LWN.net

LWN.net
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other namesLinux Weekly News
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publisherFooland (state-funded media) (not part of original row)
classification Usually reliable for typical purposes

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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    		 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