I was talking to a new freelance writer for LDN this afternoon, and when the subject came up about how I decided what topics to cover.
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Week 46: Rock the Linux Vote!
The US elections are (blessedly) over, and like any political junkie, I am suffering from withdraw symptoms. After months of polls, blogs, and cable news, I find myself craving the process of democratically electing something, anything.
So you can imagine how excited I was to see that some LDN users were starting taking advantage of our Brainstorming tool. I wanted to take this opportunity to explain what this section of the LDN is all about and encourage everyone to participate!
Planting a Tree
This morning I was rolling through my blog feeds, catching up the latest news in the world o' Linux, when I noted an interesting piece of artwork in Celeste Lyn Paul's obso1337.org blog.
Digging Into the LDN
So, having made it through the launch of LDN yesterday, I thought it would be nice to take a step back and point out what is the coolest functionality of the new site: the Linux Application Checker. This thing, I have to say, is one sweet application.
The Start of Something
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be there at the beginning of something big. Like when three guys from Seattle decided to open up a new coffee store in 1971. Or when some kid decided to build a new operating system for his PC to do a university project.
It's easy to look at things that are huge now and remember that once upon a time, all of the hubbub was just an idea.
If you're lucky, though, you might just have a chance to be there at the beginning. When something huge begins as somethng small. Today I feel pretty lucky.
Welcome Brian Proffitt to the Linux Foundation
I’m very pleased to welcome Brian Proffitt to the Linux Foundation. Brian will be serving as the community manager and editor for the Linux Developer Network. We’re extremely lucky to lure Brian away from Jupiter Media, where he built a thriving community and reported on Linux for such publications as Linux Today and Linux Planet.
Adding a community manager for the Linux Developer Network is an important move for us. The LDN, while not launched yet, we hope will become a central place for the community to collaborate. As Brian mentions in this excellent article in OSstatic, the LDN will be the public-facing manifestation of all things LSB, meaning it will assist developers in writing portable applications for Linux.
But that’s certainly not all it will be. We want to make it easier for application developers to target Linux in general. We have designed the LDN to ...