LWN.net is a computing news site with an emphasis on Free/Libre Open Source Software and software for Unix-like operating systems. It consists of a weekly issue, separate stories which are published most days, and threaded discussion attached to every story. Some stories are merely summaries of articles published elsewhere, whereas others are original content. The term Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS as different from FOSS) is a hybrid term for both free software and open source software, which are different terms for the same substance. ... A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to the UNIX system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ...

Notable people who have written stories, letters, or comments which were published on the site include Greg Kroah-Hartman, Havoc Pennington, David A. Wheeler, Gaël Duval, Bruce Perens, Richard Stallman, Larry McVoy, and Russ Nelson. Categories: People stubs | 1965 births | Wikipedians with article ... Bruce Perens Bruce Perens is a prominent figure in the open source movement and to some extent in the free software movement. ... Richard Matthew Stallman, a. ... BitKeeper is a software tool for revision control ( configuration management SCM etc) of computer source code. ... Russ Nelson is a computer programmer, who was briefly the president of the Open Source Initiative, from 1st February, 2005. ...

"LWN" originally stood for Linux Weekly News. However, that name is no longer used because the site no longer covers exclusively Linux-related topics, and it has daily as well as weekly content. Tux, a lovable and cuddly penguin sitting down after having gorged itself on herring, is the official Linux mascot. ...

Founded at the end of 1997 by Jonathan Corbet and Elizabeth Coolbaugh, LWN was originally a free site devoted to collecting Linux news, published weekly. On July 25, 2002, LWN announced that due to its inability to raise enough funds through donations, the following issue would be its last.[1] (http://lwn.net/Articles/5409/)

Following an outpouring of support from readers, however, the editors of LWN decided to continue publishing, albeit with a subscription model. New weekly editions of LWN are initially only available to readers who subscribe at one of three levels (group subscriptions are also available). After a delay, each issue becomes freely available to readers who are unable or unwilling to pay.

At the end of May 2002, LWN announced a redesigned site.[2] (http://lwn.net/Articles/978/) Among the changes was a facility for readers to post comments about stories.

The staff members are Jonathan Corbet, Forrest Cook, and Rebecca Sobol.

External links

• LWN.net (http://lwn.net/)
• First issue of LWN (http://old.lwn.net/1998/0122/) - January 22, 1998