Direct MP3 Download: Linux For The Rest Of Us #91 – Slow And Steady
A Linux podcast for anyone even remotely interested in Linux! With Steve McLaughlin, the Door to Door Geek.
Episode 91 Show Notes
[07:12] Basic Basic.
Scripts are easy – Bash shell-scripting libraries – One of the most powerful aspects of popular high-level languages is the existence of a comprehensive standard library. Unfortunately, the most popular Linux shell, bash, lacks a full-featured library bundled with it. A number of people have written libraries to compensate for this lack, which can make your life infinitely easier if you need to write complex bash scripts.
(http://dberkholz.com/2011/04/
[09:23] First Steps with the Raspberry Pi (http://www.linuxlinks.com/
The MagPi
Thank You Tom.
Home automation with RC wall plugs and Raspberry Pi
(http://hackaday.com/2012/06/
Thanks to Tony – https://plus.google.com/u/0/
Raspberry Pi impressions: the $35 Linux computer and tinker toy – (http://www.engadget.com/2012/
[21:58] The Magic SysRq Key Cheat Sheet – Every Linux kernel developer knows about the “Magic SysRq key”. It allows you to do a few basic tasks even if your system is otherwise hosed.
(http://www.isotton.com/devel/
Thanks BlackHammer
[26:03] Alibaba’s Linux phone pulls in one MILLION punters – Chinese web tat flogger Alibaba finally has some good news to report after sales of smartphones based on its Aliyun OS hit the million sales milestone in the People’s Republic less than a year after its launch. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/
Picture – (http://technode.com/wp-
[30:52] Tizen 1.0 hands-on: Can Samsung and Intel’s mobile OS compete with Android? – In the wake of Meego’s demise a new open source mobile operating system has emerged. Known as Tizen and backed by Samsung and Intel, the Linux-based OS recently hit the version 1.0 milestone and has even been paired with an official reference hardware platform. Unlike the alternative OSes that came before it, Tizen does not use the Qt application framework. Instead, Tizen apps are created using HTML5 and other web standards. It is intended to be used in smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, vehicle entertainment systems, and low-power notebooks. (http://www.extremetech.com/
YouTube video – (http://www.youtube.com/watch?
[39:52] Windows Server Sales Flat in Q1, Compared With Linux Models: IDC – The latest server market report from IDC shows sales of units running Windows Server grew only 1.3 percent in the 2012 first quarter, versus 16 percent for Linux servers. But that may be just because of a few big Linux deals, according to an IDC analyst.
Sunday Morning Linux Review (http://smlr.us/?p=1082) said “At the current standing with Linux server revenue at 2.4 billion and Windows server revenue 5.9 billion. The current rate of growth for each respectively is 16% and 1.3%. With these figures we can estimate that Linux server revenue will overtake Windows server revenue in 7 years.”
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