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Linus Benedict Torvalds ( pronunciation (help·info); [ˈliːnɵs ˈtuːrvalds]; born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for having initiated the development of the Linux kernel. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the project's coordinator.


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Microsoft's Linux app, Skype, gets updated

Source: LXer

Summary: Microsoft has released a new version of Skype, its popular VoIP program, for Linux. This latest edition consists primarily of bug-fixes. Microsoft/Skype software engineer, Marco Cimmino, wrote: "No ...
Full article at: LXer  More like this  1 day ago, 7:01pm CDT

Microsoft's Linux app, Skype, gets updated

Source: ZDNet

Summary: Microsoft has released a new version of Skype, its popular VoIP program, for Linux. A few years back, Linux's creator, Linus Torvalds said, "If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've ...
Full article at: ZDNet  More like this  1 day ago, 3:41pm CDT

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Article on Software Development

Source: Term Paper Warehouse

If anyone knows the joys and sorrows of managing software development projects, it would be Linus Torvalds, creator of the world's most popular open-source software program: the Linux operating system. For more than 20 years, T ...
Full article at: Term Paper Warehouse  More like this  2 days ago, 1:44am CDT

Google Chrome updated with conversational features

Source: LXer

Chrome was a big topic at this years Google I/O. Picture courtesy of Google Developers Google’s I/O 2013 keynote last week was very exciting, and while there was no specific Android OS update, there was enough ne ...
Full article at: LXer  More like this  2 days ago, 11:25pm CDT

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin?

Source: Hacker News

For all of Bitcoin’s fabled transparency, a key piece of this bubblicious puzzle remains elusively opaque. Who the hell is Satoshi Nakamoto? Like a frustrating episode of Lost, there’s one too many clues and few if any an ...
Full article at: Hacker News  More like this  3 days ago, 6:19pm CDT

Putting Technology into the Hands of Tomorrow

Source: LXer

Linux is to computing what freedom is to mankind...and then there's Microsoft The best cloud provider in the Industry...Please support those who support us. Same mission, same folks...just a different name While our ...
Full article at: LXer  More like this  4 days ago, 11:04am CDT

Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 3.10 RC2

Source: Softpedia

Linus Torvalds has announced the immediate availability of the second release candidate in the 3.10 branch of the Linux kernel. The first release in this new branch has been deemed as the largest update in recent years, by Linus Torvalds. A ...
Full article at: Softpedia  More like this  4 days ago, 3:22am CDT

Linux Top 3: Mageia 3, Linux Mint 15 and New Linux Kernels for All

Source: LXer

Some forks do better than others. In the case of the Madriva fork known as Mageia, it's doing quite well, this week releasing its third major update in less than three years. The new Mageia release includes an updated L ...
Full article at: LXer  More like this  4 days ago, 3:17am CDT



 

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