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Oct 13, 2025 · Friendly Linux ForumIn this article, we’ll cover the final method for placing objects in a window - the ‘grid’ method. The grid method works like a spreadsheet, using rows and …

Nov 2, 2016 · So Linux is 25 years old now. The Linux kernel was created by a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds in 1991 who at the time was a 21-year-old computer science student at …

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Dec 15, 2005 · Dave Guard writes “There’s some buzz on OS News and Slashdot today about Linus Torvalds’ comments on the Gnome Mailing List. Torvalds trashes GNOME and tells …

Aug 22, 2025 · Friendly Linux ForumWe can set limitations on disk space usage, called quotas, for either a user or group. Not only can we set them, but we can also determine how much …

Aug 15, 2018 · A look at Linux kernel developers’ various revision control solutions through the years, Linus Torvalds’ decision to use BitKeeper and the controversy that followed, and how …