What sites do LXers visit every day?
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| ColonelPanik Dec 25, 2008 10:36 PM EDT |
Please list your "got to read them" list of sites. The Colonel: LXer, well doh Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/ DSL Reports (BBR) http://www.dslreports.com/ Beyond the Beyond http://blog.wired.com/sterling/ Wired Blogs http://blog.wired.com/ Informed Comment http://www.juancole.com/ So show me yours. I have lost a couple of sites, one closed and one.... Now I need some new sites. |
| herzeleid Dec 25, 2008 11:04 PM EDT |
lxer(of course) lwn.net http://www.lwn.net/daily/ slashdot http://slashdot.org/ tux machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/ facebook http://www.facebook.com/ junauza http://www.junauza.com/ hehe2 http://hehe2.net/ phoronix http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=home |
| dinotrac Dec 25, 2008 11:18 PM EDT |
Whoops. I'm pretty boring in that regard --- LXer --- hmmmm. Something subversive there dailykos --- And no, I am neither a Democrat nor liberal/progressive drudgereport --- GREAT hopping off point. After that, it's a bunch of frequent destinations that may not be daily: Iraq Coalition Casualties, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Linux Today and so on and so on |
| jdixon Dec 26, 2008 12:31 AM EDT |
Every Day? Let's see: LXer Google Samizdata Vox Popoli Dilbert Over the Hedge Kevin & Kell User Friendly I read a bunch of other comic strips which don't update every day and I read LWN each week. I hit some other blogs weekly or so. |
| Sander_Marechal Dec 26, 2008 5:05 AM EDT |
My list: LXer (naturally) Lone Wolves (http://www.jejik.com - my site, checking for new comments to moderate) GameDev (http://www.gamedev.net - I'm a moderator there) The Daily WTF (http://www.thedailywtf.com) GrokLaw (http://www.groklaw.net) UserFriendly (http://www.userfriendly.org/) Dilbert (http://www.dilbert.com/) Google News (http://news.google.com - Looking for new LXer stories) Digg Linux/Unix (http://digg.com/linux_unix - Looking for new LXer stories) |
| bigg Dec 26, 2008 10:27 AM EDT |
You'd be in trouble if you were to try to find anything interesting in my routine. In order: LXer Distrowatch front page to check for new releases Practical Technology blog si.com News site, usually cnn.com Local newspaper Then get to work. |
| jacog Dec 26, 2008 10:52 AM EDT |
Rotten Tomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
I Can Has Cheezburger http://icanhascheezburger.com/
I Has a hotdog http://ihasahotdog.com/
Failblog http://failblog.org/
Once upon a win http://onceuponawin.com/
UserFriendly http://userfriendly.org/ Google / Gmail Some friends' blags, and really to try an inspire myself to redesign the look and to post on ANYTHING at all: my own blag: http://www.screwylightbulb.com/jaco/ |
| Steven_Rosenber Dec 26, 2008 4:48 PM EDT |
LXer The Open Road http://news.cnet.com/openroad ZDNet http://blogs.zdnet.com Undeadly http://undeadly.org Distrowatch http://distrowatch.com |
| Scott_Ruecker Dec 26, 2008 7:40 PM EDT |
I certainly like the tread I see at the top spot..lol! I will have to bow out of this one though, I go to too many sites to kill my fingers listing here for you. Oh, and if LXer isn't at the top of my list (which it is), I got the wrong job..lol! |
| tracyanne Dec 26, 2008 7:43 PM EDT |
After LXer, it's completely random, and it depends. |
| Scott_Ruecker Dec 26, 2008 7:46 PM EDT |
Mine changes because I am always looking for more and better articles to post to the newswire.. |
| tuxchick Dec 26, 2008 7:50 PM EDT |
Don't mind me, sitting here all alone and rejected at brand x. sighhhhh LXer lwn.net tux machines junauza hehe2 phoronix slashdot groklaw standards blog about a zillion others |
| Steven_Rosenber Dec 26, 2008 7:52 PM EDT |
The LXer community — that's y'all — is a big part of this site's success, but another important factor is the design, philosophy and implementation of the Web site itself. I find the way things are done here to be way more palatable than Digg, /. or any other site that aggregates content on a particular topic. From a strictly technical standpoint, it's a great example of the possibilities inherent in an interactive Web site powered by PHP and MySQL. And I give this site most of the credit for whatever audience I've managed to attract at my own tech blog. If there were clones of LXer for other topics of interest, I think they'd stand a chance of being equally successful — or more so. |
| Scott_Ruecker Dec 26, 2008 8:05 PM EDT |
For my part Carla, I am on LT everyday reading articles you post to your newswire. You always catch stuff I miss. |
| Scott_Ruecker Dec 26, 2008 8:27 PM EDT |
Thank You Steven for the kind words, you sound like me talking about this place. I am glad that I can count on you to vouch for a "LXer Effect" in having an article post to the newswire.. ;-) |
| gus3 Dec 26, 2008 9:12 PM EDT |
