LWN.net Closing Down

Anonymous Coward writes "The best Linux news site is calling it a day. Citing money problems, they are saying next weeks issue will be the last. I've been reading LWN.net since the very beginning. They have always demonstrated sanity, restraint and professionalism along with thoughtful commentary - unlike certain other well known Linux news sites. Very sad." They've had problems since last fall. It's been a good four year run for them.

Comments

Re:Alternatives please?

[diaphanous]

For news on linux kernel development:

Kernel Traffic
KernelTrap

LNUX and Linux are Dying

[Stock Quote Troll]

You heard it here first!

LNUX will be de-listed on August 17th

other good linux news sites

[robdeadtech]

some decent sites that are almost always updated at least once a day...

linuxinsider

linuxtoday

firstlinux

linuxsecurity

and somewhat linux related but definitely awesome...

oreilly's meerkat

oreillynet and not so much news but definitely up to date...

ONLAMP

Re:When does Slashdot follow?

[Anonymous Coward]

You obviously didn't check. They DO use gzip compression.

Re:When does Slashdot follow?

[jamie]

"Another option would be to enable gzip compression on Apache. That would save probably 3/4 of the bandwidth they use"

Gzip is already enabled. It saves more than 75%. It also obviates whitespace-compression and many of the other things that have been discussed in this thread...

Server: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) mod_gzip/1.3.19.1a mod_perl/1.27 mod_ssl/2.8.10 OpenSSL/0.9.6d

I donated $50, link

[Odinson]

You should too if you enjoy LWN clarity, speed and accuracy.

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Matthew Newhall
President of LILUG.
Long Island Linux Users Group.