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Bitcoin wallets for Linux

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Alistair Ross
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For veteran Linux users, trading or using bitcoin really isn’t a big deal, but if you haven’t been around Linux for very long, you might like to know about the various Linux based bitcoin wallets […]

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How I got my job in Linux: from Newbie to Pro

February 17, 2019April 5, 2019 Alistair Ross

In this commentary article I go into the journey I took from 2001 when I started out using Linux properly and the present day. If you think that you too would like to get into […]

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10 Open Source Skills That Can Lead to Higher Pay

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Alistair Ross
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Recently, The Linux Foundation and the online job board Dice released the results of a survey about open source hiring. It found that 67 percent of managers expected their hiring of open source professionals to increase […]

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Moving to Linux? Bring your Google Drive with you

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Alistair Ross

Welcome to the world of Linux, newbie! It may take some time getting used to the network of distros and repositories but if there’s one thing you shouldn’t be worried about when making the switch, […]

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Updated: Red Hat to be acquired by IBM

October 28, 2018October 30, 2018 Alistair Ross
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Redhat, the open source business which began with Red Hat Linux, have agreed a $34 billion deal to be acquired by IBM. UPDATE: IBM Stock price has fallen since the acquisition announcement On 26th October, […]

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Skype Comes to Linux in a Snap

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Alistair Ross
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Like some other Windows apps, their Linux equivalent say are either non existent, or run poorly due to lack of love from their authors. But that’s all slowly beginning to change, like our recent post […]

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Portainer: An easy to use gui to run and get docker containers

December 9, 2017December 9, 2017 Alistair Ross

I met up with the team from Portainer.io in my home town of Wellington, New Zealand when they paid a visit to a Linux user group there. Their product is an awesome graphical, browser based docker […]

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Your next Linux computer? A Samsung mobile phone

November 18, 2017 Alistair Ross

Yep, you can soon use a Samsung Mobile phone as a fully fledged Linux PC running Ubuntu. Sit it on the Samsung Dock, which is attached to a monitor, keyboard and mouse and et voila! […]

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Official: Ubuntu 17.10 release date

October 1, 2017October 2, 2017 Alistair Ross

Ubuntu Artful Aardvark Release – 17.10 The Ubuntu team have released the final beta of Ubuntu 17.10 including the Desktop, Server, and Cloud versions, as announced by the Ubuntu team on Friday. Codenamed “Artful Aardvark”, […]

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Debian 9 ( Stretch ) is here. Finally!

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 Alistair Ross
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Debian Stable is Stretching out Debian was my gamechanger for Linux. It is and always has been the motherload of Linux (in my humble opinion). Everything good in the world of Linux came from its […]

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