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New Linux News Portal - LinuxDailyNews

Posted by michael on Monday July 1, 2002 @11:59PM from the more-penguins-than-you-can-shake-a-stick-at dept.

An anonymous submitter writes "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.org, and other sites are expected to be added in the future."

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Advertising for the competition? by Clay+Mitchell · 2002-07-02 00:04 · Score: 2

Fascinating. Does Slashdot not consider this site competition? It's generally considered bad business practice to promote the other guy, but hey this is a Linux World so normal business rules need not apply.

I guess since this site doesn't does go as in-depth as Linux Daily News, they don't feel that they are competing... but Slashdot is a very Linux-centric site...
1. Re:Advertising for the competition? by mark_lybarger · 2002-07-02 00:10 · Score: 2
  
  maybe /. is trying to off load some daily traffic to other news sites. i know my browser could stand a new homepage, gives the firewall logs something new to chew on.
2. Re:Advertising for the competition? by CProgrammer98 · 2002-07-02 00:31 · Score: 2
  
  Slashdot is more than just a news site, it's a community where nerds and geeks can discuss (with varying degrees of intellegence) the issues of the day appertaining to the geek community.
  
  This new site is purely news as far as I can tell. No feedback, no user comments (just a lame survey that doesn't even display the right count of votes on the main page)
  
  Anyone can do this using rdf feeds or the php scripts someone else mentioned.
  
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C001 by halftrack · 2002-07-02 00:08 · Score: 2, Funny

4ll y0ur 1inux n3w5 n33d5 4re b310n9 t0 u5.
(Was that right?)

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There's a whole lot - and you can have them too by mwillems · 2002-07-02 00:09 · Score: 5, Insightful

There are of course many Linux news sources, and if you run a php-based web server they are easily added (simple drop-in code) to your web server - my private web site at www.mvw.net, for instance, has news from slashdot, the register, and newsforge. The scripts are at:

http://swamp.chl.chalmers.se/backends/

He currently has about 40 sources, primarily linux orienteded.

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1. Re:There's a whole lot - and you can have them too by costas · 2002-07-02 00:37 · Score: 2
  
  My website is not linux-focused, but it also aggregates news from tech news sites --and also filters them, ranks them (based on user opinion) and links to the discussion on /. or K5 if it was linked from there: memigo
2. Re:There's a whole lot - and you can have them too by uebernewby · 2002-07-02 02:15 · Score: 2
  
  Nope:
  
  Site Designed and Powered by Universal Networks(TM) Web Site Solutions(TM).
  
  These content management thingies all look the same anyhow.
  
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Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? by randomErr · 2002-07-02 00:11 · Score: 2

Are they using SlashCode or PHPNuke on this portal?

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1. Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? by GroovBird · 2002-07-02 00:23 · Score: 2
  
  According to the bottom of the page, the site is running something from Universal Networks. Apparently they also designed the site. I can read a lot of stuff about being licensed under the GPL, too. It's not very clear, honestly.
  
  Dave
2. Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? by CProgrammer98 · 2002-07-02 00:25 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  It's done by UniversalNetworks and their site states:
  
  What software do you use to develop your site?
  
  We use SuSE Linux 7.1 (Linux 2.4.9 with X11 and KDE 2.2) operating system for our web development workstations. Our other tools include Corel Photo-Paint 9, the GIMP 1.2, various GNU Project tools, and a few different text editors (including Kate and Pico). We do not use any WYSIWYG tools for creating our site so that we can achieve the highest level of compatiblity with all modern web browsers.
  
  What CGI scripts do you use?
  
  We use many of our own tools including our free StatsPlus, Go2It!, ReadyForm, GuestCall 2000 and a custom set of registration and downloading scripts. If you're interested in more of the details of our CGI setup, please feel free to contact us at contact@uninetsolutions.com.
  
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3. Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? by kampit · 2002-07-02 00:31 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  You can check the page source..
  
  <meta NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="PHP-Nuke 5.5 - http://phpnuke.org">
4. Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? by uebernewby · 2002-07-02 02:20 · Score: 2
  
  Let's see - suppose I'd build my own content management system in php. What would I call the page where site admins get to do their admining?
  
  Ok. Now I need a name for the page that contains the backend. "stuffrunningasabackend.php"? Nah ...
  
  Best make my system modular - saves so much trouble when I'm trying to fix something afterwards. Let's see, what do I need for that....
  
  Do you have any idea how many php content management thingies are out there, some of which are indeed offshoots of phpNuke (which is considered to be unsafe as hell, which is why there's so many alternatives)?
  
