TechCrunch for the Open Source Desktop?

Someone asked in comments what I meant about a techcrunch for open source

Luis Villa’s Blog » techcrunch for the open source desktop

Someone huh? ;-) I asked very purposely because I have been looking for good open source desktop “news” for many years.

Newsforge is not on my list, though there regularly are great stories there like a local report on BarCampEarth (hat tip: Chris Messina).

I really enjoy Michael’s writing, but it is not what I really want from a open source desktop news site. TechCrunch is the bleeding web. The voice is right, but I want less hype, more balanced reviews and focus on productivity in work and play.

Luis spells it out beautifully! I don’t think we are alone considering one of my top read articles is Linux + offline Feed Reader = Liferea.

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4 Comments

  1. Luis Villa
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 10:33 pm | Permalink

    Liferea link is broken, by the way. And sorry about referring to you as ’someone’ :) I’ll be more specific next time…

  2. foolswisdom
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 11:05 pm | Permalink

    Luis, is all good! Being dramatic about it is part of the fun.

    Link fixed. I have been meaning for forever to get a ~ out of my URLs… but it really means a hosting change… I have given myself till November ;-)

  3. Jesse Andrews
    Posted September 6, 2006 at 2:50 pm | Permalink

    I’m looking for the same…

    btw, if you need to host, I can put you on my server… I’ve never installed wordpress/php/… but wouldn’t mind learning to help out a friend.

  4. foolswisdom
    Posted September 6, 2006 at 5:25 pm | Permalink

    Jesse, that is a very generous offer. I have new hosting lined up already.

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