Linux is my primary operating system. I used it on the servers, desktops, laptops, netbooks, and even mobile phones since approximately 1997. I’ve tried a number of distributions over the years, and even created a couple myself. I still look around sometimes to see what others are up to. But most of my machines are running some sort of Red Hat – either a quick and easy Fedora Linux, or a stable and secure Red Hat Enterprise Server, or a cheaper CentOS alternative.
And while by now I am very comfortable in the Linux environment (both graphical and command line), I still discover a lot of new and interesting things about it. When I come across something worthy, I usually share it with the rest of the Open Software world, using this category.
I nearly had a heart attack … it took me a couple of seconds to realize that this was a prank…
@mamchenkov Are you talking about GNU+Linux ?
— Richard Stallman (@rmsthebot) May 8, 2015
Well played, well played …
P.S.: For those of you who don’t know who Richard Stallman is – shame on you. :)
P.P.S.: Easy for you to spot the “bot” part here, but I saw on this on the mobile app, which was more insisting on the name rather than the handle.
I came across “Do Not Use Amazon Linux” opinion on Ex Ratione. I have to say that I mostly agree with it. When I initially started using Amazon Web Services, I assumed (due to time constraints mostly) that Amazon Linux was a close derivative of CentOs and I opted for that. For the majority of things that affect applications in my environment that holds true, however it’s not all as simple as it sounds.
There are in fact differences that have to be taken into account. Some of the configuration issues can be abstracted with the tools like Puppet (which I do use). But not all of it. I’ve been bitten by package names and version differences (hello PHP 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5; and MySQL and MariaDB) between Amazon AMI and CentOS distribution. It’s an absolute worst when trying to push an application from our testing and development environments into the client’s production environment. Especially when tight deadlines are involved.
One of the best reasons for CentOS is that developers can easily have their local environments (Vagrant anyone?) setup in an exactly the same way as test and production servers.
Today at Build, Microsoft unveiled its first version of Visual Studio for Mac and Linux.
The new tool, called Visual Studio Code, makes it easy to develop .NET code along with many other programming languages on Linux based systems.
It’s monumental for Microsoft as it marks the first time the company has ever made Visual Studio cross-platform, truly embracing those that it’s previously feuded with.
The Cloud Market – the most complete catalog of Amazon EC2 images. What’s even more interesting is their statistics page.
