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The Rise of Debian Technology
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Productivity Sauce * Dmitri Popov
Hastebin: An Open Source Alternative to Pastebin
A web-based service for storing and sharing text and code snippets can come in handy, and if you prefer an open source solution for that, Hastebin has got you covered. By default, Hastebin treats snippets as Markdown-formatted text, but you can use the Just Text command to edit the snippets as plain text.
Paw Prints> * Jon "maddog" Hall
When Pigs Fly Several people have asked me what I think about Microsoft's president announcing that Microsoft loves Open Source and that .Net will be "Open Source". I will answer that question here.
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Building Better Software on Schedule with DevOps * Mathias Huber
DevOps makes IT departments more efficient and makes their employees happier – but what is it? We describe some basic ingredients of the DevOps recipe.
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