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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 to teach student sys admins

Several years ago, when I was working on my Master's degree in Library Science, I took a course on Unix (Solaris) system administration. The course was supposed to involve…

Linux helps rural student transform rocky academic start into FOSS confidence

Perundurai is a small town in the district of Erode, located in the state of Tamilnadu in southern India. From Perundurai, it is a ~1 hour car ride west to a small, rural…

Linux Foundation security badge, Raspberry Pi success, White House tool, and more

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at the Linux Foundation's new security badge program, Raspberry Pi success, a new tool from the White…

Happy 24th birthday, Linux kernel

Can you believe Linux is celebrating 24 years already? It was on this day, August 25, back in 1991 when a young Linus Torvalds made his now-legendary announcement on the comp…

Winners announced for the Great Command-Line Challenge

Our first Great Command-Line Challenge was very popular and attracted 80+ entries from around the world. Note: due to the contest terms and conditions, some open source…

Top 4 open source command-line email clients

Like it or not, email isn't dead yet. And for Linux power users who live and die by the command line, leaving the shell to use a traditional desktop or web based email client…

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