Leading independent Linux websites form
one-stop news portal
LinuxDailyNews Hits the Web during
wIndependence Week
July 2, 2002 (The INTERNET). Five
popular independent Linux websites today unveiled LinuxDailyNews, a
collaborative portal site where visitors can get thumbnail glimpses
of the latest news and content from each participating site. The
founders of LinuxDailyNews are Open for Business, DesktopLinux.com,
LinuxDevices.com, and Linux and Main. Those sites were joined before
rollout by member site KernelTrap, and other sites are expected to
be added in the future.
“LinuxDailyNews fills a big void in
this community,” said Timothy R. Butler, editor of
Open for Business and originator of
the idea behind LinuxDailyNews. "Finally, there's an easy way to
find the best news and content from the leading independent Linux,
Open Source, and Free Software news sites."
"Two years
ago, during the 'Linux-and-dot-com bubble' many of the most
popular Linux websites were swallowed up by the likes of
Internet.com, ZDNet, and VA Linux," observed Rick Lehrbaum, founder
of LinuxDevices.com and
DesktopLinux.com. "After
the bubbles burst, a number of significant independent Linux
websites have reemerged and are now becoming important leaders of
the Linux community. LinuxDailyNews is intended to establish a
collaborative network of world-class, independent Linux websites
which carry the latest news and content from a spectrum of
perspectives."
Because each of the five websites
offers a distinct 'flavor' of news and information, visitors to
LinuxDailyNews can quickly access news and other content from
multiple points of view. Using convenient 'drop-down' menus,
readers may opt to view content filtered by a specific topic or
member website. In addition, searches of all member sites' content
can be initiated directly from the LinuxDailyNews home page.
"LinuxDailyNews isn't meant to be a competing
news portal, but rather a complementary one," emphasized
Dennis E. Powell, editor of Linux and Main. "Linux
users rely on traditional portals such as LinuxToday and NewsForge,
and rightfully so. But if those sites are the orchestra, we're the
chamber ensemble. Each of our unique 'instruments' plays an
important role in LinuxDailyNews by providing news and content from
differing perspectives, making the site a 'must visit' each day.
Not
instead of visiting the other portals, but in
addition to them."
"All of the sites that
comprise LinuxDailyNews are alone great resources, but combined they
become a very valuable tool," observed KernelTrap owner Jeremy Andrews.
"This free service will be a big boon to everyone interested in
Linux and open source software. I'm excited to be a part of
it."
LinuxDailyNews provides all the headlines from
its member sites, plus brief synopses of original content from each.
Because each member site has its own unique Linux and open source
perspective, LinuxDailyNews represents a broad spectrum of areas of
interest and comment covering numerous aspects of Linux-based
computing. Since those many voices do not always have the same
approach, big stories are sure to be covered from multiple angles,
resulting in a broader understanding of a particular event.
"I am really excited about this announcement," Butler
added. "LinuxDailyNews provides a service that our community has
needed for a long time -- a convenient way to find the latest
headlines and original content from a well balanced set of high
quality, independent Linux news sources."
About the
member sites
- Open for Business --
OfB is "the independent Open Source migration journal," a news
magazine that has a razor sharp focus on
Linux in the
enterprise. OfB.biz provides the latest news for IT managers
interested in migrating to Open Source solutions for everything from
the desktop to the datacenter. Open for Business also features
reviews that keep an eye on the deployment readiness of products, as
well as interviews and editorials.
- Linux and
Main -- With the slogan, "Linux for the rest of us," Linux and
Main is aimed at the non-enterprise, non-developer crowd: The
hobbyist, the desktop user, the follower of developments in the
increasingly important technopolitical battles that will determine
the course of the Internet and desktop computing. Concentrating on
original content, Linux and Main brings a lively writing style and,
often, stories you'll see nowhere
else.
- LinuxDevices.com -- This highly popular
website, which won Linux Journal's coveted 'Editor's Choice:
Website of the Year' award in 2001, is universally accepted as the
leading authority on using Linux in smart devices and other embedded
system applications. The site features news, articles, product
listings, resource links,
'quick reference guides'has become
widely known for
its focus on the growing use of Linux on the desktop. In addition to
daily news and articles focused on Desktop Linux, other initiatives
include the Windows-to-Linux migration FAQ, online polls, the recent
'first annual wIndependence Day celebration', a highly popular
discussion forum devoted to using -- and learning to use -- Linux on
the desktop, and the Desktop Linux Resource Directory.
- KernelTrap.org -- Interesting to experts and
newbies alike, KernelTrap offers an ongoing discussion of open
source kernel development, the lowest level piece of an operating
system. In addition to providing daily news derived from many
popular kernel development mailing lists, KernelTrap also offers an
in depth series of profile interviews with the kernel developers
themselves.
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