And the contestants are:

• Linux Today (http://linuxtoday.com/)
• Linux Weekly News (http://lwn.net/)
• NewsForge (http://www.newsforge.com/)
• Linux World (http://www.linuxworld.com/)
• Linux Insider (http://www.linuxinsider.com/)
• Linux Business Week (http://www.linuxbusinessweek.com/lbw.cfm)
• Linux Planet (http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/)
• LXer (http://lxer.com/)
• OS News (http://www.osnews.com/)
• slashdot (http://slashdot.org/)

Vote in the poll for the site that you think provides the best Linux news coverage and then tell us why you think so in the comments. Please also tell us why you didn't vote for others. Some of these sites are very good and some are not, please tell us why. Compare and contrast.

I probably missed some sites worthy of being here. What did I miss?

OS News is not just a Linux News site, but it deserves to be here because I think it's a very good site and does cover Linux news rather well. At least in my opinion. If you disagree, flame away.

Yes. I know that slashdot is not really a news site. It's here anyway because all polls involving websites must include slashdot. The reason for that is a secret that involves Cowboy Neal.

There will be extra credit for explaining what the watermelon is doing in the hydraulic press.