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To be fair, LWN is more than just about Linux kernel development. I find it a useful aggregator of information of note from the F/OSS world. For example, as of
by ckastner 10y ago
To be fair, LWN is more than just about Linux kernel development. I find it a useful aggregator of information of note from the F/OSS world.
For example, as of right now, most of the articles on the front page aren't about kernel development: distro security updates, LibreOffice, Firefox, GnuPG, ...
- rleigh 10y agoThis is very true, but I am increasingly wanting something a bit less Linux-centric for all the major categories it covers, which also includes the BSDs and other platforms. There's also an increasingly unhealthy echo chamber regarding "the desktop" if you read the comments, which largely mirrors subscribers' corporate/project affiliations, and that's one of the reasons I no longer subscribe or read it too frequently.
- ckastner 10y agoI've had a similar feeling about the comments, which probably contributes to why I don't read them anymore.
- digi_owl 10y agoYeah i keep seeing a small set of names from the same org and corporations pop up again and again, trying to defend where the Linux "desktop" is moving.
- JoshTriplett 10y agoTo me, LWN only seems Linux-centric to the extent that FOSS itself seems Linux-centric. I've seen articles on LWN about major new developments in the BSD world (for instance, https://lwn.net/Articles/651700/ https://lwn.net/Articles/651700/ ), as well as notable developments about FOSS for Windows or OSX.
- karma_vaccum123 10y agoRight, but most of that aggregation is reposts from other aggregators, many of which are free. This is why I stopped subscribing; I don't need to pay for reposts from proggit.