The Linux Foundation (LF) has followed up on its acquisition of Linux.com with a promised relaunch of the site. The revamped Linux.com now offers blog hosting, a how-to section, user reviews for products in the directory, and an Ultimate Linux Guru contest.
The LF announced its acquisition of Linux.com from SourceForge in early March. While the LF has assumed control of the site, SourceForge will continue to sell advertising. Linux.com, which saw 21 percent growth in traffic in 2008. It offers industry news and forums devoted to Linux information, software, documentation, and technical answers across the server, desktop/netbook, mobile, and embedded areas.
The redesign aims to "mirror the Linux community process by hosting a collaborative framework where users and developers can connect and increase the collective Linux knowledge and resources for new and advanced users alike," says the LF. Inaugural Linux.com sponsors include Intel, NetApp, Novell, and Red Hat. Each year, Linux.com will award the top-scoring guru as the "Ultimate Linux Guru," says the LF.
Major new Linux.com features are said to include:
* News -- original content and analysis, plus content from LF workgroups, including FOSSBazaar and MoblinZone.
* Community -- new user blogs and reviews, and tools for promoting Linux and open source related groups
* Distribution Central -- showcase of original content from each of the major community distros, with contributions from Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu, and contributors including Jono Bacon, Joe Brockmeier, Paul Frields, Martin Krafft, and Karsten Wade
* Learning -- centralized repository for Linux documentation, including Man Pages and how-to tutorials from the Linux Documentation Project, plus technical Q&A forums
* Directory -- user-contributed and user-reviewed database of Linux applications, Linux-compatible hardware components, books, hosting, and other Linux-related professional services; plus aggregated Linux application downloads to create an application store.
The LF announced its acquisition of Linux.com from SourceForge in early March. While the LF has assumed control of the site, SourceForge will continue to sell advertising. Linux.com, which saw 21 percent growth in traffic in 2008. It offers industry news and forums devoted to Linux information, software, documentation, and technical answers across the server, desktop/netbook, mobile, and embedded areas.
The redesign aims to "mirror the Linux community process by hosting a collaborative framework where users and developers can connect and increase the collective Linux knowledge and resources for new and advanced users alike," says the LF. Inaugural Linux.com sponsors include Intel, NetApp, Novell, and Red Hat. Each year, Linux.com will award the top-scoring guru as the "Ultimate Linux Guru," says the LF.
Major new Linux.com features are said to include:
* News -- original content and analysis, plus content from LF workgroups, including FOSSBazaar and MoblinZone.
* Community -- new user blogs and reviews, and tools for promoting Linux and open source related groups
* Distribution Central -- showcase of original content from each of the major community distros, with contributions from Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu, and contributors including Jono Bacon, Joe Brockmeier, Paul Frields, Martin Krafft, and Karsten Wade
* Learning -- centralized repository for Linux documentation, including Man Pages and how-to tutorials from the Linux Documentation Project, plus technical Q&A forums
* Directory -- user-contributed and user-reviewed database of Linux applications, Linux-compatible hardware components, books, hosting, and other Linux-related professional services; plus aggregated Linux application downloads to create an application store.
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