LWN.net

LWN.net
Typewebsite
StatusGenerally reliable Generally reliable
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2023
Domain lwn.net
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Summary

Journalistic articles written for LWN.net are generally considered reliable as a source of information on free and open source software and issues of interest to that community of users and developers. However, the website also hosts archives of some mailing lists for free software, which is user-generated content and a primary source.

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LWN.net is a computing webzine with an emphasis on free software and software for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It consists of a weekly issue, separate stories which are published most days, and threaded discussion attached to every story. Most news published daily are short summaries of articles published elsewhere, and are free to all viewers. Original articles are usually published weekly on Thursdays and are available only to subscribers for two weeks, after which they become free as well. LWN.net is part of Eklektix, Inc.

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2023

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    		 Journalistic articles written for LWN.net are generally considered reliable as a source of information on free and open source software and issues of interest to that community of users and developers. However, the website also hosts archives of some mailing lists for free software, which is user-generated content and a primary source. 1 Links Spamcheck