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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T18:50:44.000Z",
  "site": "https://lwn.net",
  "tags": [
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  "textContent": "LWN has received the sad news that Seth Nickell passed away, on April 16, from his father, Eric Nickell:\n\n> Many of you knew Seth from his work in the GNOME Usability Project, but his roots in that community trace back to his high school years. As a father of a high school junior, I remember being terrified when he flashed the hard drive of a computer he purchased for himself with this weird \"Linux\" thing. And I was a bit awed by the college application essay he wrote about open source and Linus Torvalds.\n>\n> It was his interest in packet radio that drew him into working with the Linux AX.25 HOWTO as a high schooler, and from there to his focus on making the Linux desktop work for everyone.\n\nThe family plans to share news of a memorial at a later time. He will be deeply missed.",
  "title": "Remembering Seth Nickell"
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