Street level magazine kiosks sell magazines with up to date Linux kernel CD roms? That’s a lie. I’ve literally never seen that anywhere in Europe in the last decade. You might be able to find them in specialist shops or larger supermarkets, as you can in the UK, but street level kiosks? Get real.
I'm in france, I regularly buy one of those when I take the train lol.
We have quite a bit of choice and they all have recent-ish issues: https://www.journaux.fr/linux_informatique_1_0_130.html and you can find at least a couple of them in most kiosks ; at least Linux Identity always comes with a physical disk
