News & Discussion

'Independant' News Sites

WikiNews (Multi-lingual and collaboratively build repository of free educational texts. See also: wikipedia.org)
IndyMedia (Global and regional news portals made by a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists)
AlterNet (Nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism)
Hub Project (Social activism news)
Reporters Without Borders (French organization, founded in 1985, which defends press freedom around the world)
BBC News (low graphics site) (radio streaming in Ogg Vorbis format)
Kuro5hin ("Technology and culture from the trenches")
Earth Wire (Environmental news)
WSWS (World Socialist Web Site)
Open Democracy ("Opening up Worlds of ideas and experience - closing the distance between people and power")
Freedom House ("voice for democracy and freedom around the world")
infoAnarchy (News on informational freedom issues around the world)
Zmag (News on social issues around the world)
Multimedia Data Archives (from the Multimedia section)
Socialist Review (Journal on social issues around the world)
World Socialist (News portal on social issues around the world)

FreshMeat (Release news site)
LWN (Linux Weekly News)
Slashdot ("News for nerds and stuff that doesn't matter")
OS News ("Exploring the future of computing")
Linux Gazette (Free software magazine)
Linux Focus (Multi-lingual free software magazine)
Kernel Traffic (Newsletters on: Linux, KDE, Wine, GNUe)
Kuro5hin (Technology section)
Advogato (Free software developers hang-out site)
Linux.com (GNU/Linux news)
AllLinuxDevices (News related to embedded GNU/Linux)
LinuxHomepage (Headline collection portal)
Linux Journal (Commercial magazine)
Linux-Magazin (Commercial magazine)
Linux Format (Commercial Magazine)
Loads of Linux Links (Link portal of free software projects)
FSF Free Software Directory
LinuxSecurity.com (Software security related news)
DesktopOS.com (Free software desktop News)
Reasons to Avoid Micros*ft (News links which are related to M$ and free software)