Linux Weekly NewsBytes : 1440

Here is a list of the latest, most happening events and news items from the Linux World. Keep reading to find out what's making the most noise around Linux this week.

History of OpenSource

• [ https://magic.piktochart.com/output/2385023-history-of-the-open-source-movem# ]
• A lovely pictorial representation of how things have evolved on the OpenSource highway. I bet it misses a few things, but a good overall pictorial view none the less

City of Turin decides to replace Windows with Linux

• [ http://www.zdnet.com/city-of-turin-decides-to-ditch-windows-xp-for-ubuntu-and-6m-saving-7000033482/ ]
• After Munich, this time its Turin, a city in Italy, that plans to migrate 8,300 [ government ] PCs from Windows to Linux

Understanding LogRotate

• [ http://xmodulo.com/2014/09/logrotate-manage-log-files-linux.html ]
• Logrotate is one of your best friends if you are a Linux Administrator. This simple article explains the usage of this essential Linux service in very simple terms.

Using systemd

• [ http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/788613-understanding-and-using-systemd ]
• Whether you like it or not, you got to use systemd when that happens to be on the system you are diagnosing. This article gives you a very brief overview of what to do when you are confronted with a system running systemd. If you feel puzzled at reading the word "systemd", then read this article to understand what systemd is all about [ http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/524577-here-we-go-again-another-linux-init-intro-to-systemd ]

Teaching Linux to kids

• [ http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/788415-new-youtube-series-teaches-kids-about-linux- ]
• A lovely, cute video series that tries its hands at teaching [ rather, introducing should be the right word ] Linux to kids

Linux Weekly NewsBytes : 1433

Here is a list of the latest, most happening events and news items from the Linux World. Keep reading to find out what's making the most noise around Linux this week.

Fedora Security Team

• [ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2014-July/003228.html ]
• Riding on the lines of Linux Foundation [ http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2014/05/core-infrastructure-initiative-announces-new-backers ], Fedora project has formed a team of 20 developers to close security vulnerabilities. The best part is that it is an open community and you can join in as well. If nothing, you can definitely at least learn a lot about Security by being part of this team.

Valencia Linux School distro saves € 36 million

•  [ https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/valencia-linux-school-distro-saves-36-million-euro ]
• This distribution called LliureX [ https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fca.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLliureX&edit-text= ] is based on Edubuntu and is developed and provided by the Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport. Its high time that we see some initiatives like this in India. Or probably start them ourselves, instead of waiting for someone else to start ?
• Here's another article that talks about "Opening Up the world to Deserving Kids, One Linux Computer at a time" [ http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/reglue-opening-world-deserving-kids-one-linux-computer-time ]

Zorin OS 9 : Linux for Windows Users

• [ http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2014/07/zorin-os-9-linux-for-windows-users.html ]
• A very detailed and descriptive review of Zorin OS9. Makes me try it. Sounds definitely like a perfect OS for users migrating from Windows world. It has various look and feel defined as "Windows XP Look", "Windows 7 Look" and "Gnome 2" look. And all of this comes with the added security that frees you from the shackles of Antivirus updations. What more can a user ask for ?

KDE Plasma 5 released

• [ http://kde.org/announcements/plasma5.0/ ]
• Review at : [ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/28/kde_plasma_5_review/ ]. It talks about how Breeze UI is greatly simplified. Also about how the lock screen how displays a clock and many other things.

LibreOffice 4.3 released

• [ http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2014/07/30/libreoffice-4-3-today-you-cant-own-a-better-office-suite/ ]
• This latest version of LibreOffice boasts of an improved spreadsheet application [ Calc ]. It calls it more intuitive now. It also boasts of 3D models !!!

LXLE 14.04 Released

• [ http://lxle.net/articles/?post=lxle-releases-1404-64bit-12044-32bit-revisited ]
• A very stale news. But, going by what this article [ http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/780781-6-excellent-lightweight-linux-distros-for-x86-and-arm ] says about LXLE, I bet you would want to give it a shot. Many reviews suggest that the choice of default applications for this OS is perfect. They call it excellently crafted. Check it out and see if it satisfies your needs

Do you Cheat on Linux ?

• [ http://www.tecmint.com/cheat-command-line-cheat-sheet-for-linux-users/ ]
• Cheat is a wonderful application for beginners of Linux. It provides easy command line options with examples for any given Linux command !!! It not only helps you save your time, but it also comes in handy as a great learning tool.

Linux Weekly NewsBytes : 1421

This is my first Linux Weekly NewsBytes post. You will find here the latest, most happening events and news items from the Linux World. Keep reading to find out what's making the most noise around Linux

Linus Torvalds [ the man who created Linux ] awarded Computer Pioneer Award by IEEE Computer Society

• The press release by IEEE Computer Society mentions that "Computer Pioneer Award" of 2014 was presented to Linus Torvalds, the man who created Linux. I see this as a recognition of his new approach to create software using open source culture. It actually show cases to the world the real way of creating software. Collaborative and free for anyone to contribute.

Munich City Council migrates 15,000 workers from Windows to Linux

• This is one news that I loved reading the most this week. It is a great success story that has a great potential to be replicated. And India is certainly the biggest market for such a migration. This initiative was called : LiMux [ Linux in Munich ]. The detailed information in the article shows that it takes a lot of time [ almost 10 years for Munich ] and some real hard Political backing for such a thing to happen. Interestingly enough the deciding factor for this was not Money !!! It was rather a concern for security and a willingness of the Government to promote local companies. They decided that it was much better to send the money to local companies instead of sending it overseas :-)

Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS released

• This is the first Ubuntu release that I downloaded and I am still trying it out. I will update more on my learnings from this in some other articles later. Its server image boasts of coming loaded with the latest OpenStack release. This seems to be a good strategy of Ubuntu to move into the Enterprise audience.

[ Since this is my first ever newsletter about Linux, I took the liberty to pick from articles that are earlier to the previous week as well. ]

Linux Weekly NewsBytes : 0001

This is my first Linux Weekly NewsBytes post. You will find here the latest, most happening events and news items from the Linux World. Keep reading to find out what's making the most noise around Linux

Linus Torvalds [ the man who created Linux ] awarded Computer Pioneer Award by IEEE Computer Society

• The press release by IEEE Computer Society mentions that "Computer Pioneer Award" of 2014 was presented to Linus Torvalds, the man who created Linux. I see this as a recognition of his new approach to create software using open source culture. It actually show cases to the world the real way of creating software. Collaborative and free for anyone to contribute.

Munich City Council migrates 15,000 workers from Windows to Linux

• This is one news that I loved reading the most this week. It is a great success story that has a great potential to be replicated. And India is certainly the biggest market for such a migration. This initiative was called : LiMux [ Linux in Munich ]. The detailed information in the article shows that it takes a lot of time [ almost 10 years for Munich ] and some real hard Political backing for such a thing to happen. Interestingly enough the deciding factor for this was not Money !!! It was rather a concern for security and a willingness of the Government to promote local companies. They decided that it was much better to send the money to local companies instead of sending it overseas :-)

Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS released

• This is the first Ubuntu release that I downloaded and I am still trying it out. I will update more on my learnings from this in some other articles later. Its server image boasts of coming loaded with the latest OpenStack release. This seems to be a good strategy of Ubuntu to move into the Enterprise audience.

[ Since this is my first ever newsletter about Linux, I took the liberty to pick from articles that are earlier to the previous week as well. ]