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The Linux.org story

[Posted July 14, 2026 by corbet]

Rob Kennedy has posted the<br>story of the birth of Linux.org — one<br>of the earliest Linux-related web sites — and its more recent rebirth.

The site was founded in May 1994 by Michael McLagan, at a time when<br>Linux itself was barely three years old. Linus Torvalds had only<br>just released it to the world, there was no real way for a newcomer<br>to find their footing, no search engines, no Wikipedia, none of the<br>infrastructure people take for granted now for figuring out a new<br>piece of technology. Michael built linux.org to fill that gap, a<br>place for people to learn about Linux and follow the movement as it<br>grew.

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Ugh

Posted Jul 15, 2026 12:16 UTC (Wed)<br>by lbt (subscriber, #29672)<br>[Link]

Complains at the ad blocker

One of those US sites that has a 1-click "accept" and a 1000-click "no thanks"

Talk about losing your way

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