The Linux Foundation acquires Linux.com

Posted Mar 4, 2009 12:43 UTC (Wed) by whitemice (guest, #3748)
Parent article: The Linux Foundation acquires Linux.com

Yawn... an "ideaforge"... rolls-eyes. A news aggregator (got dozens of those), user software reviews (copy-n-paste of people's banal blog rants about software they don't understand), and index of distributions (Oh, boy! because http://www.opensuse.org, etc... is so far to figure out), job postings (yea, right)... I'm glad somebody is really trying to be innovative; they didn't reinvent the wheel, instead they patched a flat tire. The [now] old Linux.com wasn't ground-breaking or even that insightful but at least there was half an attempt to produce new content. This "ideaforge" just looks like a would-be regurgitator.

Is it going to be the end of all things when every site is a "mash-up" [Buzzword! +100 points] mashing up every other site that is also a mash? Then in the year 2020 it will be so convenient to read all those great articles written during the golden age (1999-2006) of original content.

Am I being overly cynical? Yes. But I don't think I'm completely off-base either. This is an awesome domain: LINUX.COM! And this is the best anyone can come up with?

Poor sources

Posted Mar 4, 2009 14:03 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]

No need to worry IMHO. Regurgitators have probably existed since the beginning of time, and they have caused limited damage over time. In fact certain scholastic regurgitators have even allowed us to keep large portions of the great classical philosophers.

The power of ignoring poor sources is frequently underrated. As long as we have sources for good, original content such as LWN all is well.

The Linux Foundation acquires Linux.com

Posted Mar 5, 2009 7:00 UTC (Thu) by dberkholz (guest, #23346) [Link]

Really it should just be a start page for people who want to learn more about Linux, or try it, and nothing more.