http://www.infoworld.com/article/2847728/net-neutrality/net-neutrality-freedom-vs-monopoly.html

Sounds like a good candidate for our non-profit security test center!

Facebook is bringing out a new Workplace Network for Businesses. Linked from the BBC.

Step One: Install something other than Windows Home
Step Two: Be more secure

Major FPS release BioShock Infinite appears to be headed to Linux. One of the more high profile releases to get Linux attention.

@G-I-Jones said in IT Profession Guide and Opinions:

... or figure out what AB ÷ YZ × