The Linux community is filled with friction and diversity. One of the advantages of open source software is the diversity that leads to innovative approaches to improve the computing environment. But can the diversity go too far? Is it a defining characteristic that kills programming creativity? LinuxInsider spoke with a panel of open source developers about the creative versus destructive nature of the seemingly fractured world of open source.
Balancing Diversity and Creativity in the World of FOSS
Technical Case: Optical Network
Optical network within Huawei WDM, Huawei NG-SDH, T2000 double system structure sometimes get some emergency situations, for example: service trail abnormally, network traffic abnormal, device exceptional warning, packet forwarding failure, board abnormal, interface abnormal and etc.
1.1 The detailed network information as follows, Optical network comprises one NG-SDH ASON network and one Backbone WDM network. NG-SDH ASON network is made up of OSN 7500 equipments, and Backbone WDM network is made up of 1600G equipments, the NG-SDH network is constructed upon 1600G Backbone WDM network, NG-SDH ASON network carried customer diamond Service, such as detail network information in the attachment.
2.1.1.WDM Backbone network topology
WDM Backbone networks are made up of 1600G equipment DCN Design of WDM Backbone networks detail information.
2.1.2 NG-OSN ASON network topology
NG-SDH ASON Networks is made up of OSN7500 equipment detail main network topology framework as mentioned.
3.1 Carried Services Analysis
NG-SDH ASON networks carried by WDM Backbone networks, WDM Backbone networks according to different service requirement up and down different wavelength service in the propriety section such as carried networks for customer demand, NG-SDH ASON networks carried ASON service, Currently Configuration all ASON service LSA Level is diamond service on the ASON networks.
3.1.1 Service and Running Status Analysis
During eleven months working and network running for networks, Currently WDM Backbone networks running status is stability, sometimes due to customer provided link fiber frequently by cut would affect WDM Backbone networks stability, it’s our maintenance team come up against an important problem in NOC, at the same time our team very important job supervise customer to solved in time for link fiber cut bring WDM Backbone networks break off.
Currently NG-SDH ASON networks running status is stability, Customer configuration total LSA service is diamond service,from inspector return result view service running is stability and normal, but Customer Choice Revertive parameter when configuration diamond service on the ASON networks, when active service is break off re-route to another trail, due to customer link-fiber cut long time can’t recover , change or modify this service on the NMS by configuration Revertive Parameter LAS service will become disperse service would affect ASON networks running stability and efficiency ,advice change Revertive LAS service to NON-Revertive services for customer.
3.1.2 NMS running status Analysis
NMS type is use T2000, According with every days checking list proved NMS T2000 running status is normal and stability, Currently project process addition many new WDM 1600G and NG-OSN 7500 NE according with originally design divide WDM and Huawei OSN ASON to two single NMS Server for monitor, now doing this plan, if completed it NMS running status would be enhance.
3.2 Detailed Devices Information
Optical networks Devices include OTM, OADM, OLA of WDM and OSN7500 of NG-SDH ASON networks, hardware and software configuration, both WDM and ASON network detailed devices information view as follows.
3.2.1 Basic device information
Optical networks basic device information includes type of Huawei WDM and Huawei NG-SDH devices, site configuration information and so on detail information in the attachment.
3.2.2 Device configuration
WDM and NG-Huawei OSN networks Device configuration information including NE board version and NE information, and ASON service detail information such as attachment as follows:
3.3 Risks Analysis
Describe all the risks that have been found during network routing inspection, network evaluation and troubleshooting process; and the possible workaround and solutions.
3.3.1 Network Risk Analysis
During eleven month maintenance in the NOC for WDM and NG-OSN networks, we already mastery about WDM and ASON networks running status, currently network risk mostly focus on item as follow:
1. Customer provided link fiber frequently by cut would affect WDM Backbone networks stability, it’s our maintenance team come up against an important problem in NOC, at the same time our team very important job supervise customer to solved in time for link fiber cut bring WDM Backbone networks break off.
2. Customer Choice Revertive parameter when configuration diamond service on the ASON networks, when active service is break off re-route to another trail, due to customer link-fiber cut long time can’t recover , change or modify this service on the NMS by configuration Revertive Parameter LAS service will become disperse service
would affect ASON networks running stability and efficiency.
