# thebotwire.com Linux News Feed

> thebotwire.com Linux News Feed is a paid API for AI agents from thebotwire.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches the latest Linux kernel, distro, and desktop news from curated sources including Phoronix, LWN, DistroWatch, and OMG Ubuntu

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://thebotwire.com/linux/latest
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/thebotwire-com-linux-news-feed-c1fa1fbd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RjqIAeT2r-vEiXLzSNzks

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability thebotwire-com-linux-news-feed-c1fa1fbd
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest Linux news from Phoronix and LWN — up to 20 results from the past 24 hours — and flag anything about kernel patches or new distro releases.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need current Linux-specific news from trusted enthusiast and professional outlets (Phoronix, LWN, DistroWatch, OMG Ubuntu) rather than general tech news. It is purpose-built for distro vendors, hardware-enablement teams, kernel developers, and Linux enthusiasts who need targeted coverage, not broad technology headlines. Prefer it over thebotwire's general breaking-news endpoint when the query is specifically about the Linux ecosystem.

## Known failure modes

- No articles found matching the query or freshness window — empty result set
- Invalid `since` format (e.g. '1week' instead of '7d') causing a parse error
- Invalid `src` enum value causing a validation error
- Upstream source outage causing missing data from one or more outlets
- Exceeding the limit of 50 results per call

## How this service works

Linux kernel, distros and desktop. Distro vendors, hardware-enablement teams, and a famously large enthusiast readership

## Output

A list of news articles from Linux-focused outlets (Phoronix, LWN, DistroWatch, OMG Ubuntu), each including headline, source, publication timestamp, and likely a URL or summary. Results are filtered and ranked by recency and optionally by source or search terms.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/thebotwire-com-linux-news-feed-c1fa1fbd/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from thebotwire.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/thebotwire.com/llms.txt)