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Portia

Are you interested in retrieving stock quotes in machine-readable form off the Internet? No problem: After a few mouse clicks, Portia weaves a command line and wraps the data in JSON format. (more)

Debian Gets Forked

Legendary Uber-distro splits over the systemd controversy. (more)

Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1

New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood. (more)

Hastebin

A web-based service for storing and sharing text and code snippets can come in handy in many situations. And if you prefer to use an open source solution for that, Hastebin has got you covered. Hastebin's web interface is simplicity itself, and it gives you commands to create a new text snippet, save the current snippet, and open existing snippets for editing. (more)

4Pane

4Pane provides additional confidence in file management in the form of a clever undo function. Advanced users can install supplemental scripts in an instant. (more)

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When Pigs Fly

Several people have asked what I think about Microsoft’s president announcing that Microsoft loves Open Source and then announcing that .Net will be “Open Source.” I suppose these people expected me to start singing “Kumbaya” and hugging the closest Microsoft representative I could find. Instead of answering that question from so many in so many places, I will answer it here. (more)

lsof

In Linux, everything is a file – directories, devices, pipes – so lsof (list open files) reveals what's happening on your system. (more)

The League of Moveable Type

The Free Font Movement is transforming free software, one character at a time. (more)

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