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Linux's million lines of code, a new tiny computer, and more from Google and Microsoft

In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at a million lines of code for Linux, more open source software from Google and Microsoft, a new tiny…

Take on The Great Command-Line Challenge

Pipes are extremely important, and even critical to our ability to do amazing things on the command line. First, it's important to recognize that they were invented by Douglas…

Linux provides career transition after military service

I was practically born behind a keyboard and grew up during a time when the first computers were first making their way into public schools. I was raised in a small, rural…

Top 5 articles of the week on Opensource.com

Top 5: Linux lifestyle, Netflix big data, Etsy, OpenStack and more

This week, Opensource.com began two new series. A couple from our OSCON speaker interview series made it into the Top 5 this week, but none quite hit the mark from our Mid…

Linux as a lifestyle

My Linux journey began three years ago. I finished high school and started to pay more attention to the security of computers and networks. It is truly an amazing field of…

The job is not done until the documentation is complete

Which came first, the program or the documentation? Therein lies the dilemma. I don't think I have ever heard anyone say, "This documentation is great." Mostly I hear how…

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