Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator: Jorge Tudela Gonzalez de Riancho

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February 11, 2016

jorge The Linux Foundation offers many resources for developers, users, and administrators of Linux systems, including its Linux Certification Program, which is designed to give you a way to differentiate yourself in a competitive job market.

To illustrate how well the certification prepares you for the real world, the Linux Foundation is featuring some of those who have recently passed the certification examinations. These testimonials should help you decide if either the Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator or the Linux Foundation Certified Engineer certification is right for you. In this installment, we talk with Jorge Tudela Gonzalez de Riancho.

How did you become interested in Linux and open source?

My first contact with Linux took place at the University, we used it in some Labs, but I didn’t become interested till my first job as Unix/Linux system administrator.

Regarding Open Source: Along with my current job as a Cloud Solution Engineer, I have started to use many open source tools and technologies, and I have become a true Open source believer!

What Linux Foundation course did you achieve certification in? Why did you select that particular course?

I got the Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS). I chose it because I was already familiar with all the domain and competencies of the exam, I just wanted to test my Linux knowledge.

What other hobbies or projects are you involved in? Do you participate in any open source projects at this time?

I don’t participate actively in any open source project at the moment, but that is one of my 2016 year resolutions! I’m a sports lover (especially triathlons)…it is not all about technology and work. But sometimes I spend time at home getting my hands dirty with my raspberry-pi 🙂

Do you plan to take future Linux Foundation courses? If so, which ones?

Yes, I would like to the take Linux Foundation Certified Engineer (LFCE) and also, any other LF courses related to Open Stack or SDN/NFV.

In what ways do you think the certification will help you as a systems administrator in today’s market?

It’s important to prove your knowledge and skills, so I guess the certification makes the difference when it comes to find a new job.

What Linux distribution do you prefer and why?

Although I have experience working with Debian & derivatives, I prefer RHEL & derivatives.

There’s not really a strong reason behind that, just that at my first job, all of our Linux boxes were RHEL 🙂

Are you currently working as a Linux systems administrator? If so, what role does Linux play?

I work with Linux every day, but not as a typical System Administrator. I’m a Cloud Solution Engineer, so I work with many different technologies like Docker and OpenStack. But Linux is key; it is the base where most of our software stack runs.

Where do you see the Linux job market growing the most in the coming years?

The future of Linux is exciting! I believe IoT platforms of any kind and Automotive Grade Linux industry will enjoy an exponential growth in the coming years.

What advice would you give those considering certification for their preparation?

For experienced professionals, I recommend that they prepare the environment for the exam, and follow the instructions, It’s not a difficult exam if you work daily with Linux.

On the other hand, for newcomers, apart from having a look to open/free resources, I just encourage them to set up a Linux environment at home and get their hands dirty!!

Openshot Video Editor 2.0.6 Beta 3 Is a Massive Release

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Softpedia

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February 11, 2016

openshot-release Openshot is a video editor that features 3D animation, curve-based camera motion, compositing, transitions, audio mixing, vector titles, and many others features. A new beta build is now available for download and testing.

Developer Jonathan Thomas has released a new Beta build for the 2.0 branch of the application, and it’s a major upgrade. The dev has been really busy, and he pushed a huge number of changes and new features, and from the looks of it, he still has a lot of work to do.

Qualcomm Rolls Out New Snapdragon Trio and Wearable Platform

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ZDNet

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February 11, 2016

Qualcomm updated its Snapdragon processor lineup for smartphones and its wearable platform for a bevy of emerging devices.

Qualcomm on Thursday launched three Snapdragon processors designed to bolster camera, video and gaming in smartphones. The company also rolled out the Snapdragon Wear 2100 system on a chip for new wearable devices. Snapdragon Wear is a platform that aims to power the latest Android Wear watches and expand from there.

Internet Providers to Use Private Routers as Public Hotspots

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eWeek

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February 11, 2016

The Juniper report highlighted the consumer benefits that the policy offers, such as free or reduced-fee access to the operator’s homespot network.

At least one in three home routers will be used as public WiFi hotspots by 2017, and that the total installed base of such dual-use routers will reach 366 million globally by the end of 2020, according to a report from Juniper Research.The report explained that these so-called ‘homespot’ routers essentially create two wireless networks separated by a firewall. This means one network is for private use whilst the other is offered as a public WiFi hotspot by the broadband operators.

Russian Government to Switch to Desktop Linux?

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The Linux Foundation

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February 11, 2016

The Russian government is reported to be contemplating dropping Microsoft Windows and adopting Linux as the operating system for agency PCs according to its internet czar, German Klimenko. Mr Klimenko is reported as saying in an interview with Bloomberg, the business, financial and media company that Russia will consider moving all of its networks off the Microsoft platform and onto an unspecified Linux distribution instead.

Data Analysis of GitHub Contributions Reveals Unexpected Gender Bias

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ArsTechnica

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February 11, 2016

jetpack-octocat With more than 12 million users, GitHub is one of the largest online communities for collaborating on development projects. Now a team of researchers has done an exhaustive analysis of millions of GitHub pull requests for open source projects, trying to discover whether the contributions of women were accepted less often than the contributions of men. What they discovered was that women’s contributions were actually accepted more often than men’sâ€”but only if the women had gender-neutral profiles. Women whose GitHub profiles revealed their genders had a much harder time.

IBM Bequeaths the Express Framework to the Node.js Foundation

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The Linux Foundation

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February 11, 2016

nodejs copy The Node.js Foundation has taken the Express Node.js framework under its wing. Express will be a new incubation project for the Foundation. IBM, whichpurchased Express maintainer StrongLoop last September, is contributing the code.

â€œExpress will function as itâ€™s own separate entity; similar to how the Node.js Foundation supports Node.js through open governance with a technical steering committee, mentors and contributors that will in effect support the framework,â€ wrote Mikeal Rogers, community manager of the Node.js Foundation, in an email.

Tizen 3.0 Is Being Ported for Raspberry Pi 2

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Softpedia

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February 11, 2016

The Linux-based Tizen 3.0 operating system is being adopted for Raspberry Pi 2, in an effort to make the operating system much more popular.

Despite the huge resources that are being pumped into Tizen, this Linux-based operating system didn’t get a lot of attention. It’s being developed under the guidance of the Linux Foundation, with help from multiple companies and led by Samsung. Samsung is also the company that’s been pushing for the adoption of Tizen, but until now …

Open Source Demonstrates the Future of Work

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OpenSource.com

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February 11, 2016

BUSINESS changethemodel Evidence suggests that current models of work, in particular a 9-to-5 work week, are not only deleterious to workers’ physical and mental health, but are also sub-optimally productive. Fortunately some countries (such as Sweden) are trialingshorter work weeks with some success (although we must take into account that the effects have been observed only over a short amount of time). Working in open source technologies, however, provides the framework for a completely different model of employment. Instead of being pigeonholed into a single, assigned task, open source contributors are given free reign of their responsibilities…

Filling your data lake with log messages: the syslog-ng Hadoop (HDFS) destination

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Peter Czanik

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February 11, 2016

There are endless debates whether it is better to store all of your logs in your data lake (skeptics call it the grave 🙂 ) or keep only those that are relevant for operation or business analytics. In either case there are many benefits of using syslog-ng as a data collection, processing and filtering tool in a Hadoop environment. A single application can collect log and other data from many sources, which complement each other well. Processing of your data can be done close to the source in efficient C code, lessening the load on the processing side of your Hadoop infrastructure. And before storing your messages to HDFS, you can use filters to throw away irrelevant messages or just to route your messages to the right files.