[NBLUG/talk] talk Digest, Vol 198, Issue 2

[Brad Morrison]

Hi Derek & all,

Thanks for the news sites - I hadn't heard of either one of them. I 
tried to look for an new items that they both covered to give a sense of 
the differences between LWN and Phoronix, but I was surprised that so 
much of the content was unique to each site. The first subject that I 
saw repeated was the Intel MMIO stale data vulnerabilities. Here's a 
screenshot of LWN as they don't seem to use separate webpages for the 
individual news articles:


And here is a link to the Phoronix version of the story: 
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MMIO-Stale-Data-Vulnerabilities 
<https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MMIO-Stale-Data-Vulnerabilities>

The Phoronix version was much longer and had more comments (does that 
mean more readers?), but I like LWN's simple design - it makes scanning 
for news easier on my eyes (although I prefer one column instead of the 
two that they use). Honestly, both are far too detailed/technical for me 
and I agree that neither would be of much interest to Linux newbies or 
most users (as opposed to developers).

Thanks!

Brad

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>        Santa Rosa (Derek B. Noonburg)
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> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:43:42 -0700
> From: "Derek B. Noonburg"<derekn at foolabs.com>
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> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] I just posted about tonight's NBLUG meeting
> 	on NextDoor Santa Rosa
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> Hi Brad,
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> Thanks for the outreach!
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> As for news sites, I read LWN and Phoronix.  But I wouldn't recommend
> those to Linux newbies.
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> LinuxQuestions is pretty good, but as a forum not really a news site.
>
> - Derek
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> On Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:56:39 -0700
> Brad Morrison<bradmorrison at sonic.net>  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In the search for new members or just people interested in learning
>> about open source software/Linux, I just posted about tonight's NBLUG
>> meeting on NextDoor Santa Rosa.
>>
>> I included a few links for the vast majority of my Santa Rosa
>> neighbors who probably don't even know what Linux is or even open
>> source software is and have likely not intentionally used/sought out
>> any open source software. That got me thinking though - which
>> Linux/OSS news sites do NBLUG members use most frequently? When you
>> talk about Linux/OSS to someone who doesn't know/understand/use such
>> technology, what resources do you refer them to?
>>
>> This is my NextDoor post, for anyone that wants to like/comment on it
>> and hopefully drive more attention to NBLUG:
>> https://nextdoor.com/p/kz3bJfq3thYb?view=detail
>>
>> As far as other promotional opportunities, I have thought that it
>> might make sense to reach out to the only makerspace that I know of
>> in Sonoma County, Chimera in Sebastopol:https://www.chimeraarts.org/
>>
>> I have also briefly talked to Janeen Murray at Sonoma County Go Local
>> Cooperative (https://sonomacounty.golocal.coop/) about looking into
>> the potential uses of open source technology in locally based
>> businesses, as the big tech giants are the exact opposite of a local
>> business and open licensing allows local businesses to compete more
>> effectively with larger corporations.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Brad
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