This past weekend, we had the great surprise to see Atom 1.6, the next major version of GitHub’s powerful, cross-platform and open-source hackable text editor exit the devel channel and enter the stable one.
Yes, you’re reading it right, Atom 1.6 has been promoted to the stable channel, and you can download it right now for your GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, or Microsoft Windows box from its official website, or via ours. At the same time, the next major version, Atom 1.7, has entered the Beta channel.
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