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Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
Editor in Chief

Robin was one of the first journalists to cover Linux. He is the author of The Online Rules of Successful Companies (Financial Times Prentice Hall 2002), Point & Click Linux (Prentice Hall, 2004), Point & Click OpenOffice.org (Prentice Hall, 2006), and a co-author of Unix Unleashed, 4th Edition (Sams, 2001). His byline has appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, and more than 1,200 other newspapers and magazines. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Internet Press Guild, and Online News Association.

Lee Schlesinger
Executive Editor

Lee joined SourceForge, Inc., in 2003, and now oversees Linux.com and ITManagersJournal.com. Before joining the company Lee held various editorial positions at ZDNet, Network World, Network Computing, and Digital Review.

Nathan Willis
Associate Editor

Nate has, at various times, worked as a photographer, journalist, graphic designer, Web developer, programmer, sysadmin, cartoonist, voice-over artist, and technical writer. He has been using Linux since 1997, and has been writing for Linux.com and Newsforge.com since 2004.

David 'cdlu' Graham
NewsVac Editor

David goes by the online alias "cdlu," meaning "confused debian linux user." He is an avid Linux user and is a co-founder of the Open and Free Technology Community IRC network (irc.oftc.net). He has worked on our sites since 2000.

Contributing editors

Bruce Byfield

Bruce Byfield started writing about free software as a Contributing Editor to Maximum Linux. Since then, his work has appeared regularly on the Linux.com and Linux Journal sites. He has also written for such sites and magazines as Datamation, Techwr-l, and The New Internationalist.

Tina Gasperson

Tina has been writing about Linux and open source software since 2000. Her work has appeared in Newsforge, Linux.com , CIO.com, The Register, The Tampa Bay Business Journal, Entrepreneur, and many other publications.

Dmitri Popov

Dmitri Popov holds a degree in Russian language and computer linguistics. He has been writing exclusively about open source software for several years, and his articles have appeared in Danish, British, German, US, and Russian magazines and Web sites.

Mayank Sharma

In addition to his work for Linux.com, Mayank Sharma writes a monthly column for Packt Publishing, which will also publish his book on Elgg open source social networking software. He has written technical articles for IBM developerWorks, where he pens a blog on Linux Security. When not writing, he teaches open-source-related courses at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Additional Information

We utilize icons from the The Tango Desktop Project, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license. Why? Because they look great, offer multiple formats and are Open Source. We love Open Source. They are designed to create a "consistent user experience for Open Source software". Sure we are a website but that experience should be consistent. Thanks to the hard work by all the folks that make this project shine.

Disclaimer

Principals of Linux.com and SourceForge, Inc., may have investments in the stocks of the companies discussed on this site and will disclose any interest if they write a story about those companies or their products. Contributing writers may or may not have an interest in a company or product they are discussing. The decision to disclose that information is theirs to make. We do not guarantee the veracity, reliability or completeness of any hyperlink appearing on our site.

About SourceForge, Inc.

SourceForge’s media and e-commerce web sites connect millions of influential technology professionals and enthusiasts each day. Combining user-developed content, online marketplaces and e-commerce, SourceForge is the global technology community’s nexus for information exchange, goods for geeks, and open source software distribution and services. The network of web sites enables advertisers to efficiently reach a large, highly qualified audience of buyers. SourceForge’s network serves more than 33 million unique visitors each month from around the world.*

It includes top web sites, like SourceForge.net, the world’s largest open source software development and distribution environment; Slashdot, the web destination that pioneered community generated content; and ThinkGeek, the online bazaar that features cool stuff for techno-enthusiasts. Other sites in the network include Linux.com, freshmeat.net, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge. SourceForge’s unique combination of user-developed content, clever e-commerce, and online marketplaces make it the most trusted, credible venue for dialogue and exchange with the global technology community.

*Source: Google Analytics and Omniture, April 2007.