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Comment by hisham_hm | Hacker News Reader

I was going to mention OSNews, but then I realized it's been a while I didn't visit so I went to check it:

And this is the current frontpage: Sony, Samsung, QNX, Valve, Microsoft, Linux, Google, Microsoft, Google, Valve, OpenBSD, Apple, Apple/Microsoft, Apple/Microsoft/Google, Apple, Google, Cisco, Motorola, Nokia, Apple.

My memory was that it was more of a site about alternative OSes and the like...

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I'm the publisher of OSNews. We would still like to cover the hobbyist and alternative scene more, but indeed it's not as vibrant as it used to be. And of course, over the past 6-7 years, we're covering mobile a lot more. We always covered mobile OSes, but of late the mobile OS world has been more interesting than the desktop OS world, which is becoming a little ossified.

To be honest, desktop OSes are getting boring because they're all so good now. Even Windows 8, for all its goofy UI is really a respectable OS now. (And of course there are no upstarts challenging Mac, Windows, and Linux).

But back to alternative OSes. We could use a shot in the arm. If there's anyone out there that's interested in lesser-known OSes and would be willing to do a little bit of reporting on it at OSNews, we'd love to have you. Send me an email.

OS news used to be full of Apple love and hate.

The alternative OS scene isn't what it once was, so they made a conscious decision to change the focus of the website.

OSNews was my second to-go place after slashdot like 7 years ago. Thanks for bringing it back to my attention :)

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