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Feedback on New Q&A column on OpenSource.com

I'm launching a new Q&A column on Opensource.com and I'm fine-tuning what topics I'll cover. Anything Linux, Open Source and community-related are fair game. What do you wish you'd known about Linux before you started using it? What questions

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Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2015

I’d like to wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of the entire LQ team. 2015 has been another great year for LQ and we have quite a few exciting developments in store for 2016, including a major code update that is now way overdue. As has become

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LinuxQuestions.org Turns Fifteen

WOW. Fifteen years ago today I made the first post ever at LQ, introducing it to the world. 15 Years. I know I've said it before, but 5,354,618 posts later the site and community have exceeded my wildest expectations in every way. The community that has

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Android Version Stats for LQ Mobile (2014)

With the recent news that Google will not patch the WebView vulnerability in versions of Android <= 4.3, I thought it would be a good time to look at the Android version stats for LQ Mobile. You can see stats from seven months ago here. Also, a reminder that

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Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2014

I’d like to wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of the entire LQ team. 2014 has been another great year for LQ and we have quite a few exciting developments in store for 2015, including a major code update that we originally had planned for 2013. A

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LinuxQuestions.org Turns Fourteen

I’m extremely proud to announce that exactly fourteen years ago today I made my very first post at LinuxQuestions.org. As has become tradition, here’s a quick post looking back on the past year and ahead to the next. 5,169,549 posts and 532,989 members (899,

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Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2013

I’d like to wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of the entire LQ team. 2013 has been another great year for LQ and we have quite a few exciting developments in store for 2014, including a major code update that we originally had planned for 2013. This

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LinuxQuestions.org Turns Thirteen

Another year, another woeful lack of blog posts. I’m extremely proud to announce that exactly thirteen years ago yesterday I made my very first post at LinuxQuestions.org. As has become tradition, here’s a quick post looking back on the past year and ahead to the next. 4,

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Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2012

I’d like to wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of the entire LQ team. 2012 has been another great year for LQ and we have quite a few exciting developments in store for 2013, including a major code update that we originally had planned for late 2012.

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LinuxQuestions.org Turns Twelve

I'm extremely proud to announce that exactly twelve years ago yesterday I made my very first post at LinuxQuestions.org. As has become tradition, here's a quick post looking back on the past year and ahead to the next. 4,693,050 posts and 469,470

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2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners - Thoughts

The polls are closed and the official results are in. You can view the detailed results here, but I’ll include a list of winners at the end of this post for convenience. We also have a nice visual overview of all categories on a single page, new last year,

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Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2011

I’d like to wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of the entire LQ team. 2011 has been another great year for LQ and we have quite a bit of exciting developments in store for 2012, including a major code update. 2011 also marks the year that we

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Migrating This Blog

Just a quick heads up that I am moving this blog to wordpress.com. I'd like to resume blogging at less sporadic intervals, so stay tuned. All subscriptions, permalinks and settings should have been preserved during the migration. If you notice any issues, let me know ASAP. Thanks.

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LinuxQuestions.org Turns Eleven

I'm extremely excited to announce that exactly eleven years ago today I made my very first post at LinuxQuestions.org. As I've stated numerous times, since then LQ has exceeded my expectation in every way. 4,382,316 posts and 457,176 registered members does not

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Blog Update

As you've likely noticed, this blog has been fairly quiet as of late (although I continue to tweet regularly). I'd like that to change however, as I've felt both constricted by the 140 character nature of twitter and disappointed about how they treat their

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Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2010

First, I’d like to wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of the entire LQ team. 2010 has been another great year for LQ and we have quite a bit of exciting developments in store for 2011, including a major code update. I've posted to this

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LinuxQuestions.org Turns Ten

I'm extremely excited to announce that just over 10 years ago today I made my very first post at LinuxQuestions.org, which served to introduce the site to the public. WOW. To say that LQ has exceeded every one of my expectations in the 3,655 days between

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LinuxQuestions.org Mobile OS Stats

While on the topic of mobile Linux, I thought it would be interesting to post the mobile Operating System stats for LQ year-to-date. Operating Systems iPhone54.38% Android18.10% iPod17.29% SymbianOS4.82% BlackBerry2.08% Windows1.72% Despite being a late entry into the mobile OS market, Android seems to

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2009 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners

The polls are closed and the results are in. You can view the detailed results here, but I'll include a list of winners at the end of this post for convenience. This was the ninth annual LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards and we've set a record

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Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2009

First, I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year. 2009 was another great year for LQ and we have a ton in store for 2010. You may have noticed this blog has been quiescent lately. While I have been twittering regularly, the terse and off the cuff

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LinuxQuestions.org Turns 9

It was nine years ago today that I made my very first post at LQ. 3,578,611 posts and 407,152 members (note: we prune inactive members - more than 480,000 members have signed up) later, I continue to be astounded by what LQ has become. As I&

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Win a Gratis OSCON Pass from LQ

I'm happy to announce that we're able to give one full "Sessions Only" pass to OSCON away absolutely free. For those of you who've never attended OSCON, it's always a great event. While the event is in San Jose and

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Wikipedia changes its license

(via David A. Wheeler) The proposed change that the copyright licensing terms on the wikis operated by the WMF - including Wikipedia, be changed to include the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license in addition to the current GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) has been approved. From the official results: If

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LQ Social Networking Update

While LQ has been on the various social networks since the beginning, we're finally starting to use them all regularly. If you're not already following LQ, here are the relevant links. Twitter: @linuxquestions identi.ca: @linuxquestions Facebook: @linuxquestions We should have a Facebook app coming soon.

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Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

I'm in San Francisco for the 3rd annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit. I wasn't able to attend the event last year, but I was at the introductory Summit and really enjoyed it. I know this blog has been quiet in the recent past, but posting frequency