[DC LoCo] Ubuntu News Resource

[Eric Maag]

LOL to mysogynerds.

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On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:41 PM, N.C. Weber <ncweber00 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I don't know if anyone is familiar with a site called "OMG!UBUNTU!", but I have
>> been following the site for a while and find that they do a very good job of
>> keeping up with Ubuntu related news from both official development channels
>> as well as Launchpad projects and independent software development.  The
>> reporters do a very good job a breaking down or summarizing information.
>> In fact, recently notable Ubuntu and Canonical developers (like Jono Bacon)
>> have been posting on the site.  Linux video blogger Nixie Pixel has also entered
>> some articles.  Well worth adding to your RSS feed.
>
> I think of them more as a tabloid rag, with their emphasis on
> sensationalist headlines and breaking stories even before decisions
> are actually reached at UDSes (just because a wiki page musing on a
> possibility exists doesn't mean it's going to happen; there are
> several hundred untouched blueprints in Launchpad).  That whole
> "neckbeards" incident really showed they have no respect for the
> community or their readers.  So, no pageviews from me.
>
> If you choose to read it, avoid the comments.  They're full of troll
> spew, and especially so when the misogynerds come out of the woodwork
> for Nixie.
>
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