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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Linux.com</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">The Linux.com logo in 2019</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Online_newspaper" title="Online newspaper">Online newspaper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Linux_Foundation" title="Linux Foundation">Linux Foundation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Revenue" title="Revenue">Revenue</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Advertising and store</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.linux.com/">www<wbr>.linux<wbr>.com</a></span> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1999</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Online</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Linux.com</b> is a website that is owned by the <a href="Linux_Foundation" title="Linux Foundation">Linux Foundation</a>, where the goal of the site is to provide information about open source technology, careers, best practices, and industry trends. It also acts as a hub for the <a href="Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> community.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Linux.com offers free Linux tutorials, certifications, news and blogs, discussion forums and groups, a Linux software and hardware directory, and a job board.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The website caters to four different types of Linux users: <a href="Developer_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Developer (software)">Developers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="DevOps" title="DevOps">DevOps</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enterprise (business and academic),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Enthusiasm" title="Enthusiasm">Enthusiasts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Additionally, the topics covered include: AI/ML,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cloud,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Desktop,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Embedded/IOT,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governance,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hardware,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Linux,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Networking,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Open Source,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Security,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and System Administration.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>Originally, the site was owned by Andover.net, which was taken over by VA Linux Systems (which later changed into VA Software, and then <a href="SourceForge" title="SourceForge">SourceForge</a>, now <a href="Geeknet" title="Geeknet">Geeknet</a>). It was dedicated to providing news and services to the free and open source software community. The site reported 25 million hits in the first month of operation.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Linux.com suspended the publication of new articles in December 2008, but implied in an announcement on New Year's Day 2009 that publication would shortly resume after unspecified changes to the site; legal considerations were given as the reason why the anticipated changes were not clearly described.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On March 3, 2009, the <a href="Linux_Foundation" title="Linux Foundation">Linux Foundation</a> announced that they would be taking over the management of Linux.com.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Linux.com staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.linux.com/feature/156093">A new year, a new Linux.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090121123537/http://www.linux.com/feature/156093">Archived</a> 2009-01-21 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Linux.com. 2009 Jan 1.</span>
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<li><a href="Bruce_Byfield" title="Bruce Byfield">Bruce Byfield</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/looking-back-at-linuxcom/">Looking back at Linux.com</a>, March 4, 2009</li>
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