Bootlin, Linux Revisionism, and More
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Bootlin ☛ Bootlin at Open Source Experience and SIDO in Paris, Dec 6-7
Paris will be hosting next week-end a combined event composed of the Open Source Experience and SIDO, the first dedicated to open-source technologies, and the second to IoT, AI, digital infrastructure and cybersecurity.
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Revolutionizing the Digital Realm: A Journey Through the History of Linux [Ed: This entirely omits GNU in the 80s, as if everything started in 1991]
The groundwork for Linux was laid by a young computer programmer named Linus Torvalds. In 1991, Torvalds felt the need for an operating system compatible with the Intel 80386 microprocessor. Although he initially used the MINIX operating system, it didn’t entirely meet his requirements.
Inspired by MINIX, Linus Torvalds embarked on the journey to create his operating system. Initially named “Freax,” it later adopted the moniker “Linux,” honoring its creator. Torvalds considered this project a personal passion, beginning as a hobby shared with a small group of developers.
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Nolan Lawson ☛ Let’s learn how modern JavaScript frameworks work by building one
In my day job, I work on a JavaScript framework (LWC). And although I’ve been working on it for almost three years, I still feel like a dilettante. When I read about what’s going on in the larger framework world, I often feel overwhelmed by all the things I don’t know. One of the best […]
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