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Interview: Damian Conway

Mike Saunders | July 4, 2014

Interview: Damian Conway We meet the creator of a programming language based on Klingon and one of the architects of Perl 6. If only we could tell them

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Hacking Competition

Ben Everard | June 26, 2014

Update: The hacking competition’s now running at hackthis.linuxvoice.com/moodle/ In Issue 5 of Linux Voice, we take a look at the ways hackers break into websites. It’s important to

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John Von Neumann

Juliet Kemp | June 20, 2014

John von Neumann, EDVAC, and the IAS machine The Linux Voice time machine takes us back to one of computing’s eureka moments: the von Neumann architecture.

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Comet hunting with Python

Andrew Gregory | June 18, 2014

Hunt comets with Python and open data Search for celestial bodies from the comfort of your own home with the SOHO satellite and the power of Python.

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Education Education Education

Ben Everard | June 6, 2014

Raspberry Pi In Schools Teaching the world to code is a noble goal, but how is it going to work in practice?

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Be a kernel hacker

Andrew Gregory | May 27, 2014

Ever wanted to start hacking the kernel? Don't have a clue how to begin? Let us show you how it's done...

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History of computing part 2

Juliet Kemp | May 16, 2014

Ye olde code: Grace Hopper and UNIVAC

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How Munich switched 15,000 PCs from Windows to Linux

Mike Saunders | May 9, 2014

How Munich switched 15,000 PCs from Windows to Linux Munich city council has migrated 15,000 workers from Windows to Linux. It’s a great success story for Free Software,

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Getting started with Linux

Ben Everard | April 25, 2014

Linux can be confusing to new users. There’s a lot of jargon, and some things are quite different from what you may be used to. To help you

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History of computing part 1

Juliet Kemp | April 14, 2014

Ada Lovelace and the Analytical Engine Use the Linux Voice time machine to take a trip to Victorian England, and visit one of the pioneers of the computer