New Linux News Portal - LinuxDailyNews 109
An anonymous submitter writes "Five popular independent Linux websites today unveiled LinuxDailyNews, a collaborative portal site where visitors can get thumbnail glimpses of the latest news and content from each participating site. The founders of LinuxDailyNews are Open for
Business, DesktopLinux.com, LinuxDevices.com, and Linux and Main. Those sites were joined before rollout by member site KernelTrap.org, and other sites are expected to be added in the future."
But can they (Score:1)
Re:But can they (Score:1)
Advertising for the competition? (Score:2)
I guess since this site doesn't does go as in-depth as Linux Daily News, they don't feel that they are competing... but Slashdot is a very Linux-centric site...
Re:Advertising for the competition? (Score:2)
Re:Advertising for the competition? (Score:1)
Re:Advertising for the competition? (Score:1)
Why not? Slashdot is part of a for-profit company, and they did not "commoditize the news" as open source software has been commoditized. And even in the "Linux World", where software is a commodity... Have you ever seen Red Had promoting Mandrake, Caldera, or SuSE?
The usual business rules should apply.
Re:Advertising for the competition? (Score:2)
This new site is purely news as far as I can tell. No feedback, no user comments (just a lame survey that doesn't even display the right count of votes on the main page)
Anyone can do this using rdf feeds or the php scripts someone else mentioned.
Re:Advertising for the competition? (Score:1)
Best,
Tim
Re:Advertising for the competition? (Score:1)
Competition for Slashdot, HA (Score:1)
but but... (Score:1)
C001 (Score:2, Funny)
(Was that right?)
There's a whole lot - and you can have them too (Score:5, Insightful)
http://swamp.chl.chalmers.se/backends/ [chalmers.se]
He currently has about 40 sources, primarily linux orienteded.
Re:There's a whole lot - and you can have them too (Score:1)
http://linuxdailynews.net/backend.php
to my own Nuke site's headlines. Headlines from a headlines site
It's obviously a phpNuke site - shame they didn't credit the phpNuke team anywhere on the front page.
My own site carries headlines from slashdot, movieheadlines, barrysworld and planetquake3
Re:There's a whole lot - and you can have them too (Score:2)
Site Designed and Powered by Universal Networks(TM) Web Site Solutions(TM).
These content management thingies all look the same anyhow.
Re:There's a whole lot - and you can have them too (Score:2)
Re:There's a whole lot - and you can have them too (Score:1)
MyHeadlines @ www.jmagar.com (Score:1)
Get it here: http://www.jmagar.com [jmagar.com]
Cheers,
Mike
Don't worry (Score:1)
Re:Don't worry (Score:1, Interesting)
-Tim
Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? (Score:2)
Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? (Score:2)
Dave
Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? (Score:3, Informative)
What software do you use to develop your site?
We use SuSE Linux 7.1 (Linux 2.4.9 with X11 and KDE 2.2) operating system for our web development workstations. Our other tools include Corel Photo-Paint 9, the GIMP 1.2, various GNU Project tools, and a few different text editors (including Kate and Pico). We do not use any WYSIWYG tools for creating our site so that we can achieve the highest level of compatiblity with all modern web browsers.
What CGI scripts do you use?
We use many of our own tools including our free StatsPlus, Go2It!, ReadyForm, GuestCall 2000 and a custom set of registration and downloading scripts. If you're interested in more of the details of our CGI setup, please feel free to contact us at contact@uninetsolutions.com.
Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? (Score:1)
Check these:-
http://linuxdailynews.net/admin.php
http://lin
http://linuxdailynews
All phpNuke URLs. They've removed or moved some of the modules such as "stats.php", "submit.php" and so forth but I could tell it was Nuke within about 1.2 seconds of the page appearing in my browser...
I did think for a nanosecond of setting up a site like this using Nuke (which comes with style sheets for rendering rdf and xml headline files) but then - I thought - thats just a bit too parasitic and well - lame.
Shame on them and "Universal Networks" for not giving the Nuke team a credit!
Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? (Score:1)
All a bit strange!
Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? (Score:2)
Ok. Now I need a name for the page that contains the backend. "stuffrunningasabackend.php"? Nah
Best make my system modular - saves so much trouble when I'm trying to fix something afterwards. Let's see, what do I need for that....
Do you have any idea how many php content management thingies are out there, some of which are indeed offshoots of phpNuke (which is considered to be unsafe as hell, which is why there's so many alternatives)?
Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? (Score:2, Informative)
<meta NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="PHP-Nuke 5.5 - http://phpnuke.org">
Re:Is that Slashcode or PHPNuke? (Score:1, Informative)
Best,
Timothy R. Butler
Open for Business/Universal Networks
After UnitedLinux... (Score:1)
Looks like fragmentation is also a problem in this area. And I do remember having read the same story, for example, in Slashdot and Linuxtoday several times...
