Linux Journal Announces its Definitive and Irreversible ShutdownByBill Toulas-August 10, 2019 “3/3.854.jpg” Linux Journal bids goodbye to its readers and the open-source community after more than two decades of being available in print and then online. At the moment Linux is having its most successful moment and at the same time the most ‘ underground. ‘ In a blog post by Kyle Rankin titled ‘ An Awkward GoodbyePrivate Internet Access VPN solution and the Freenode project, Linux Journal announced its shutdown to its reader-base. As Rankin details London Trust Media helped them get back on their feet but unfortunately the publication was not quick enough to get healthy. They quickly realized that they were clearly not viable when the Linux Journal was left to operate on their own financial and resource strength. Rankin goes one step further to remind us of the reasons why in 2019, publications such as the Linux Journal fail, which are the same as those that hit them two years ago. The people of this world don’t really embrace Linux and large software companies only support FOSS projects to use them for their proprietary solutions and/or services. However, it is not Linux that has lost. On the contrary, the Linux kernel is running inside 2.5 billion Android devices right now, Linux dominates the server market and Linux is running the most powerful supercomputers on the planet. Even open-source software, such as VLC Firefox Chromium GIMP LibreOffice WordPress Magento, and Audacity count millions of users. However, people don’t care about Linux is not interested in reading about it and they certainly don’t want to become part of the ‘ ecosystem ‘ by contributing code debugging or translating. The Linux Journal was a flag proudly flying in the center of the open-source territory with the first issue released back in March 1994. In the summer of 2014, the magazine ceased its printed circulation, and a transition to digital publishing was then attempted. Nevertheless the website’s popularity as well as the number of subscribers declined steadily and we are here today.