What Linux Journal's Resurrection Taught Me about the FOSS Community

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"Marley was dead, to begin with."—Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.As you surely know by now, Linux Journal started in 1994, which means it has been around for most of the Linux story. A lot has changed since then, and it's not surprising that Linux and the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community are very different today from what they were for Linux Journal's first issue 25 years ago. The changes within the community during this time had a direct impact on Linux Journal and contributed to its death, making Linux Journal's story a good lens through which to view the overall story of the FOSS community. Although I haven't been with Linux Journal since the beginning, I was there during the heyday, the stroke, the decline, the death and the resurrection. This article is about that story and what it says about how the FOSS community has changed.It's also a pretty personal story.A Bit about MeAlthough it's true that I sometimes write about personal projects in my articles and may…