primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message lwn a screenshot of lwn.net in mozilla firefox web address lwn.net slogan linux info from the source type of site news registration optional available in english users over 100 000 written in python created by jonathan corbet and elizabeth coolbaugh launched january 29 1998 ; 18 years ago 1998 01 29 1 revenue subscription advertisement alexa rank 51 621 april 2014 update 2 current status online lwn.net is a computing webzine with an emphasis on free software and software for linux and other unix like operating systems . it consists of a weekly issue separate stories which are published most days and threaded discussion attached to every story . most news published daily are short summaries of articles published elsewhere and are free to all viewers . original articles are usually published weekly on thursdays and are available only to subscribers for one week after which they become free as well . lwn.net is part of eklektix inc. lwn caters to a more technical audience than other linux free software publications . it is often praised for its in depth coverage of linux kernel internals . 3 the acronym lwn originally stood for linux weekly news ; that name is no longer used because the site no longer covers exclusively linux related topics and it has daily as well as weekly content . 4 contents 1 history 2 contributors 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit jonathan corbet at linuxcon japan 2010 founded by jonathan corbet and elizabeth coolbaugh and published since january 1998 1 lwn was originally a free site devoted to collecting linux news published weekly . at the end of may 2002 lwn announced a redesigned site . 5 among the changes was a facility for readers to post comments about stories . on july 25 2002 lwn announced that due to its inability to raise enough funds through donations the following issue would be its last . 6 7 following an outpouring of support from readers however the editors of lwn decided to continue publishing albeit with a subscription model . new weekly editions of lwn are initially only available to readers who subscribe at one of three levels group subscriptions are also available . after a 1 week delay each issue becomes freely available to readers who are unable or unwilling to pay . contributors edit lwn.net staff currently consists of 8 jonathan corbet who oversees the front and kernel pages as well as overall executive editor functions ; jake edge who manages the security page and miscellaneous functions ; rebecca sobol who edits the distributions page and daily updates ; nathan willis who maintains the development page . lwn.net also purchases a number of articles from freelance authors . 8 see also edit free software portal distrowatch slashdot references edit a b leading items . lwn.net . our first announced issue was january 29 1998 lwn.net site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . mel gorman 2004 . understanding the linux virtual memory manager . prentice hall . the lwn.net faq general questions . retrieved 2012 08 06 . lwn article announcing the new site design lwn notice informing readers of funding issues stephen shankland 2002 07 25 . linux publication to close . cnet news . a b the lwn.net faq content questions . retrieved 2013 07 07 . external links edit official website timeline page also includes the site s own history at the bottom 2007 subscribers survey showing demographics and what sections of the site are liked v t e linux linux kernel history kernel linus s law linux libre linux startup process linux kernel oops tux more controversies criticism of linux criticism of desktop linux gnu linux naming controversy tanenbaum torvalds debate sco and linux distributions general comparison distributions list netbook specific comparison distributions that run from ram lightweight proprietary software for linux package manager package format list of software package managers organizations linux foundation linux mark institute linux user group lug linux documentation project linuxchix linux counter adoption desktop embedded gaming linux range of use list of linux adopters media free software magazine linux.com linux format open source for you linux gazette linux journal linux magazine linuxuser ubuntu user linux outlaws linux voice lugradio lwn.net phoronix revolution os the code people alan cox allison randal andrew morton benjamin mako hill bradley kuhn bruce perens daniel robbins david s. miller greg kroah hartman ian murdock jon maddog hall jono bacon karen sandler linus torvalds eric s. raymond mark shuttleworth pamela jones patrick volkerding richard stallman theodore ts o william john sullivan linux linux kernel features portal linux wikiproject linux retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lwn.net & oldid 730952370 categories linux magazinesamerican news websiteslinux websitescomputer webzinescompanies based in coloradointernet properties established in 1998hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from june 2010all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles containing potentially dated statements from april 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 22 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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