3. Due to upload NE of WDM and NG-SDH is new created; software version of board of NE is not match with design.
4 Emergency Solution
When serious problems such as service interruption occur on equipment of WDM and NG-SDG ASON networks, emergency solution provides for the equipment maintenance personnel to locate and remove the fault quickly, Focus on service recovery, divide issues to different scenes and give detailed emergency solutions,To ensure the stable running of the optical transmission system and reduce the emergency accident to the minimum extent. The operation and maintenance to long-term also important project as optical network, summarize the history problems happened, so as to improve the critical problem response process, these type of problem should be enhance Huawei optical network maintenance and emergency response implementation guide confidentiality level.
Faster Raspberry Pi 2 Says Yes to Ubuntu and Windows, But Where’s Android?
Raspberry Pi enthusiasts started the week with some welcome news: A Raspberry Pi 2 Model B SBC that is claimed to be six times faster than previous versions is available for the same $35 price. The community-backed single board computer swaps out the old ARM11/ARMv6 processor for an ARMv7 system on chip that features four 900MHz Cortex-A7 cores. That, along with a doubling of RAM to 1GB, means that for the first time, the Pi fully supports Ubuntu. In fact, there’s already an optimized build available of Canonical’s new lightweight Snappy variant of Ubuntu.
The faster SoC also means the Pi can join most other hacker SBCs in running Android, right? Well, it should, and no doubt will, but there’s not a single mention of Android in Eben Upton’s RPi 2 announcement. Instead, Upton says the Raspberry Pi Foundation has been “working closely with Microsoft” for six months to bring the newly announced Windows 10 to the Raspberry Pi 2. The Windows 10 build will be free, and supported by the same Windows Developer Program for IoT that announced Windows support for Intel’s open spec Galileo SBC, according to an announcement from Microsoft.
While we ponder this surprising turn of events, along with other mysteries, such as the Seahawks decision to go for a pass play from the one yard line on second down, let us take a closer look at the new RPi 2. The big news is the move from the Broadcom BCM2835 to a new BCM2836 SoC that has changed little aside from the faster processing power. The more powerful processor results in the RPi2 consuming 800mA of power instead of 600mA. It even sports the same VideoCore IV GPU, which was once vilified by open source evangelists, but is now more warmly accepted due to the opening up of the once-opaque codebase.
In addition to doubling the RAM to 1GB, not much has changed here, which is all the better for backward compatibility. The board has the same dimensions and weight, and uses the same 40-pin connector as the first generation Model B+. All the connectors are the same, and in the same positions. Those hoping for gigabit Ethernet, onboard flash, or a SATA connection, however, will likely have to wait until 2016. (For more on the RPi 2, Hackaday has posted a hands-on report.)
The Raspberry Pi 2 will support Raspbian and all the other Linux distributions that run on the RPi 1 Model B+. However, it may be a while before we see Pi-ready distros that are optimized for ARMv7 and Broadcom’s quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC.
According to Upton, “an updated NOOBS or Raspbian image including an ARMv7 kernel and modules” must be downloaded from the RPi website. “At launch, we are using the same ARMv6 Raspbian userland on both Raspberry Pi 1 and 2,” continues Upton. “Over the next few months we will investigate whether we can obtain higher performance from regular ARMv7 Debian, or whether we can selectively replace a small number of libraries to get the best of both worlds.” Upton goes on to write that a Snappy Ubuntu Core for the Raspberry Pi 2 image is available now, and a package for NOOBS will be available in a few weeks.
No doubt, someone’s already hard at work porting Android to the RPi 2. There have been earlier port attempts, but with the limited ARM11 chip and without ARMv7, Android on the Pi has been even less workable than Ubuntu.
It’s telling, however, that the Pi Foundation failed to mention Android. Writing on XDA-Developers, Anthony King writes: “It may be possible that Android will be coming. However don’t count on it. I’ve not been able to find any current Android device that uses this SoC. It may be that we will need sources or blobs from Broadcom, and after last time, I doubt this will happen anytime soon.”
Then again, the Pi Foundation may be downplaying any Android support to please its new partner Microsoft. Since Sataya Nadella took over from Steve Ballmer as CEO, the company has revealed more tolerance of the open source world. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft has made a minority investment in Cyanogen Inc., creator of the open source CyanogenMod versions of Android.
Partnering with the Pi Foundation should help Microsoft expand its entry into the ARM world while possibly getting some action on the maker front. But what does the Pi Foundation get out of it? After all, even if Microsoft gives Windows 10 away free to Pi users, Windows is still proprietary, and customization is limited. It’s odd that the Pi Foundation would throw in with Microsoft after making a determined effort over the last year to make the Pi a more open source platform.