RDF Feeds? (Score:2, Interesting)
(For those of you that use those funny slashdot boxes to the right of the comments, should be aware that those are created by the Netscape RDF format.)
Sunny Dubey
Here you go... (Score:1)
The feed's at http://linuxdailynews.net/backend.php [linuxdailynews.net], producing good old RSS 0.91.
The best thing about PHPNuke sites (and the best way to check if a site's running Nuke) is the automagically generated backend.php file. Usually, a site administrator doesn't have to do anything to enable it, and it makes slurping site content so much easier.
Is there a LDN Slashbox available yet?
Great Idea! (Score:2, Insightful)
I always did find it confusing to have to visit a ton of sites to find up to date info.
Re:Great Idea! (Score:3, Informative)
Now it makes sense (Score:2)
Re:"Independent" (Score:1, Interesting)
Best,
Tim
Portal of Portals? (Score:2)
-Pete
Re:Portal of Portals? (Score:1)
Slashdot != Linux Central (Score:2, Interesting)
America-centric? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:America-centric? (Score:1)
Re:America-centric? (Score:1)
Linux Weekly News (Score:2)
wtf.. their mascaotte sucks (Score:1)
"done-before" uncle sam outfit gives it an independant look? like You americans made linux. or worse like you are they only indepandant country. I think lately tux has been abused in so many forms i should be getting pissed about it, but really? uncle tux????
Re:wtf.. their mascaotte sucks (Score:1)
So, the mascot may suck, but not as much as your spelling
About the logo (Score:4, Interesting)
I do not think of Linux as a typically or purely American phenomenon; it is cosmopolitic, not bound to a particular nation. Maybe the logo is temporary and mainly inspired by the 'Windependence Day' pun; or maybe the logo-choosers live and work in the US and wish to counter the assertion by some linux-haters that linux would be 'communistic' and 'un-American'? I would appreciate if somebody could provide with some info about the motivation of the 'American' part of the logo.
I do not really like the 'no Windows' suggestion, as it would suggest that Linux has only been created for Windows-haters. I like it that Linus Torvalds (when asked about his opinion about it in interviews) usually says that he does not care about Microsoft and their products. He just works on Linux, tries to make it an excellent piece of software, and MS may do what they like as long as they don't interfere with his project. MS is not relevant for somebody who is just happy with Linux, so there is no reason to honor MSWindows with a prominent (albeit negatively colored) place in a Linux news site logo.
Re:About the logo (Score:1)
Re:About the logo (Score:2)
It's not a long-term logo.
Re:About the logo (Score:1)
It is now clear to me now that this American hat and the polarization versus windows is only temporary; well, go ahead and have your party, this is apparently your way of celebrating 4th of July. I suppose that next week Tux will have a different outfit.
I maintain my point that you would only do MS a favour if you would always (not just in these days) stress linux as an 'alternative' to Windows, a safe haven for MS-haters. Because then it is not truly independent of Windows, just like without Tom Jerry wouldn't exist.
Re:About the logo (Score:1)
I find it mildly disturbing to try to make a publicity event coincide with a national holiday, or at least in the way they are trying to borrow from the real holiday.
I'm not about to write my congressman about it or stage a protest, and I realize retailers run 4th of July sales for everything imaginable, but there's just something about the way they're co-opting the holiday that bothers me.
Re:About the logo (Score:1)
Re:About the logo (Score:2)
It's American clothing. It's clearly derived from American Independence day. Speaking as a Canadian, this does nothing for me. ['cept demonstrate the incredible power of American myopia yet again.]
Re:About the logo (Score:1)
Another way (Score:4, Informative)
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=linux [google.com]
How about a lightweight version? (Score:2)
I didn't see an avantgo-friendly page link on this site.
A few other sites: (Score:2)
linux journal [linuxjournal.com]
OSNews.com [osnews.com]
The Linux Game Tome [happypenguin.org]
Great... (Score:1)
However, it's good to get some non-mainstream sites in there also (kerneltrap).
another site (Score:4, Informative)
Re:another site (Score:2)
I hope the rest of the site is more current than their survey, otherwise we're doomed:
World Cup Final: who will win?
Brazil
Germany
Texstar
YASS (Score:1)
Go, check google's cache people.
The Tux with the Patriotic Hat (Explanation) (Score:1, Informative)
Best,
Tim (LDN Founding Member - OfB.biz [ofb.biz])
Grrr (Score:1)
Why couldn't they have just teamed up with lwn.net? They've been around a long time and already have a very nice web site and a large reader base. Seems like a better idea to me.
Re:Too bad the site sucks ass (Score:1)
Thanks,
Tim
HebdoLinux.org (Score:1)
Check out http://www.hebdolinux.org [hebdolinux.org]. Daily and past news from dozens of sites. 5 languages supported. All is archived and it's been this way for many years.