Top 10 May must-reads: Linux vs. Unix, Firefox extensions, Python command-line tools, Git branching guide, and more

Opensource.com set a new all-time record of 1,331,752 page views in May. We look back at our hottest reads.
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Opensource.com brought in 816,444 unique visitors who generated a new all-time record of 1,331,752 page views in May.

We published 107 articles last month and welcomed 28 new authors.

We also published three series of articles by Texas Linux Fest, SouthEast LinuxFest, and OSCON speakers.

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Top 10 articles published in May

  1. Linux vs. Unix: What's the difference, by Phil Estes
  2. Introduction to the Pony programming language, by Sean T Allen
  3. 17 books for Linux and open source fans, by Jen Wike Huger (Red Hat)
  4. 4 Firefox extensions to install now, by Jeremy Garcia (Community Moderator)
  5. 3 Python command-line tools, by Jeff Triplett and Lacey Williams Henschel
  6. A guide to Git branching, by Kedar Vijay Kulkarni (Red Hat)
  7. Get more done at the Linux command line with GNU Parallel, by Seth Kenlon (Red Hat, Community Moderator)
  8. Advanced use of the less text file viewer in Linux, by Yedidyah Bar David (Red Hat)
  9. An introduction to the Pyramid web framework for Python, by Nicholas Hunt-Walker
  10. Top 8 open source AI technologies in machine learning, by Dr. Michael J. Garbade

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Rikki Endsley is the Developer Program managing editor at Red Hat, and a former community architect and editor for Opensource.com.

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