For a long time, my favourite tech site, Ars Technica, has been rightly criticized for covering Microsoft and Apple in great depth (as to which of these they are accused of focusing on… well, that seems to vary month to month , but not covering Open Source or Linux to any great extent.

In fact, the Nobel Intent (Science journal) has had far more regular updates – and though I love this section, it can hardly be said it is the most read journal on Ars.

But things seem to be changing.

The “Open Ended” journal (not sure about the name myself) has of late begun to generate more regular articles, and has just recently finally started to get news in first (or very near first) on some subjects.

I like Ars Technica because the quality of writing is in general much better than similar sites – particularly the often-informative, but incredibly sarcastic and juvenile Inquirer – marginally less so the Register.

Articles usually reserve judgement (aside from actual reviews of course) on the subject they are discussing – certainly more so than the mainstream press.

So – worth a look for Linux fans at last? Well… maybe. But it’s certainly getting there.