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Linux inherited Unix's superpower, and developers can't let it go

Turns out freedom and flexibility are great for coding.

Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!

Exposure therapy to the bash shell brought me to the tipping point, and I jumped ship to the Macintosh side of the house. It ...

The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of ...
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Fish is the Bash alternative all beginner programmers should use

This shell’s approachability and clever features will make your coding life easier.
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50 Years of BASIC Programming

Can you believe it? The BASIC programming language is 50 years old this month. As you may know, BASIC was created in 1964 by Dartmouth College professors John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz as a system to ...
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What Is HTML? Understanding HyperText Markup Language Basics

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Mortgages: Types, How They Work, and Examples

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