Just What LINUX.COM Needed After Over a Month of Inactivity: SPAM SPAM SPAM (Linux Brand as a Spamfarm)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 29, 2023

Well done, Linux Foundation! Excellent advocacy! It's not even about Linux!

A week ago: Linux Foundation Has More or Less Killed Linux.com

3 weeks ago: Linux.com: Just Two Updates in 40 Days (Now Run by Jason Perlow From Microsoft and IBM)

Today:

Linux.com Over a month apart, the site was completely neglected for over a month

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