The other day I had a chat with the person who runs Freenode. After nearly 15 years we still haven’t burned a source, not even by accident. People recognised that we were reliable and discreet enough. “After nearly 15 years we still haven’t burned a source, not even by accident.”In 2014 we became a busy hub for EPO news Benoît Battistelli was such a terrible leader (already outdone by António Campinos in some ways) that EPO staff was “flocking” to our “cause”, according to EPO leaks. By means of comparison, Techrights turns 15 this year, it has a lot more traffic because of videos (based on volume at least), and unlike Tux Machines it mostly publishes original stories, along with memes, Daily Links, and the occasional poetry. Tux Machines rarely publishes original stories it’s curating existing news and organises the news for easier digestion by those who aren’t neophiles and have limited time in which to catch up with important events/developments.

At an average of 400KB/second, based on the past month, it’s actually one of the busiest hubs of GNU/Linux news. It won’t be long before the site turns 20 and it’s still exceptionally popular. Today, 17 years ago, Tux Machines was born.

Summary: Decaying World Wide Web bloat (Flash, ActiveX, AMP and so on) shows us that we need to go back to basics sites that didn’t rush to fake novelty (seduced by false promises) are still doing OK, whereas others perish and die from unmaintainable complexity and/or over-reliable on third parties Keep things simple and tidy, not bombastic and outsourced 06.08.21 The ‘Old School’ Web is Alive and Well, Contrary to What Hype About ‘Smart’, ‘Clown Computing’, ‘Web 2.0′, and ‘Mobile-Friendly’ Wants Us to Believe

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