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LinuxHQ.com Renamed to kernelnotes.org
B. Galliart wrote in to
tell us that the
The LinuxHQ web site is now available at
KernelNotes.org.
The reason for the change is
explained here.
One of my favorite sites, I'm bummed to see trouble over there.
Note that this also means that Kernel Edge Linux
has moved. Update those bookmarks.
Im surprised that It took this long for such information to pop up on /. I mean we are talking of something that happened over a week ago. Figured that this info wasnt good enough for slash dot or the fact that it was on linux.com and LWN that it didnt need to be posted here......
is that the guy who actually owns the LinuxHQ.com name is selling it to the highest bidder. While it's his name to do with as he will, it's unfortunate that he didn't notify anyone before yanking it out from under us.
Watch www.linuxhq.com to surface in the next couple of months as the "hottest, latest Linux site" brought to you by Really Big Corporation, LLC... making the world safe for corporate oligarchy.
pity.
-- adr
Hey, if Mark Evans wants to do what he originally did with the site, that would be great. It was a fine site before, especially the patch collection.
:-)
I don't think he's going to resurrect it though.
Instead he was shopping the domain name around (and he actually had a buyer). Of course, he didn't tell me about this until the last minute. When I questioned where I fit in to all this, he got pissed off and pulled the domain down.
Mark Evans did assign copyright of the site contents to me when I volunteered to take over the site, but he never transferred the domain name (even though I asked several times). I guess it's his right to keep (or sell) the domain name if he really wants to.
I'll admit that I haven't done as good of a job - due to personal time constraints. I personally think the site works best when it is kept non-commercial, so I haven't tried to make a buck off of it.
OMark Evans originally shut the site down (2 years ago) because he didn't have enough time to put a lot of time into it either (and it wasn't generating significant revenue). It's a big job. He was probably spending 4 hours a day on it before - I can't do that. Most of the time I spend on it is just fixing stuff that breaks. I do want to put a bit more "content" into it.
Fortunately, sites like Cutting Edge Linux, Kernel Traffic and the Linux Kernel Patch Archive have picked up the slack. If anybody else wants to help create neat services for the kernel users and developers - just create your own site, and I'll link it!
I've been planning a major upgrade to the site with an improved search engine and some more kernel-related content. However, this domain name business has been a huge waste of time - so my plans have been pushed back a bit now. I'm doing this in my free time, which I don't have a lot of.
I'll have the mailing list archives fixed soon. Same with the search engine. I would have done it earlier this week, but I lost a hard drive on my workstation. Ugh. What else can go wrong?
At least most people seem to like the new name.
Cheers,
- Jim
Registrant:
The ECS Network (LINUXHQ-DOM)
9801 Stonelake #722
Austin, TX 78759
Domain Name: LINUXHQ.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Admin, Dns (ME23) dnsupdate@YAHOO.COM
(512) 418-7206 (FAX) (512) 418-7206
Billing Contact:
Admin, Dns (ME23) dnsupdate@YAHOO.COM
(512) 418-7206 (FAX) (512) 418-7206
Record last updated on 10-May-99.
Record created on 24-Mar-97.
Database last updated on 26-May-99 12:17:59 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS.ECSNET.COM 204.57.81.130
NS2.ECSNET.COM 204.57.81.131
Two things of note:
-Interesting that the contacts are all at a yahoo mail account specifically named to be a DNS contact dropbox. Or maybe that's just my cynical, suspicious nature kicking in.
-Even though domain != www, there is no specific 'www.ecsnet.com' machine, albeit there is an (ominous-looking) 'ecsnet.com' box.