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We now have a Perl-based modern configuration management system. Links (R)?ex - A simple framework to simplify system administration and datacenter automation Shared with: Public +1’d by: Wing Wong Comments Wing Wong - 2014-11-16T01:04:59Z Isn’t rex the name of a mainframe command line pipe tool? Christopher Hicks - 2014-11-16T03:58:13Z Actually that was rexx and it also ran in OS/2, but what can you do? There are so many confusing names in the computer business. ...

Let us be clear: I am part of the problem. I say “ops guys” all of the time and it is clear to me now how tasteless that is. I’m sorry. I call myself a feminist, but it does not fit with my behavior here. I will try harder. I can replace “ops guys” in my brain with “ops folks”. I know I can. I will keep trying. +Bridget Kromhout Thanks for an excellent article. You are absolutely correct on so many levels. The ops community definitely needs more diversity and wider visibility. I’m proud of what I’ve done to make our community more diverse by prodding recruiters and encouraging women to interview for ops jobs. Clearly that would be an easier and more effective effort if our community were more respectful and welcoming. I will help make that happen. ...

This guy talks about Linux distributions for 13 paragraphs without mentioning package formats or using your desktop to develop for the server. He’s trying to push for splitting server and desktop distros without mentioning CoreOS. Could this be why folks accuse him of not using Linux? Maybe he talked to some actual Linux users, but ignored what they said and wrote what he felt like writing. Maybe he thinks Linux is controlled by some big corp and that this whining will get things done. Maybe they’re so desperate to print Linux articles it doesn’t matter if they’re clearly written by somebody who uses some other OS to get their work done. ...

After the recent spat of Linux is the Devil articles it is shocking to see something that gets it right. Links Top Linux Myths Dispelled - Datamation Shared with: Public

Ugly codes helps us appreciate how good code can be. Links Paris Review – The Beauty of Code, Vikram Chandra Shared with: Public +1’d by: Wing Wong

Informative without requiring registration. :) Links MMD-0025-2014 - ITW Infection of ELF .IptabLex & .IptabLes China #DDoS bots malware Shared with: Public

When you need to save the world, Perl is there. Links xkcd: Regular Expressions Shared with: Public +1’d by: Jerry Landry

Has Microsoft decided it was time to run a bunch of anti-Linux articles or something? I work and play on Linux every day. I haven’t booted into Windows in at least a year. I do also use MacOS, but Linux is my primary desktop. Links Linux Has Run Out of Time Shared with: Public +1’d by: Caskey Dickson Comments Christopher Hicks - 2014-08-28T04:02:21Z Oh, I forgot to mention the “killer app”: it just works. Uptimes of months are normal. ...

The author of this article likes to poke at the glitches in the Linux desktop. None of that sounds any worse than Windows. With a Linux desktop I don’t have to fear it slowing to a crawl under the load of malware you accumulate simply by installing “free” software or browsing the “free” Internet. With a Linux desktop I’m confidant that 99% of the drivers I need are already included and require no downloads or installs or extra work for me. If I want to install Windows 7 on a Windows 8 laptop how many hours will it take to get all of the drivers downloaded and installed? How many reboots will it take? How many calls to support or the help desk will it take? Does Matt’s straw man feel the brisk breeze blowing him down the way? The reliability and flexibility of the Linux desktop are unequaled. Even when canonical goes in some lame direction, the community forks and good things keep happening. How did the community alternatives to Windows 7 fare? Oh, they’re impossible because they don’t accept the value of openness or competition? I know I can keep running a Linux desktop forever and I can pay somebody to write patches if I desire. Someday Windows will follow OS/2, geos, and AmigaOS to the dust bins of history. No corporation can do that to Linux. ...

Everybody has an awesome invention buried inside waiting to get out. Links How a Young Girl Developed an Innovative Chemotherapy Device | Qmed Shared with: Public