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Jose Dieguez Castro's Introduction to Linux Distros (Apress)

By James Gray 

Although Linux always has been a diverse ecosystem, once upon a time, just a handful of Linux distributions, or distros, existed. Do you recall Yggrasil, Trans-Ameritech and the original S.u.S.E. (which begat SuSE, SUSE and openSUSE)? Today, literally hundreds of Linux flavors exist, each with its own unique offerings. more>>

Linux Journal September 2016

By Shawn Powers 
Doing Old Things in New Ways

Our new house is built into the side of a hill. more>>

Jarvis, Please Lock the Front Door

By Shawn Powers 

Years ago, we put out a request for articles on home automation. About the time Eureka came out on TV, people wanted to have their very own SARAH (Self Actuated Residential Automated Habitat), and it seemed like the perfect time for nerds everywhere to make their houses smart. more>>

Contrast Security's Contrast Enterprise

By James Gray 

The phrase with which Contrast Security describes the one-of-a-kind protection provided by the new Contrast Enterprise is "continuous application security". more>>

illusive networks' Deceptions Everywhere

By James Gray 

illusive networks' bread and butter is its deception cybersecurity technology called Deceptions Everywhere whose approach is to neutralize targeted attacks and Advanced Persistent Threats by creating a deceptive layer across the entire network. more>>

Happy Birthday Linux

By Doc Searls 

Linux turns 25 today. That's four years older than Linus was when he invented it. That means Linus has spent more of his life with Linux than he did without it. more>>

ContainerCon Vendors Offer Flexible Solutions for Managing All Your New Micro-VMs

By John S. Tonello 

As you might expect, this week's LinuxCon and ContainerCon 2016, held in Toronto, is heavy on the benefits and pitfalls of deploying containers, but several vendors aim to come to the rescue with flexible tools to manage it all. more>>

Updates from LinuxCon and ContainerCon, Toronto, August 2016

By John S. Tonello 
The Future of Linux: Continuing to Inspire Innovation and Openness

The first 25 years of Linux has transformed the world, not just computing, and the next 25 years will continue to see more growth in the Open Source movement, The Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin said during the opening keynote of LinuxCon/ContainerCon in Toronto on Monday, August 22, 2016. more>>

NVMe over Fabrics Support Coming to the Linux 4.8 Kernel

By Petros Koutoupis 

The Flash Memory Summit recently wrapped up its conferences in Santa Clara, California, and only one type of Flash technology stole the show: NVMe over Fabrics (NVMeF). From the many presentations and company announcements, it was obvious NVMeF was the topic that most interested the attendees. more>>

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was an Embedded Linux Newbie

By Derek Hildreth 

This article is sponsored by Technologic Systems. more>>

Pandas

By Reuven M. Lerner 

Serious practitioners of data science use the full scientific method, starting with a question and a hypothesis, followed by an exploration of the data to determine whether the hypothesis holds up. more>>

Juniper Systems' Geode

By James Gray 

Juniper Systems' new Geode rugged sub-meter GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver collects real-time professional-grade data but is intuitive enough for novices. Designed foremost for versatility, the Geode features one-button simplicity and can be paired with any of Juniper Systems' rugged handhelds as well as a wide range of Android devices. more>>

Analyzing Data

By Reuven M. Lerner 

My first Web-related job was in 1995, developing Web applications for a number of properties at Time Warner. When I first started there, we had a handful of programmers and managers handling all of the tasks. But over time, as happens in all growing companies and organizations, we started to specialize. more>>

SourceClear's Commit Watcher

By James Gray 

Someone accidentally commits private AWS keys to an open-source project and ends up handing candy to a bitcoin miner. more>>

All about printf

By Dave Taylor 

In my last article, "Fancy Tricks for Changing Numberic Base", I explored the surprising ability of the Linux shell to convert numeric bases on the fly, including this sweet little snippet that converts FF hexadecimal into decimal notation: $ echo $(( 0xFF )) 255 more>>

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