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Linux as the new developer default at 37signals

David Heinemeier Hansson

Going forward, we're working to make Linux the default for developers and system operators (and welcoming Windows back in the mix for accounting/marketing). First of all, we have a great mobile team that simply needs to be on Apple hardware to develop for Apple platforms. The year of Linux on the desktop. That's not changing.

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How to Begin Programming on Linux Platform

The Crazy Programmer

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last decade, you know that Linux has pretty much taken over the enterprise business world. From web servers, frameworks, clouds, containers, AI, and so much more, Linux powers it all. Because of this, businesses need programmers who can develop both for and on the Linux platform.

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Linus Torvalds Sees Lots of Hardware Headaches Ahead

DevOps.com

Linux founder Linus Torvalds, today at the KubeCon + CloudNative + Open Source Summit China conference, warned attendees that managing software is about to become a lot more challenging, largely because of two hardware issues that are beyond the control of DevOps teams.

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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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Linus Torvalds Biography

The Crazy Programmer

Linus Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer who is best known as the creator of the Linux kernel and the co-founder of the Linux Foundation. His Master’s Degree was awarded for work done on the Linux kernel, which is one of the most popular open-source operating systems today. Linux and Other Contributions.

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Evolving Container Security With Linux User Namespaces

Netflix Tech

The building blocks of multi-tenancy are Linux namespaces , the very technology that makes LXC, Docker, and other kinds of containers possible. This is important because, in Linux, UID 0 (or root’s privileges), do not come from the mere fact that the user is root, but from capabilities. making it so that users cannot use “root.”

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