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techrights: How much influence does Microsoft have over the Linux Foundation?

Learn how to use groupadd command to add new groups in Linux.

TaskBoard is a free and open-source PHP based tool that helps users to keep track of their important tasks.

Protocol: Google reneges on an open-source promise as movement declines.

 techrights: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is rotting away as an advocate against software patents

NetworkWorld: The man pages on a Linux system can do more than provide information on particular commands. They can help discover commands you didn't realize were available.

Not all free and open source (OS) software licenses have been created to achieve the same goals, and failure to understand the differences can have dire consequences.

Linux system administrators deal with a lot of interesting issues during a career.

FOSSforce: Reglue, which refurbishes used computers and installs Linux on them for use by school students who can't afford computers, has to move to new digs.

 ZDnet: In what may prove to be the biggest migration from Windows to the Linux desktop, the South Korean government is looking into shifting from Windows 7 to a trio of Linux desktops.

 itWIRE: The head of security firm Open Source Security, Brad Spengler, says he had little option but to file a lawsuit against open source advocate Bruce Perens

Phoronix: Following last year's resignation of Richard Stallman from the Free Software Foundation under public pressure but remaining as head of the GNU Project for these tight-knit organizations, the two organizations have needed to figure out how to cooperate moving forward.

It was widely expected that Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst would be Ginni Rometty's successor.

 ZDnet: Usually, it's Linux and open-source companies which join the Linux patent consortium Open Invention Network.

techrights: The OS war may be over and Linux has won.

 techrights: embrace, extend, extinguish

 techrights: "Free software” is a confusing name/term.

The Register: 'Its life doesn't have to end!'

Thinking of taking a certification exam? Here are some tips to help you prepare.

 HowToForge: Wekan is a free and open-source Kanban Board built with the Meteor JavaScript framework and is distributed under the MIT license.

TechRights: Does the Linux Foundation speak for the open source community?

The Register: Share all our code modifications with others? Think again, hippie

A tale of how a sysadmin went from hobbyist and Level 1 tech to the big time at Red Hat.