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Linux Foundation Purchases Linux.com

Posted by kdawson on from the new-life dept.

darthcamaro and several other readers have noted that the Linux Foundation has bought Linux.com from SourceForge Inc. (Slashdot's corporate parent). The Linux Foundation (employer of Linus Torvalds) will take over the editorial and community stewardship for the site; SourceForge will continue to supply advertising on it. "[Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim] Zemlin says the Linux Foundation wants to build a collaborative forum where Linux users can share ideas and get information on the Linux operating system. A beta of the site will be released in the next few months. ... Linux.com is being redesigned as a central source for Linux software, documentation and answers regardless of platforms, including server, desktop/netbook, mobile and embedded areas." What do you think should be on Linux.com?

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  1. howtoforge.org does that just fine by lordsilence · · Score: 5, Informative

    Howtoforge.org has fulfilled that role for a long time which Linux.com aims to do now.

  2. Re:What do you think should be on Linux.com? by Em+Emalb · · Score: 4, Informative

    how quickly people forget jonkatz. ;-)

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  3. domain not sold.. was given. by nsanders · · Score: 4, Informative

    The article never said it was sold and I know that it wasn't. It was given by Sourceforge to the LF. But hey, this is slashdot and headlines almost always are incorrect :-)

  4. Re:What do you think should be on Linux.com? by X0563511 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wrong. Linux is Linux is Linux... GNU is not a part of it.

    Sure, they tend to go hand in hand, but I would offer that your hand and your arm are not the same thing (though they usually go together).

    It's GNU/Linux because it's a GNU system running on/under the Linux kernel.

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  5. Re:Role of linux.com? by Abreu · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think the linux=ubuntu mindset is cyclical... not too long ago, it used to be linux=redhat

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