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Debian Stable 8.5 is reminiscent of Ubuntu’s early days. It’s stable and fast, but just a wee bit stale.

The U.S. government's new Federal Source Code policy is a step in the right direction, but it would be better if "it mandated all agency source code be released under a free software license to the public in a given window of time."

Microsoft brings ChakraCore, the main element of the Chakra JavaScript engine used in the Edge browser and Universal Windows Platform, to Linux and OS X.

Analyst firm Redmonk lists the top 20 programming languages, and they’re surprisingly consistent--with JavaScript again at the top

BQ Aquaris M10, the first Ubuntu-powered tablet to ship, has some shortcomings, but the fact that it runs traditional Linux desktop apps will make many Linux users happy.

Bryan Lunduke recently tried living completely in a Linux shell for 30 days. What follows are his favorite shell applications for handling some of the most common bits of computer functionality (web browsing, word processing, social media, email, etc.). With a few obvious holes. Because being text-only is hard.

Ubuntu’s Dimitri John Ledkov put out a proposal on the Ubuntu mailing list recently that the company will be winding down support for 32-bit processors.

Some of the things you can do in a Linux shell are amazing, but they weren’t amazing enough for Bryan Lunduke to complete his 30-day challenge. In fact, some were downright maddening. But the experience was revealing, and he suggests all developers try it. It might cause them to create lighter, faster software.

In today’s world, is it possible to live 100% in a Linux shell—with no GUIs? Bryan Lunduke is going to find out. His adventure begins here.

Linux software repositories have many benefits. But, like what happens in app stores, companies end support for them and your system stops getting updates.

We are never going back to proprietary networks. Today’s world is all about open—from APIs to partnerships to end-to-end orchestrated services.

The same thing that compels us to make Linux (and many other projects) free and open source is present in many of humanity's greatest achievements.

Last year, I put together a list of my favorite “pointless but awesome” Linux terminal tricks. There are lots of things you can do in the terminal that didn’t make that list. So, here’s round two.