I mean Linux magazines in general were pretty niche, not all corner shops had them. I had to go to larger newsagents and decide which one had the most tempting cd on the cover that month.
It was pretty niche, most magazine racks in a corner shop would only carry a few of them.
There was a sort of rule at the time, for people with cd burners in their PCs. You would charge people for the 3-4 CDs which e.g. mandrake came on, but wouldn't charge them for the time or software itself. So you'd "buy Linux" from your friends friend for a few quid.
I have a handful of friends I've lent around a grand to before, one considerably more than that. With a repayment plan set up, which was followed, but I don't really know or care what it was used for. Avoiding high interest rates on credit cards I assume.
Not normally my thing, but these places need to turn a profit during the less prime time drinking hours. I wish they had a specific bar for cocktails and another bar for beer though, to get the amateurs out the way.
"Damnit my airpods have paired with my phone instead of my laptop again."
"I... n't receive.. doc from... until yester... will repl... ... rry the batteries in... pods dying... rejoin call on my phone."
Fucking airpods. I hate them and I've never even owned any.