Top 5: Picking the new Bash logo, 9 lessons from Linux kernel development, and more



In this week’s Top 5, we highlight a story of how the new Bash logo was picked; 9 lessons from Greg Kroah-Hartman, a Linux kernel maintainer; a look back at computing in 1989; 7 Google open source releases in 2016; and, 3 web browsers for the Linux command line.

Top 5 articles of the week

5. 3 web browsers for the Linux command line

In this article, we are introduced to Links2, Elinks, and w3m.

4. A tour of Google’s 2016 open source releases

In this article, we look open source softwarehardware, and datasets

3. Compute like it’s 1989

This article looks back at how people used to compute, back when a “desktop” computer took up 80% of your desktop.

2. 9 lessons from 25 years of Linux kernel development

Greg Kroah-Hartman is a Linux kernel maintainer and a Linux Foundation fellow. He says, “It may be many years before we fully understand the keys to the Linux kernel’s success, but there are a few lessons that stand out even now.”

1. How 30,000 people helped pick the new Bash logo

Justin Dorfman of Sticker Mule tells the story of two open source project logo experiments: one failed, one a big success.



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