Yet, we tend to forget that the Pi was founded as an educational platform for teaching computing skills. With Windows, the Pi platform should be able to expand to a larger audience in schools where Windows-compatible software is a requisite. The open source OLPC educational project made a similar bundling partnership with Microsoft, although it did not do much to expand its reach.
Perhaps the Pi Foundation believes it can help steer Microsoft in a more open direction. However, if Windows for the Pi remains proprietary, and if the Microsoft partnership deepens, open source hackers may continue to move to other community-backed SBCs that are just as fast and offer more features.
For now, though, the $35 Raspberry Pi 2 offers one of the best price/performance ratios in the fast-growing field of hacker SBCs. Several million more Pi boards will likely ship before the Pi once again starts showing its age.
How Pivotal Cracked the One-Billion-Dollar Code
For well over a decade companies have been trying to trade in open-source popularity for mountains of cash, and for well over a decade the vast majority of them have failed. Downloads, it would appear, aren’t readily convertible into dollars.
This has left Red Hat the only billion-dollar open source vendor, a distinction no one has seriously challenged.
Until now.
Pivotal’s Cloud Foundry, an open source Platform-as-a-Service offering, just clocked the largest first-year financial bonanza in open source history: spun out of EMC and VMware in 2013 and trading since February 2014 Pivotal pulled in $40m during three quarters of active selling it said last week. As good as this is for Pivotal, it’s perhaps even better for would-be open source entrepreneurs, who may finally have a blueprint for large-scale financial success.
Read more at The Register.
Sys Admins, Data Scientists, Analysts: How Attackers’ Sights Have Switched to the Tech-Savvy
With so many more routes into sensitive data, the pool of potential targets for computer criminals has widened to take in even those with considerable IT expertise, according to Darktrace director of technology Dave Palmer.
New Raspberry Pi Is Six Times Better than the Previous One
Raspberry Pi was originally meant as a small, credit card-sized PC that students could use at school to learn device programming and engineering.
But it ended up becoming very, very popular almost immediately after its first release, back in December 2011, due to pretty much every news agency emphasizing how it could turn any TV into a smart TV.
The Pi has turned very few TVs into Smart TVs since then, but its popularity is ever on the rise due to how many gadgets and projects it is used in…. (read more)
4 Useful Cron Alternatives For Linux
For those who are familiar with the Unix system, you will also be familiar with the cron application that allows you to schedule and automate tasks to run on their own. We even have tutorials that show you how to get started with cron and crontabs. However, cron is not perfect, as it requires your system to be running 24 hours a day. If you have a habit of turning off your computer at night, and a cron job is scheduled in the sleeping hours, the task won’t be executed. Luckily, there are several cron alternatives that can do a better job than cron. Let’s check them out.
1. Anacron
Anacron is a periodic command scheduler just like cron. The only difference is that it does not need your computer to be always running. You can schedule your task to run at any time. When your computer is off, the task will be executed the next time you turn the computer on.
Eucalyptus Cloud Originator Rich Wolski on the Cloud and Big Data
All the way back in early 2008, OStatic broke the news about Eucalyptus, an open source infrastructure for cloud computing on clusters that duplicated the functionality of Amazon’s EC2, using the Amazon command-line tools. The project resided at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and was driven and overseen by Rich Wolski, a professer there (shown here)…
OStatic caught up with Rich once more for a few of his thoughts on the cloud scene and what emerging projects he finds interesting. Here are his thoughts.
The Current Scene
Was Wolski surprised by the rapid rise of commercial open cloud efforts? “I can’t say that I’m surprised at what we’ve seen with open source cloud adoption,” he said. “It really seemed like the next step, and solved so many problems.”
SanDisk Launches Memory Card and Flash Chips for Cars
Cars have been getting increasingly intelligent, and now they are even gaining the ability to drive on their own. That means faster processors, more efficient overall hardware and, of course, better storage.
SanDisk has just revealed some NAND Flash-based products that will meet the last of those needs.
One of them is an SDXC memory card with a capacity of 64 GB. It can work in temperatures of -40 to 80 degrees Celsius and can hold up to two boot/user partitions.
The other one is an iNAND e… (read more)
Gummiboot UEFI Boot Loader To Be Added To Systemd
The newest feature being worked on for systemd? A boot loader, of course! It was revealed this weekend that systemd developers are looking at integrating Gummiboot into systemd…