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RDF Feeds? by phoxix · 2002-07-02 00:16 · Score: 2, Interesting

Will they have RDF feeds?? I have my own start page, in which i just pull the headline links so I can easily read what I want, and skip what I don't want.
(For those of you that use those funny slashdot boxes to the right of the comments, should be aware that those are created by the Netscape RDF format.)
Sunny Dubey
Great Idea! by OmniVector · 2002-07-02 00:21 · Score: 2, Insightful

This would be even better if all the distros could get together and post news on here as well.

I always did find it confusing to have to visit a ton of sites to find up to date info.

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1. Re:Great Idea! by anpe · 2002-07-02 00:25 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  http://www.distrowatch.com/
Now it makes sense by evil_roy · 2002-07-02 00:22 · Score: 2

Now it makes sense why internet.com pulled their finger out and consolidated their very neglected holdings. They weren't just being nice at all. linuxnewbie has been screaming out for a face lift for over a year now. Competition did the trick.
Portal of Portals? by peterdaly · 2002-07-02 00:36 · Score: 2

Does anyone else find it interesting that in a way this is a portal of portals?

-Pete

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Slashdot != Linux Central by Vengie · 2002-07-02 00:53 · Score: 2, Interesting

Umm, just because you read the same info twice doesn't mean that Slashdot == Linux Central. While yes, there is an overabundance of Linux articles on slashdot right now, the fact of the matter is that slashdot is "News For Nerds" not "News for Linux Nerds". I'm sure the *Bsd crowd is not too happy with the comparison. Ditto for OS x'ers. Can't we all just get along? ;)

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America-centric? by scott1853 · 2002-07-02 00:53 · Score: 4, Interesting

What's with Tux in the Uncle Sam hat? I thought Linux developers/users came from all over the world. I know Slashdot is rather U.S.-centric, they even say so in the FAQ, but they didn't put the stars and stripes in their logo.
Linux Weekly News by DeadBugs · 2002-07-02 00:55 · Score: 2

Linux Weekly News now offers daily updates on it's front page in addition to putting out a great weekly news section.

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About the logo by kievit · 2002-07-02 01:12 · Score: 4, Interesting

I see that the logo is a penguin with an Uncle Sam hat on its head and a sign on its belly which I would interpret as 'No Windows'.
I do not think of Linux as a typically or purely American phenomenon; it is cosmopolitic, not bound to a particular nation. Maybe the logo is temporary and mainly inspired by the 'Windependence Day' pun; or maybe the logo-choosers live and work in the US and wish to counter the assertion by some linux-haters that linux would be 'communistic' and 'un-American'? I would appreciate if somebody could provide with some info about the motivation of the 'American' part of the logo.
I do not really like the 'no Windows' suggestion, as it would suggest that Linux has only been created for Windows-haters. I like it that Linus Torvalds (when asked about his opinion about it in interviews) usually says that he does not care about Microsoft and their products. He just works on Linux, tries to make it an excellent piece of software, and MS may do what they like as long as they don't interfere with his project. MS is not relevant for somebody who is just happy with Linux, so there is no reason to honor MSWindows with a prominent (albeit negatively colored) place in a Linux news site logo.
1. Re:About the logo by twoshortplanks · 2002-07-02 03:01 · Score: 2
  
  Interesting points, but the reason behind all of this is explained in the lead story.
  It's not a long-term logo.
  
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2. Re:About the logo by Webmonger · 2002-07-02 06:29 · Score: 2
  
  Sure, but.
  
  It's American clothing. It's clearly derived from American Independence day. Speaking as a Canadian, this does nothing for me. ['cept demonstrate the incredible power of American myopia yet again.]
Another way by pubjames · 2002-07-02 01:18 · Score: 4, Informative

Want daily Linux headlines? Once again, Google provides:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=linux
How about a lightweight version? by SCHecklerX · 2002-07-02 01:27 · Score: 2

Other than slashdot, the only way I typically read online news (salon, reuters, cnn, weather.com, etc) is via my sony clie.
I didn't see an avantgo-friendly page link on this site.
A few other sites: by SCHecklerX · 2002-07-02 01:32 · Score: 2

linux orbit
linux journal
OSNews.com
The Linux Game Tome
another site by asv108 · 2002-07-02 02:58 · Score: 4, Informative

Another linux news site that I like is pclinuxonline, they deal more with desktop oriented distros and it stays current.
1. Re:another site by felipeal · 2002-07-02 08:38 · Score: 2
  
  they deal more with desktop oriented distros and it stays current.
  
  I hope the rest of the site is more current than their survey, otherwise we're doomed:
  
  World Cup Final: who will win?
  Brazil
  Germany
  Texstar :)