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1. LVFS Serves Up 25 Million Firmware/BIOS Updates to Linux Users

   The LVFS project thrives and continues to help GNU/Linux users update their systems' firmware.

2. Shell Scripting With Bash

   Start learning how to automate your GNU/Linux system with Bash scripting.

3. How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars

   GNU/Linux is playing a role in helping our species explore the solar system.

4. Creating Hard and Symbolic Links With the ln Command

   Learn how to distinguish between and create hard and symbolic links.

5. Recovering Our Lost Free Will Online: Tools and Techniques That Are Available Now

   A guide for how people can empower themselves with free software.

6. Modifying Process Priorities With Nice and Renice

   Learn how to modify process priorities on your GNU/Linux system.

7. Ditching Excel for Python – Lessons Learned From a Legacy Industry (2020)

   A reinsurance analyst documents their transition from Excel to Python.

8. Move Over, ARM: BeagleV Is a $150 RISC-V Computer Designed to Run Linux

   Seeed Studios and BeagleBoard produce an affordable RISC-V system designed to run GNU/Linux.

9. GNU/Linux Tools for Manipulating Text

   Learn about the many GNU/Linux tools for filtering and changing text.

10. Five Ways to Make AI a Greater Force for Good in 2021

    An outline of how to make AI research have a more positive impact on society in the new year.