OpenNet (website)

OpenNet is a Russian news site about free and open source software. It was created in 1996 by Maxim Chirkov^[1]. The site also hosts translated man-pages, a forum, a wiki and several FOSS projects that are considered 'interesting'. The site's traffic is estimated at 500,000 visitors per month making it the second most popular Russian site about FOSS after linux.org.ru.^[2][3][4] In 2001, the site has been the winner of a Golden Site award.^[5]

OpenNet

Type of site	News and forum
Available in	Russian
Created by	Maxim Chirkov
Revenue	Advertisement
URL	www.opennet.ru
Commercial	No
Registration	Optional
Launched	1996
Current status	Active