--- title: The Linux.org story | daily.dev description: Rob Kennedy shares the history of Linux.org, one of the earliest Linux-related websites. Founded in May 1994 by Michael McLagan when Linux was barely three... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-org-story-mfamjfw1n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Linux.org story | daily.dev og:description: Rob Kennedy shares the history of Linux.org, one of the earliest Linux-related websites. Founded in May 1994 by Michael McLagan when Linux was barely three... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-org-story-mfamjfw1n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mfamJfW1n.png og:image:alt: The Linux.org story og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Linux.org story **[LWN.net](https://daily.dev/sources/lwn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Rob Kennedy shares the history of Linux.org, one of the earliest Linux-related websites. Founded in May 1994 by Michael McLagan when Linux was barely three years old, the site was created to help newcomers find their footing in the Linux world at a time when there were no search engines, no Wikipedia, and no other infrastructure for learning about new technology. The post also touches on the site's more recent rebirth. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linus Torvalds tells The Reg how Linux evolved from solo act](https://daily.dev/posts/linus-torvalds-tells-the-reg-how-linux-evolved-from-solo-act-p4kzkvymw) · The Register · 6 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-org-story-mfamjfw1n) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Linux.org story","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-org-story-mfamjfw1n","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-org-story-mfamjfw1n"},"datePublished":"2026-07-14T16:52:01.998Z","dateModified":"2026-07-14T16:52:15.064Z","description":"Rob Kennedy shares the history of Linux.org, one of the earliest Linux-related websites. Founded in May 1994 by Michael McLagan when Linux was barely three...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"LWN.net","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"LWN.net","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--4jjE7GIK--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774960833/logos/lwn?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lwn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-org-story-mfamjfw1n","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LWN.net","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lwn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Linux.org story"}]} ```