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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.

How Kubernetes is helping Docker blossom

A brief introduction to Linux containers and image signing

Fundamentally, all major software, even open source, was designed before image-based containers. This means that putting software inside of containers is fundamentally a…

Making the switch to open source as a non-programmer

" Dad, I killed Windows, but I just realized I still need it. Can you help me?" " No, you broke it, you fix it." This was sometime around 2008. I wasn't even 20 years old. I…

The revenge of Linux

In the beginning of Linux they laughed at it and didn't think it could do anything. Now Linux is everywhere! I was a junior at college studying Computer Engineering in Brazil…

How to upgrade your Fedora Linux system with DNF

Upgrading any operating system to a new release version can be time-consuming and fraught with problems. In fact, the term "upgrade" may not even be applicable. Many times in…

I've been Linuxing since before you were born

Once upon a time, there was no Linux. No, really! It did not exist. It was not like today, with Linux everywhere. There were multiple flavors of Unix, there was Apple, and…

How I use Linux for theoretical physics

In 2008, I started studying physics and got in contact with Linux, since a bunch of people used it for data analysis and simulations. Comprehension came fast and easy with…

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