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Linux Foundation chief on Torvalds' leadership

Posted September 3, 2011 - 7:03 am

Linux Foundation executive director, Jim Zemlin on why Linux's success is different from other operating systems; why its ability to capture the desktop might never matter; that MeeGo may not be as dead as it looks and that the next big thing is HTML5.
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9 tech superstars as comic book characters

Posted August 12, 2011 - 7:00 am

Ever wonder what superpowers Steve Jobs or Bill Gates would have in a comic book? Check out our slideshow of what-if tech superheroes (and supervillains).
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Torvalds's Git: The 'it' technology for software version control

Posted July 26, 2011 - 4:08 pm

Developers are taking a strong liking to the distributed system, though Subversion and others remain in the game
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At 20, Linux gets more enterprise-capable, and just a little bit smug

Posted April 7, 2011 - 10:56 am

The Linux Foundation is celebrating 20 years of Linux, which underpins much of the Internet and many of the smart devices revolutionizing commercial IT.
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'Mars attacks, abducts Torvalds for breeding program'

Posted April 1, 2011 - 6:46 am

Based on the headline, I'll bet you're expecting something funny.
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Linus Torvalds named most influential open source blogger

Posted March 17, 2010 - 10:36 am

O'Reilly media founder Tim O'Reilly is "the most powerful voice" in open source, but Linus Torvalds is the most influential blogger.
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Fighting the Dark Side: Tech's Heroes and Villains

Posted February 22, 2010 - 10:59 am

The hero and the villain. It's the age-old formula that pervades today's reality TV showdowns, the shenanigans of professional wrestling and cinematic classics like Star Wars. Tech is no different, with its passionate heroes who balance profit with innovation and social responsibility, and the money-mad, egomaniac villains who simply cannot be trusted. Here's a look at tech's good guys and bad guys.
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Father of Linux calls Nexus One smartphone "a winner"

Posted February 8, 2010 - 4:23 pm

Google's Nexus One got a big time endorsement over the weekend from Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds, who blogged about the Android-based smartphone being "a winner."
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Torvalds proclaims 'new world order' with Linux 2.6.30

Posted June 11, 2009 - 10:53 am

Linux kernel 2.6.30 has been released with hundreds of changes from the previous version, including a new architecture for suspend and resume which Linus Torvalds says switches the kernel to a "new world order".
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Quotes of note from 2008

Posted December 16, 2008 - 3:26 pm

So many notable quotes, so little space to recount them -- that's the annual conundrum as we think back on the year and recall comments that stuck with us long after they were uttered. We've assembled some of those notable comments from stories we wrote and stories we read and offer them here in not-quite chronological order because we wanted to let Oracle CEO Larry Ellison have the last word.
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