SSC ([[Specialized System Consultants]], who at that time were also publishers of [[Linux Journal]]).  The content was always provided by volunteers, including most of the editorial oversight.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://linuxgazette.net/issue96/moen.html|title=A Brief History of Linux Gazette|author=Rick Moen|issue=96|magazine=Linux Gazette|date=November 2003}}</ref>

After those years, the volunteer staff and the management of SSC had a schism (see [[Linux Gazette#Bifurcation|Bifurcation]] below). Both the volunteer-run magazine and the magazine run by SSC has been closed down.

One way Linux Gazette differed from other, similar, webzines (and magazines) was ''The Answer Gang''. In addition to providing a regular page devoted to questions and answers, questions to The Answer Gang were answered on a mailing list, and the subsequent conversations are edited and published as conversations.  This started with an arrangement between Marjorie Richardson and Jim Dennis (whom she dubbed "The Answer Guy").  She'd forward questions to him; he'd answer them to the original querent and copy her on the reply; then, she'd gather up all of those, and include them in the monthly help desk column.

With its motto, "Making Linux just a little more fun", the magazine always had a finger on the pulse of Linux's open, collaborating, and sharing culture.

The last issue (#186) was published in June 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://linuxgazette.net/186/index.html|title=June 2011 (#186)|issn=1934-371X}}</ref>