kiss of death

Story: LinuxDevices Killed in Ziff Davis Enterprise Acquisition?Total Replies: 15
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tuxchick

Apr 22, 2012
10:22 PM EDT
The new owner is a giant marketing company, so expect to see both sites tarted up with zillions of intrusive ads and advertorial junk.
djohnston

Apr 23, 2012
12:47 AM EDT
The site is up. It's being redirected to what appears to be a new domain, http://www.linuxfordevices.com/.
Bob_Robertson

Apr 23, 2012
10:00 AM EDT
Fascinating.

DJ, adding that "for" certainly changes the attitude of the name greatly.
tuxchick

Apr 23, 2012
12:34 PM EDT
The URL has always been http://www.linuxfordevices.com/ , that's not new.
Bob_Robertson

Apr 23, 2012
12:52 PM EDT
Ah, the joys of "clicking" rather than typing in the URL.

Thanks, TC. I've seen the title as 'Linux Devices', never noticed the "for" be-for. Why, no, officer, I've never done drugs.

:^)

Trust you to know what's actually happening.
djohnston

Apr 23, 2012
3:27 PM EDT
Quoting:The URL has always been http://www.linuxfordevices.com/ , that's not new.


Okay, if you say so. It was in my address book as http://www.linuxdevices.com/.

After doing a net search for linuxdevices.com, I see there are a few archived news stories under that domain. I'm not hallucinating, after all.
jdixon

Apr 23, 2012
3:53 PM EDT
> It was in my address book as http://www.linuxdevices.com/.

I believe that's how I always accessed it.
Bob_Robertson

Apr 23, 2012
4:01 PM EDT
gee, maybe I wasn't crazy after all...
caitlyn

Apr 23, 2012
4:35 PM EDT
Sadly, I fear it may not have much value going forward from any URL. No new material in exactly how long?
Scott_Ruecker

Apr 23, 2012
7:49 PM EDT
Ahh, the power of stealth url re-directs..
tuxchick

Apr 23, 2012
8:38 PM EDT
Maybe I hallucinated it. But I used to post a lot of Linux Devices stories on LT, and I'm pretty sure it was linuxfordevices.com. At any rate I wish it had been adopted by good parents.
tracyanne

Apr 23, 2012
8:48 PM EDT
I believe TC to be correct. I recall it always being Linux For Devices.
Scott_Ruecker

Apr 23, 2012
9:25 PM EDT
Everyone is right.

LinuxDevices.com re-directs to LinuxforDevices.com, and has since before I surfed there for the first time some 7 some odd years ago now. The 'brand' is Linux For Devices like Tracy says, but for my part LinuxDevices .com rolls off the tongue a lot smoother than Linux-FOR-Devices .com.

cr

Apr 25, 2012
6:28 AM EDT
It was LinuxDevices when Rick Lehrbaum started it.

http://www.informationweek.com/authors/7148
cr

Apr 25, 2012
4:49 PM EDT
Speaking of "Other News" redirects... The linux.org.uk link currently redirects to linux.com. Time, methinks, for a check with Alan Cox as to whether this state of affairs is permanent, and maybe some editing in said sidebar.
Steven_Rosenber

Apr 26, 2012
1:05 AM EDT
At some point they changed from http://linuxdevices.com to http://linuxfordevices.com. I have no idea why.

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