new service for Linux kernel developers - , which is designed to fill the niche formed after the closure of the Google+ service. Many core developers, including Linus Torvalds, blogged on Google+ and, after its shutdown, felt the need for a platform that allowed them to publish notes from time to time in a format other than the LKML mailing list.
The people.kernel.org service is built using a free decentralized platform , focused on blogging and allowing you to use the ActivityPub protocol to combine them into a common federated network. The platform supports formatting materials in Markdown format. The ability to start a blog at people.kernel.org is currently limited to developers included in the . For those who are not listed in this list, starting a blog is possible upon receipt of a recommendation from one of the maintainers.
Note: Host where people.kernel.org is deployed under the blocking of Roskomnadzor and is not available in the Russian Federation, as well as even more sites of various free projects.
Source: opennet.ru