Debian 6.0 to Get Long-Term Support

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April 18, 2014

The Debian project has announced that the security support period for the 6.0 (“squeeze”) release has been extended by nearly two years; it now runs out in February 2016. At the end, squeeze will have received a full five years of security support. “squeeze-lts is only going to support i386 and amd64. If you’re running a different architecture you need to upgrade to Debian 7 (wheezy). Also there are going to be a few packages which will not be supported in squeeze-lts (e.g. a few web-based applications which cannot be supported for five years). There will be a tool to detect such unsupported packages.“

How to Set Up a Lightweight Web Server on Raspberry Pi

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The Linux Foundation

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April 18, 2014

There are a variety of web server software available for Linux-based platforms including Raspbian. Using the available web server software, we can turn Raspberry Pi into a 24/7 available portable web server. In this case, however, we must remember that Raspberry Pi has hardware limitations in terms of CPU clock speed, memory, etc. As such, […]
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Distribution Release: Edubuntu 14.04

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April 18, 2014

Edubuntu 14.04, the latest version of an official Ubuntu variant designed primarily for educational and non-profit environments, has been released: “The Edubuntu development team announces today the release of Edubuntu 14.04 LTS. As the second long-term support release of the Edubuntu, this version will be supported for 5….

5 Lessons from the Service Oriented Architecture Trenches

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ZDNet

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April 18, 2014

SOA is great for large enterprises, but not for small teams — and four other nuggets of advice from a seasoned SOA veteran.

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Tor Network’s Ranks of Relay Servers Cut Because of Heartbleed Bug

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April 18, 2014

Over a week after the revelation of a fatal flaw in the most recent versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library—the encryption at the heart of much of the Internet’s security—a large number of systems associated with the Tor anonymizing network remain unpatched and vulnerable to attack. To protect the security of the network, the Tor Project flagged relay servers still susceptible to the Heartbleed bug for rejection, meaning they would not be allowed to pass traffic to the core of the network.

The Heartbleed bug, which allows attackers to retrieve bits of memory from the encryption engine, still affects about 10 percent of the relays and gateways that allow users to connect to the network, which could expose the encryption keys and even the IP addresses of users.

Distribution Release: Ubuntu Kylin 14.04

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April 18, 2014

Ubuntu Kylin is an official flavour of Ubuntu developed specially for users in China and, unlike other official variants, generously promoted on the Ubuntu website. What’s new in version 14.04? “In this final release, the Linux kernel is upgraded to 3.13 and Unity is upgraded to 7.2. Specifically…

Distribution Release: Lubuntu 14.04

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April 17, 2014

Mario Behling has announced the release of Lubuntu 14.04, a lightweight variant of Ubuntu that provides the minimalist LXDE desktop and a selection of light applications: “Julien Lavergne has released Lubuntu 14.04. Features: based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment; PCManFM, a fast and lightweight files manager using….

What’s The Real Value Of Learning More Than One Programming Language?

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The Linux Foundation

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April 17, 2014

Let’s say you’re new to programming, or maybe you’ve honed your skills at one language. What languages should you learn? And is it even worth the time and effort to become a multilingual coder?

Well, you probably know that learning multiple languages is part of the traditional university track–programmers with degrees in computer science will usually have trained in half a dozen languages by graduation. But what’s the value of being a multilingual coder in the workplace, where your projects are less theoretical?

Icehouse: New OpenStack Cloud Arrives

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April 17, 2014

Icehouse, the newest version of the leading open source cloud OpenStack, is now ready for users.

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Containers Answer The Right Question

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OStatic

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April 17, 2014

Russell Pavlicek from the Xen project asks “Are Containers the Right Answer to the Wrong Question? on the Citrix Open@Citrix blog. While Russell brings up many good points, including both Mirage OS and OSv, I believe his article misses the mark about where and how Linux containers are changing the way we do IT. Its true that containers are more limited than full blown virtual machines, but the real magic is about process and management.

The operating system of a server is both essential and completely besides the point. The choice of operating system can have a major affect on the structure and management of your application, so it is absolutely necessary to consider the OS family, flavor, and version carefully when planning deployment. But the client never sees the operating system. The web application that they interact with never (or at least, shouldn’t) give an indication of the operating system powering it. So, in that way, the OS doesn’t matter, it simply needs to be there and it needs to work flawlessly.