By Kev Quirk (is that a real name?) at MakeUseOf.com…
Dropbox is a great service, no doubt about that. It’s the original cloud syncing and backup tool, that will make all of your data available anywhere, while keeping it safe. But what if you’re worried about your privacy while online? What can you do to ensure that your data is backed up, yet your privacy remains intact? Simple — host your own alternative to Dropbox.
By Cade Metz at Wired.com…
Alex Polvi is living the great Silicon Valley archetype. Together with some old school friends, he’s piecing together a tech revolution from inside a two-car Palo Alto garage.
He’s like Dave Packard or Steve Jobs or Sergey Brin — at least up to a point. The difference is that, from his vantage point here in the 21st century, Polvi views his garage with a certain sense of irony — “straight-up Palo Alto-style,” he says — and he harbors ambitions that suit our particular time. He wants to change the way we build the entire internet, making this worldwide network of computer servers as easy to update as the browsers on our laptops.
via Linux Hackers Rebuild Internet From Silicon Valley Garage | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com.
A well written article on why open source is not profitable (not that it is intended to be) and some interesting analysis on the success and failures of many initiatives. By Daniel Eran Dilger at AppleInsider.com…
Open Source enthusiasts love to tell you Android is winning, and that it is winning because it is open. But they’re wrong on both counts. The history of computing makes that abundantly clear, as do the current leaders in profitability.
via Editorial: Apple, Google and the failure of Android’s open.
Trying to build a Linux desktop that replaced Windows is something I tried 4 years ago with Ubuntu 9.04. For me it was the first time I ever became truly excited about Linux. The experience accelerated my adoption of the Mac. I enjoy articles such as this one.
By Falko Timme and Christian Schmalfeld at HowToForge.com…
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
via The Perfect Desktop – Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials.
Great “How To” by Simon Slangen at MakeUseOf.com…
How To Define Command Line Aliases On Any Operating System
via How To Define Command Line Aliases On Any Operating System.
Amen to this, especially if you work in Information Technology. By Jennifer Cloer at Linux.com…
Jobs again this year were a major theme in the State of the Union address with the President saying that we must train our students for the jobs of tomorrow. Guess what? Those jobs of tomorrow are Linux jobs. Maybe the President didn’t realize he was talking about Linux, but we know that Linux is supporting the computing infrastructure that makes our 21st century lives possible. From the phones we use to the websites we frequent to the cars we drive, Linux is running it all. And nothing underscores this fact more than year-over-year demand for Linux talent to support its pervasiveness in every day life.
via If You Don’t Know Linux, You Better Learn Fast | Linux.com.
Linux keep getting closer to this goal. Good review, but incomplete when it comes to music – unless you use Android.
By Chris Hoffman at MakeUseOf.com…
With Windows 8 casting a long shadow over the PC industry and Valve committing to create Linux-based gaming PCs, there’s never been a better time to start using Linux. For many users, the Linux desktop is now there — so many applications have moved to the cloud, hardware support has improved, and the desktop has been polished. You can even watch Netflix and play a variety of games on Steam — two big holes that have been filled recently.
Great opinion piece by Jon Buys at Ostatic.com…
Having your datacenter audited at the office can be a painful experience. One of the toughest is known by the initialism “PCI”, which stands for Payment Card Industry. The PCI audits are in-depth, and require several layers of security, logging, and documentation. Unfortunately, many of the requirements of such audits are derived from a Windows centric environment, and make little sense in a pure Linux system. At the top of this list is the requirement for anti-virus to be installed on all servers, but how necessary is this precaution in real life?