Dennis Ritchie's birthday (1941 - 2011) http://bit.ly/2MdiKZ4

Nano 3.0 released.
http://bit.ly/2CBSyYk

#git introduces git range-diff in their 2.19.0 release, allowing users to go through changes across commits for given range. Especially useful after rebase.

More info at :
http://bit.ly/2NxTv8x

Five Linux stats for stat and FOSS nerds:

100% - Linux powers world’s top 500 supercomputers

90% - Linux powers of public clouds

82% - Linux powers of smartphones

62% - Linux powers of IoT devices

2.2% - Linux powers of desktop

#opensource #CloudComputing #programming

IRC recently celebrated its 30 birthday. The internet chat system was developed in 1988 by Jarkko Oikarinen at the Department of Information Processing Science of the University of Oulu. http://bit.ly/2CK6QGB #IRC #happybirthdayirc

‍ Programmers’ Day isn’t being celebrated on the 256th day of each year for no reason. Here’s the geeky way to put it: 256 is the number equivalent to an 8-bit byte of data. It's also the highest power of 2 that is less than 365, the number of days in a year. Happy #ProgrammersDay

🤖 Robots that run Ubuntu https://bit.ly/2p7SrKz 🤖

‍ Lights, Camera, Open Source: Hollywood Turns to Linux for New Code Sharing Initiative. Everyone from the automotive to the medical industries are writing their own code to meet their needs, some of which may surprise you. http://bit.ly/2MBx9P3 #linux #opensource #hollywood

‍ The fedora Workstation Team is holding a test day next week for #Fedora Silverblue, a new variant of Fedora that has rpm-ostree at its core and provides fully atomic upgrades. The test day is this Thursday, September 20, 2018. http://bit.ly/2pbfUKX

‍ Linus apologizes, "hey, I need to change some of my behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely."
http://bit.ly/2QCqMOk #Linux

‍ For anyone not familiar with /dev/null, bit of a history lesson. Originally the null device was used to deal with null pointers, although these days that’s all handled in software. Here’s an old IBM null device.

Purism Launches First Security Key with Tamper Evident Protection for Laptops
http://bit.ly/2MPjeVn

#Blockchain starts with #Ubuntu! Next Wednesday, watch #FSmonth webinar panel to see how it can be used in #FS, #Fintech, and #Banking https://bit.ly/2xqoFoO

‍ Solus #GNOME, "a contemporary desktop experience" released Solus 3 ISO Refresh. It introduces an updated set of default applications and theming, as well as enables users to immediately take advantage of new Solus infrastructure. https://getsoul.us/download #Linux

‍ Building a Voice-Controlled Front End to IoT Devices: Apple, Google and Amazon are taking voice control to the next level. But can voice control be a #DIY project? Turns out, it can. And, it isn't as hard as you might think. #IoT #Linux #opensource http://bit.ly/2zv1b3D

#Ubuntu 18.10 - code named the 🌠 Cosmic Cuttlefish is just around the corner 🎉. So it's time to welcome the new wallpaper that'll be swimming to your desktop soon! 🌊

Happy #GNU anniversary! 35 years ago today, Richard Stallman announced his intent to create the complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU (for Gnu's Not Unix): u.fsf.org/2on

Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, announces his new project Solid, "an open-source project to restore the power and agency of individuals on the web". http://bit.ly/2QkSvlK

‍ RedHat announced Satellite 6.4, "the latest version of Red Hat's infrastructure management solution". It will now "be enhanced with a deeper integration with Red Hat #Ansible Automation technology for an automation-centric approach to IT management". https://red.ht/2xVubjx

‍ Wi-Fi Standards Get Simplified Version Numbers... and Next Version Will Be Called — WiFi 6
http://bit.ly/2y0ql8T
That means, the new versions for all previous standards are:
802.11b → WiFi 1
802.11a → WiFi 2
802.11g → WiFi 3
802.11n → WiFi 4
802.11ac (current) → WiFi 5

As many as 20.4 billion internet of things devices are estimated to be in use by 2020, according to Gartner, but how many will be secure? How many can be updated? #IoT https://bit.ly/2Pk9Vik