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Ten-year timeline part 4: the end and the beginningTen-year timeline part 4: the end and the beginningPosted Jan 31, 2008 11:08 UTC (Thu) by pointwood (guest, #2814)Parent article: Ten-year timeline part 4: the end and the beginning
"The addition of comments was something we thought about carefully for a long time; we were quite concerned that they could ruin the feel of the site. In the end, it seems, trusting our readers has paid off; the quality of the conversation here is often quite good." I think the quality of the comments is largely because of the quality of the content. The content on LWN is well researched and rarely good candidates for flamefests. It's a testament to how good LWN really is. Here's to another 10 years of LWN!
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Ten-year timeline part 4: the end and the beginning Posted Jan 31, 2008 14:47 UTC (Thu) by AdHoc (subscriber, #1115) [Link] Another bonus from the comments is seeing kernel developers (or other OSS developers) respond to stories they are involved in. It's great seeing Ingo Molnar and others add to the discussion. Though, sometimes I wonder how many of them read just to see if they've made Quotes of the Week :)
Ten-year timeline part 4: the end and the beginning Posted Jan 31, 2008 16:44 UTC (Thu) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022) [Link] Definitely a plus - you're read and responded to by the people involved in what you report. How many 'industry' publications get that kind of regular 'industry-insider' feedback?
Ten-year timeline part 4: the end and the beginning Posted Jan 31, 2008 16:29 UTC (Thu) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246) [Link] Agreed. I signed up for a subscription not long after they switched to that model. I recently moved up to the Project Leader level, because I can justify the expense. The insightful articles here, especially on the weekly kernel page, are what bring me back week after week. I've learned so much about the kernel's internals and the challenges kernel developers face reading the detailed articles there. The ensuing discussions are also enlightening. If there's something the article missed, often it's captured in the comments that follow. I know I've asked a few questions here and have been thankful for the responses. My day job had nothing to do with Linux, and in my personal life I haven't even compiled my own kernel in probably 5 years. (I've been using Linux for over 14 years now, FWIW.) However, lately, I'm finding all the stuff I learned here and a couple other places (Kernel Traffic and KernelTrap come to mind) are becoming more and more useful in my professional life. I'm a CPU architect these days, and knowing how the Linux works is very important to architecting the CPU correctly if we expect to run it in any reasonable form. My fellow architects at work who haven't followed Linux like I have in their "copious free time" are at a disadvantage. :-) Maybe I can get my employer to pick up the tab for my subscription now. ;-) LWN holds a distinction over the other two sites I mentioned, since it goes further to actually digest the content and present it as a coherent whole. Kernel Traffic, while interesting in its own right, often put me to sleep unfortunately. It was too much raw information. KernelTrap has been more dynamic, but it still focuses mostly on bringing interesting threads from LKML and other lists to my attention more than providing actual original articles exploring concepts in depth. LWN ends up being much more educational as a result. Articles such as the RCU series and detailed explanations of the various schedulers and so on... I don't know where else I would find that! Here's to another 10 years!
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