I can vouch for the "LXer effect". My last article posted here boosted my traffic ten times in 24 hours, in part because several other news feeds picked it up from LXer (including discussion boards in Russia, Bulgaria, and Romania!). It's now the single most popular article on my site. FWIW, LXer is the first bookmark listed in my "geek sites" sub-menu. And I keep an eye on the LT headlines from Linux Home Page dot com. |
| Scott_Ruecker Dec 26, 2008 9:22 PM EDT |
Has anyone seen this? http://www.linuxleak.com/ |
| Sander_Marechal Dec 26, 2008 9:40 PM EDT |
Yup. I'm one of those obsessive site owners who go through their referrers and reads the pages that link to my site. I've come across LinuxLeak several times because they syndicate LXer. |
| herzeleid Dec 26, 2008 9:54 PM EDT |
Wow tc - you have great taste in sites. I used to visit groklaw daily, but since there has been 1 new story in the past 3 weeks or so, I haven't visted as often. |
| Scott_Ruecker Dec 27, 2008 4:23 PM EDT |
I have used my own not very scientific method and from what I can tell Google indexes us about every 8 to 10 minutes. At least that is how how long it takes for a newswire post to show up in their search results. That comes out to almost 180 times a day we are hit by them, not too shabby if you ask me. |
| Steven_Rosenber Dec 27, 2008 9:13 PM EDT |
Quoting:Has anyone seen this? That is pretty sweet. And it has great placement for LXer. |
| tuxtom Dec 29, 2008 3:02 AM EDT |
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(confidential adult sites).nl |
| number6x Dec 29, 2008 10:52 AM EDT |
Lxer: http://lxer.com Groklaw: http://www.groklaw.net/ BSNYC: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/ Linux Today: http://www.linuxtoday.com/ Stellarvue forum: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stellarvue |
| InTheLoop Dec 30, 2008 1:42 AM EDT |
Given that I write about Linux frequently, I actually have a list of 24 sites that I read every day. I will not bore you will the whole list, but here are a couple of my favorites that have not been mentioned: Lifehacker - Huge volume of really interesting stuff, mostly non-Linux related, but still very interesting PolishLinux - Unfortunately, there has not been anything new here in a while, but their stuff, particularly the tours of KDE releases is really interesting. Most of the other stuff is either not that interested or has already been mentioned. I can't say I read it every day, but Shuttleworth's blog is definitely worth checking out. (Of course, just about every post gets picked up by every Linux site on earth, so you generally know where there is something new to read.) |
| Sander_Marechal Dec 30, 2008 3:40 AM EDT |
Quoting:Lifehacker - Huge volume of really interesting stuff, mostly non-Linux related, but still very interesting Ah, you're a GTD man eh? I read Lifehacker occasionally. It's quite good. Also, a few other sites that I read. Not daily, but whenever there is something new: A List Apart (http://alistapart.com/): A web designer magazine Simplebits, by Dan Cederholm (http://simplebits.com/): He makes great web designs. I love his stuff. Web Design from Scratch, by Ben Hunt (http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/), sadly not updated much these days Bastard operator from Hell (http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/): Because I want to be like Simon (don't we all?) :-) |
| bigg Dec 30, 2008 9:38 AM EDT |
One that I forgot to mention is codinghorror.com. He's never really bought into FOSS, but he is intelligent enough to discuss related issues without being a troll/flamer. Plus his programming posts are informative. |
| vainrveenr Dec 30, 2008 1:15 PM EDT |
Nobody above has mentioned Schestowitz's Boycott Novell site, and probably for good reason based upon other current LXer threads. Also interesting that Penguin Pete's pro-FOSS site, http://penguinpetes.com/index.php , gets no mention here. Guess that many of the LXer "old guard" still resent Penguin Pete for his whistleblowing on helios's Tux500 fundraising affair less than two years ago. That's too bad.... still plenty of good nuggets of useful FOSS-wisdom around at PP's site, and available for all to benefit from without the constant need for PP to resort to ad hominum remarks. |
| azerthoth Dec 30, 2008 1:21 PM EDT |
I really hope that there were sarcasm tags on that whistle blowing comment. Pete asked LXer to stay away from him, publicly. It's in a forum thread around here somewhere. |
| tuxchick Dec 30, 2008 1:38 PM EDT |
There was plenty of noise from PPete, all right, but nothing more. If Ken ran a scam PPete was miles away from offering any actual evidence. 'Whistle blowing' is an apt description, since his anti-Ken rants contained about as much substance as a whistle-blow. azerthoth, you might remember how after PPete told LXerers to take a hike, and censored everyone who posted something on his site that he didn't like, that didn't stop him from continuing to post flames here. |
| dinotrac Dec 30, 2008 4:24 PM EDT |
TC - The correct term is defamation. |
| hkwint Jan 08, 2009 7:53 PM EDT |
