Here’s a fun blog post where I get possibly irrationally annoyed by people who use a web page incorrectly. Let me get this off my chest and then move on to better topics tomorrow.
Distrowatch is a popular website among Linux enthusiasts. The main page consists of reverse-chronological news articles of interest to Linux users. Often this consists of new stable and development release announcements, reviews and weekly roundups.
In addition, there are boxes surrounding the content highlighting the latest Linux distributions, podcasts, software packages and some advertising. Much of the non-advertising content is also served via RSS feeds so enthusiasts can keep up to date with the content. Finally there’s a large “Page Hit Ranking” on the right-side of the main content. This is the main focus of this blog post.
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