Is "SubscriberLink" a way to share paywalled LWN stuff with non-subscribers? Damn, I had no idea. I just presumed they un-paywalled stuff every now and again (like after N days or so).
All of LWN's paywalled articles become free for everyone to view after a week. During the week that articles are paywalled any subscriber can share currently paywalled content by creating a SubscriberLink.
LWN produces some of the best highly technical Linux and Linux adjacent content on the web.
It's definitely worth subscribing if you have the means (and the low cost of subscriptions suggests a lot of readers here have the means).
Just to show support for corbet and his team. He could keep the articles paywalled forever, but is making them free after a week. Becoming a paying member is our way to say thank you for his fair attitude (and keeping ads at minimum level).
I work at totaly different field in IT, most articles are just "wow, that's interesting" for me and - I still keep LWN's subscriptionm and it is the only one I have.
> Must I subscribe to read the Weekly Edition?
> No, the Weekly Edition becomes freely available to all readers one week after its publication.