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Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these requests to the computer’s hardware. Learn more on our what is Linux resource page.

3 open source time management tools

For many people, one of the reasons they cite for using a Linux-based operating system is productivity. If you're a power user who has tweaked your system just to your liking…

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3 Twitter clients for the Linux command line

Social media at the terminal? Why not!

How to upgrade your Fedora Linux system with DNF

3 command-line file conversion tools for Linux

Recently, a friend innocently asked me how many file formats there are. My semi-serious response was, "Think of a soup bowl filled with beach sand." OK, there aren't quite…

How Minecraft got me involved in the open source community

When people first think of "open source," their mind probably first goes to code—something technical that requires an intermediate understanding of computers or programming…

Solving the Linux kernel code reviewer shortage

Operating system security is top of mind right now, and Linux is a big part of that discussion. One of the questions to be solved is: How do we ensure that patches going…

Avoiding quality assurance disasters with openQA

Proper quality assurance can save lives and money. (Anyone remember the Ariane 5 explosion in 1996?) That's why the openSUSE and Fedora communities heavily rely on openQA, a…

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