Two Decades of Linux (And Other Open Source Successes)
@nanofoo received the following tweet from
@ARStechnica on 2011.12.27.
Two decades of Linux: the big open source stories of 2011: http://arst.ch/rye by @thepacketrat[27 December 2011, top] |
A Couple of Unix Related Tee Shirts
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This was my Facebook posting on 26 December 2011.
Wore my /dev/null t-shirt the other day and it reminded me that it has been a long time since I used the following classic command-line ($ is the prompt and 'foo' the name of some command)... $ foo 1>/dev/null 2>&1 Sometimes the classic command-line is executed as a background process and it becomes... $ foo 1>/dev/null 2>&1 & Today, Four Peaks Brewing is tapping some barrel aged Kilt Lifter. Might be a good day to wear my more beer t-shirt. [26 December 2011, top] |
LiMux project exceeds annual target
I had not heard of LiMux.
"In May 2003, Munich's city council resolved to migrate
municipal workstations to Linux and open source."
[source: h-online.com]
H-Online.com::LiMux project exceeds annual target [18 December 2011, top] |
The Unix Philosophy GDT::Bit Updated
| On day three of Computer Science Education Week 2011, I updated GDT::Bits::The Unix Philosophy. The update made me sad because I had to remember the death of Dennis Ritchie during early October, 2011. [06 December 2011, top] |
Ubuntu Turns 7
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I've been running Ubuntu GNU/Linux at home for a couple of years
now and I like it. [knock on wood] "Ubuntu: ancient African word
meaning 'humanity to others'. It also means 'I am what I am because
of who we all are'."
Linux.Slashdot.org::Ubuntu Turns 7 [20 October 2011, top] |
Dennis M. Ritchie (dmr) is Dead
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Dennis M. Ritchie (logname dmr) died during October 2011 at the age
of 70. Ritchie was the creator of the "C" programming language and
he was also the co-creator of the Unix, Plan 9 and Inferno
operating systems.
During November of 1999 I sent Dennis Ritchie an email message thanking him for is contributions to computing. I ended my email message asking dmr if he'd send a few words of encouragement to my computing students at Scottsdale Community College.
The GDT::Quote collection contained the following three Dennis Ritchie quotes on 13 October 2011.
My MOTD posting on 16 April 1999 included the following. These are a few of my favorite things... At approximately 7:55am on 13 October 2011 I moved Dennis Ritchie from my Computing::DreamTeam to my Computing::DeadTeam. Ritchie was the second computing guru to make this transition. [Jim Gray, the father of transaction processing, was the first.] {GDT::DreamTeam::Dennis Ritchie--The Father of C [by SCC student Sean Johns on 7 Feb 2000]}
I never meet Dennis Ritchie, but I will be forever grateful for all of his outstanding contributions to our computing world. Ritchie was the consummate computer professional and the world lost a great man when he died. main() { printf("goodbye, world\n"); }[13 October 2011, top] |
Photos: Gallery presenting the first twenty years of Linux
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OpenSource.com::Photos: Gallery presenting the first twenty years of Linux [15 September 2011, top] |
Imagining a World Without Linux
@compufoo tweeted the following on 2011.08.17.
Imagining a World Without #Linux: Jim Zemlin Opens LinuxCon North America | Linux.com http://t.co/w3xFevJ It's be fun to go to a LinuxCon. Maybe next year I'll make an attempt to go. [17 August 2011, top] |
Unix Lives!
Twitter tweet...
Linux Hasn't Yet Replaced Unix in the Data Center by @klintron http://t.co/YRzLxi4 via @RWW It appears as though Unix is alive and well on 12 July 02011. [12 July 2011, top] |
Tips-Linux.net: 10 Mistakes Made by New Linux SysAdmins
I especially agree with the following from the "10 mistakes new
Linux administrators (SysAdmins) make."
#2: Neglecting updates.
#3: Poor root password choice.
#4: Avoiding the command-line.
#8: Not understanding permissions.
#10: Ingnoring log files.
Tips-Linux.net::10 mistakes new Linux administrators make [25 April 2011, top] |
Tips-Linux.net: 10+ Mistakes Made by Linux Newbies
I especially agree with the following from "10+ mistakes Linux
newbies make."
#6: Avoiding the command-line.
#7: Giving up too quickly.
#9: Skipping updates.
#10: Logging in as root.
Tips-Linux.net::10+ mistakes Linux newbies make [24 April 2011, top] |
Red Hat Reports Solid 4Q'11 Results
| Red Hat (RHT) reported 4Q'11 results after the market closed yesterday (02011.03.23). Operating cash flow for 4th-quarter was $95.0 million. The company ende FY'11 with "cahs of $1.2 billion. During 4Q'11, Red Hat repurchased $11 million, or approximately 250,000 shares, of RHT shares. For FY'11, Red Hat repurchased approximately $90 million, or 2.9 million shares. RHT closed yesterday at $39.97, well below its 52-week high of $49.00. [24 March 2011, top] |
Sun.com Worth A Million Bucks?
RT @Yahoo_News...
Sun.com Name Could Fetch Oracle $1 Million http://yhoo.it/eKhV5Y[21 March 2011, top] |
About the Unix and Linux Logger
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The Unix & Linux Logger says
welcome to year 2011. This blog, which was started on 8 May
1999, is about Unix systems such as the various and sundry
Linux distributions, the BSDs, openSolaris, and proprietary
versions of the operating system.
The Unix & Linux Logger started 2011 with a total of 527 postings. Unix & Linux Logger Archives: 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 [10 February 2011, top] |