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Linux as the new developer default at 37signals

David Heinemeier Hansson

But it certainly also had its disadvantages, like dealing with Apple's awful reliability years , and being cut off from seeing how half our Basecamp customer base saw by default (since they're on Windows!). The end result will be a company that has people running Mac, Windows, and Linux. The year of Linux on the desktop.

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I could have been happy with Windows

David Heinemeier Hansson

And when I did, I learned that Windows has turned into a wonderful web developer's platform thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I'm not going to lie and say I loved everything about Windows. Only to fall in love with a quirky piece of hardware from a small company called Framework shortly thereafter.

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A Little Linux Goes a Long Way

Dzone - DevOps

When I was recently in the market for a desk, a popular app led me to a nice used one nearby and a new friendship with its previous owner, a recent college grad working in the tech industry who knew little to nothing about Linux. Not that he wasn’t curious or alone.

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Daily Crunch: Major tech firms partner with Linux Foundation to support open map data development

TechCrunch

A gaggle of companies, including Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom, have partnered with the Linux Foundation to form the Overture Maps Foundation to do a few things: develop interoperable open map data and knock Google’s map dominance down a few pegs. Image Credits: Jonathan Knowles (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Red Hat seeks to shrink IT skills gap with Lightspeed gen AI

CIO

At Red Hat Summit 2024 in Denver today, the company announced plans to extend its Red Hat Lightspeed generative AI capabilities across all its platforms, including Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Then it could help the user schedule patching for the next production maintenance window.

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DockerCon 2022 Recap: Docker Extensions, Linux, and 10x Engineers

Daniel Bryant

There were a bunch of product launches, such as Docker Extensions, Docker Desktop for Linux, and more. indeed, I was a happy Linux user for many years until I got tempted with the shiny Mac hardware! Until recently, although Docker ran on Linux, you didn’t get quite the same experience as you did on Mac or Windows.

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019

Linux Academy

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

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