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Planet Linux Australia Highlights dev Blogs

Posted by Hemos on from the good-ideas dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet Australia is reporting that Linux Australia has launched a new website devoted to aggregating the blogs of prominent Australian Linux and open source developers. One of the bloggers that the site is Rusty Russell, who currently works for IBM's Linux Technology Center in Canberra."

7 comments

  1. New website by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 1

    devoted to aggregating other websites... Am I the only one who thinks that we have too many websites these days? What's wrong with kernel.org?

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    1. Re:New website by dorward · · Score: 1

      Am I the only one who thinks that we have too many websites these days? What's wrong with kernel.org?

      Kernel.org: Latest Gnome Screenshots

      Kernel.org: Latest Michael Jackson Trial news

      Kernel.org: Granny Smith's Ten Thousand Cat Photos

      ... No, somehow I don't see it.

  2. organisation ?? by gigem4me · · Score: 0
    "According to the organisation, the site "is not just about aggregating feeds, it's about recognising and appreciating all the cool stuff people are doing around the country". Using RSS aggregation software popular within the blogging community, so far the the site has linked 62 Australians associated with open source development, from many different fields and from around the nation."
    I love how they spell organization!!
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    1. Re:organisation ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      According to the organisation

      I love how they spell organization!!

      Yes, it is nice to encounter the English language untainted by the horrors of Mr. Webster.

  3. No, it's more common to have websites... by leonbrooks · · Score: 1

    ...aggravating too many other websites. (-:

    Michael Davies set this one up, and he's a top organiser plus up to the eyeballs in fairness and integrity so I'm expecting it to go well.

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  4. Wow by QuantumG · · Score: 1

    I went to Uni with about half the people on that list and I've met pretty much all of them. Gotta love Australia.

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  5. URL, please... by mibus · · Score: 1

    The URL of the Planet is:

    http://planet.linux.org.au/