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Filed in archive News on June 4, 2009

The Linux Foundation this week launched a new individual membership program which provides users with a wide range of benefits for a $99 fee — including, most notably, an @linux.com email address.

Other benefits include the following:

A weekly Linux.com 'Briefing Book' with news, technical tips, and analysis

A Linux Foundation T-shirt

30% off Linux Foundation LinuxCon 2009 standard registration fees

20% Discount on registration fees for Linux Foundation Training

35% off O'Reilly Books and E-Books

20% off O'Reilly's Open Source Convention

35% off No Starch Press Publications

15% off Subscription to Linux Journal

15% off Neuros Technologies NeurosLink

50% off Southern California Linux Expo

$10 off every $40 order on Thinkgeek

"The idea is that membership fees support the development of Linux since the Linux Foundation is the organization that employs Linus Torvalds," writes InternetNews' Sean Michael Kerner. "Membership also gives individuals a voice in the structure of the foundation."

More here from iTWire ... more here from DaniWeb ... more here from CNET News ... and the announcement is here.