Hello friends,
I have decided to take linearaudio.net offline and deactivate it.
If you want to downloaded articles and files, do it now!
Thanks for all the interest, comments and contributions over the years.
I'll remain a member here and support my designs, but it's time for another focus.
Jan
I have decided to take linearaudio.net offline and deactivate it.
If you want to downloaded articles and files, do it now!
Thanks for all the interest, comments and contributions over the years.
I'll remain a member here and support my designs, but it's time for another focus.
Jan
Jan,
I am sad to see it go. It will take some time to download all the articles on your website. How much time do we have before you deactivate it?
Ed
I am sad to see it go. It will take some time to download all the articles on your website. How much time do we have before you deactivate it?
Ed
@Netlist pointed out that you can still find it at the wayback machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/www.linearaudio.net
Thanks Hugo!
Jan
https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/www.linearaudio.net
Thanks Hugo!
Jan
I'm having mixed feelings with all of the likes for me taking down my website 😕
Jan
Jan
We only have two options, "Like" and "Thanks".
Consider them as appreciation for all the years of hard and rewarding work. 🙂
Nothing will be lost...
Consider them as appreciation for all the years of hard and rewarding work. 🙂
Nothing will be lost...
Jan, as time goes on, we can focus on things that mean so much to persons other than ourselves. I hope that is where you are heading.
Thanks for everything you have given us through diyAudio and Linear Audio and i hope you are true to your word of sticking with us and continuing to share.
Hi Jan
There's a time for everyting.
You have done a fantastic job for the audio engineering and DIY community.
I wish you all the best.
Stein / stinius
Those among us who are fortunate enough to survive long enough in reasonable health that retirement is a comfortable and financially secure situation in which to pursue other interests - such as the joy of first grand-baby at the age of 72 whose photos I shamelessly share here - understand that time moves on.
Thanks Jan for all your contributions, and wishing you nothing but the best moving forward.
Thanks Jan for all your contributions, and wishing you nothing but the best moving forward.
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Jan,
So sad to see it go but I certainly understand you wanting to lighten your load. I see your contributions to aX have been increasing lately, which is a great thing. Your contributions to this hobby over the years in various forms have been immense. Thank you for that. I hope they keep coming!
Bruce
Maybe you should send Jan a cheque for a few hundred bucks to pay for web hosting then. Just a thought... 😉
Tom
It's an excellent resource, I would be interested to help keep the website alive. I could probably help with providing a webhost if cost is an issue.
Do they take work to maintain? Even if the content is static you still have to update the back-end periodically. Work is a cost, even if it's not a monetary cost.
The low-cost web services I've used in the past have all sucked. Sure. They might cost $5/month, plus $20/year for the domain registration, which is not much, but to work well they need CDN and other add-ons which quickly brings the cost to a few hundred dollars per year. Why spend that if you don't derive any value (money, joy, satisfaction, pride, whatever) from it?
I can't speak for Jan, but I could also see ending up at "I don't want to do this anymore". At that point any cost, monetary or not, becomes too high.
I agree that it's unfortunate but I respect his decision.
Tom
@jan.didden What is the reason to take the website down?
Would it be possible to rescue the content / downloads to a public repository to keep it alive? GitHub or similar?
Would it be possible to rescue the content / downloads to a public repository to keep it alive? GitHub or similar?