Quoting:Pete asked LXer to stay away from him, publicly Moreover, he blocked referrers from LXer, so we couldn't even link to his site; and he even blocked IP's of some of us. I read mostly Dutch sites; but not all of them; Wikipedia, mostly English one, but sometimes I prefer to read something in Dutch, French or German. Can't believe I'm the first to mention! tweakers.net (Dutch, can be compared to heise.de; I don't know of an English equivalent though) nu.nl (Dutch most popular newssite; offering a special on Open Source last month!) google.maps.com (use that a lot for finding my way) cuil.com (not much; alternative for Google?) our intranet site at work, because it's the start page (doh!) Not daily, but often: gentoo.org distrowatch.org noorderlicht.vpro.nl (Dutch, science) lxer.com/411/ standards blog When I'm bored; Uncyclopedia (TIP!) Greatest actually useful Linux/FSF/GNU rants ever: http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/archives/ ; more people should read this; valid rants! Especially the 'these on free software', is a must read for any Linux / Free Software /Open source fan: http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/archives/2007/06/01/T19_09_43/ Used to go there often, but not anymore: howstuffworks.com dmoz.org (still a great one) tldp.org |
| tracyanne Jan 09, 2009 3:08 AM EDT |
Not every day but certainly today http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/userfriendly |
| wjl Jan 09, 2009 9:01 AM EDT |
Hmmm - my own one? Jokes aside, I visit Planet Debian (.org) more or less daily, and the usual daily news sites... |
| vainrveenr Jan 09, 2009 11:46 AM EDT |
Quoting:Not every day but certainly today... and also not every day but certainly today (being an odd-numbered day); PP's new 'Doomed to Obscurity' comic strip, http://www.penguinpetes.com/Doomed_to_Obscurity/index.php Seems to be somewhat similar in tone to the popular strip UserFriendly, which the fourth, fifth, and seventh commentators in this thread have already mentioned they also visit on a daily basis. Perhaps as no surprise here, Craigslist too, http://www.craigslist.org (New Zealand's mega-CL site is http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/au, just in case the author of the quote here is not already aware of this) |
| jdixon Jan 09, 2009 11:59 AM EDT |
> Doomed to Obscurity What do you know, the link worked. I wonder if Pete's stopped blocking LXer. |
| tuxchick Jan 09, 2009 12:02 PM EDT |
Quoting: I wonder if Pete's stopped blocking LXer. All clicks spend the same. |
| DiBosco Jan 09, 2009 2:38 PM EDT |
Not many I visit every day, but regular haunts are: http://www.cricinfo.com Cricket news (it's a weird colonial game and my favourite sport by a long way) http://www.nikonians.org I've recently got into photography and own a Nikon dSLR http://www.linuxquestions.org http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport It's not just cricket I like, I keep up sometimes with football (soccer to those across the pond) as well forum.mandriva.com Being a Mandriva user and all... |
| azerthoth Jan 09, 2009 3:09 PM EDT |
Other than LXer?
The story sites that LXer links, various sites on the work intranet, gmail, and wunderground.com. However I spend alot of time on LXer. |
| Bob_Robertson Jan 09, 2009 5:00 PM EDT |
Other than LXer, well obviously, and as much as "many" might seem a good answer, I'll put in the few that I try to check every day specifically. User Friendly, Dilbert, doesn't everyone? Here are a couple other comics that I haven't seen in other lists yet, Dreamland Chronicles: http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/ FreeFall: http://freefall.purrsia.com/default.htm Two serials from Big Head Press I'm following right now, Odysseus The Rebel: http://www.bigheadpress.com/otr Escape from Terra: http://www.bigheadpress.com/eft For more serious stuff, The Ludwig von Mises Institute (economic facts): http://www.mises.org/ Lew Rockwell (economic/political opinions): http://www.lewrockwell.com/ Linux Today: http://linuxtoday.com/ The Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com/ A few serious YouTube channels as well: http://www.youtube.com/user/FutureFreedomF http://www.youtube.com/user/misesmedia http://www.youtube.com/user/RidleyReport http://www.youtube.com/user/campaignforliberty http://www.youtube.com/user/pennsays (did I say serious? How did that last one get in there....) I'll often check to see if there's a deal I just can't pass up: Gun Broker: http://www.gunbroker.com/ And the weeklies, The Libertarian Enterprise: http://www.ncc-1776.org/ Vin Suprynowicz: http://www.lvrj.com/columnists/Vin_Suprynowicz.html Future of Freedom Foundation: http://www.fff.org/whatsNew/index.asp For daily news, though, I get the email version of Rational Review News. I cannot imagine trying to parse a newspaper any more, nor do I want to deal with the COST! http://www.rationalreview.com/news |
| AwesomeTux Jan 31, 2009 2:38 AM EDT |
Digg.com Linux/Unix
Tuxmachines.org
Inatux.com
Youtube.com
Flickr.com
Vimeo.com
Mozilla.org
Linux.com
Gimp.org
Gnu.org
Fsf.org
Diggnation.com
Getdeb.net
Jupiterbroadcasting.com
Jakeandamir.com
Collegehumor.com
Homestarrunner.com
Stumbleupon.com And many more! |
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