SourceForge, Linux Foundation to Form New Community
The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization promoting Linux, and
SourceForge, a community-driven media and e-commerce entity, have
joined hands to build an online Linux community. Linux Foundation will
be the new host for Linux.com.
The
new Linux.com site will develop from solely being a news source to a
collaborative site. The site will rely on the community to create and
drive the content and conversation. While the Linux Foundation will
host the collaboration forum, the site will feature the real Linux
experts - users and developers - and give them the tools needed to
connect with each other and with Linux.
It’ll
also extend the Linux Foundation's existing content and community
programs available on www.linuxfoundation.org. Linux.com will provide
content, tools and community services. It’ll also showcase information
for business users of Linux.
"For
SourceForge, this is both an opportunity to continue serving the Linux
community and to represent the Linux Foundation with our company's
media expertise," said Jon Sobel, group president, media at
SourceForge. "We appreciate that, on the modern web, doing both things
well is a hallmark of good companies, and we look forward to jointly
supporting a successful effort for the community."
The
Linux Foundation is currently working on a new beta version of the
site that it will release in a few months. Now, it is launching an "IdeaForge"
designed to gather opinions and ideas from the Linux user community on
the future direction of the site. Users can give feedback at Linux.com
by logging into IdeaForge. Existing forums and content will be made
available so as not to disturb existing users of the site.
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