In case you wanted to know what the first issue contains, here's a summary. I just started reading, and found it interesting,, catchy and useful.

• File formats; format wars (Marco Fioretti) File formats: the past, the present, a possible future
• XML: The answer to everything? (Kay Ethier, Scott Abel) This article weighs the pros and cons of XML for some applciations (publishing) and explores why it is the best possible solution for many programming and publishing needs.
• Free file formats and the future of intellectual freedom (Terry Hancock) Information as property may be served by closed file formats, but the freedom of information requires free formats.
• Creating the Free Software Magazine (Tony Mobily) A long path that takes us to the very beginning of this project.
• Mac OS X: Welcome to the jungle -- a look inside the Mac OS X software ecology (Chris J Karr)
• The magic of live CDs (Harish Pillay) What are live CDs, and how do they work?
• Every engineer's checklist for justifying Free Software. It's not just about no licence fees (Malcolm D Spence)
• Smarter password management (John Locke) How to handle your passwords without getting lost
• The content tail wags the IT dog (Daniel James) Without hardware and software, there would be nothing for digital media to be created on, or used with. And yet the content industry attempts to tell the far larger IT industry what it can and cannot do.
• Motivation and value of free resources. Wikipedia and Planetmath show the way (Aaron E Klemm)
• It's all about freedom (Christian Einfeldt) Freedom is free software's competitive advantage.
• The Commons (Dave M Berry) The Commons as an Idea -- Ideas as a Commons
• Let's not forget our roots (Free Software is not just about cost or stability; it's a movement that mustn't forget the principles which made it possible) Tom Chance.

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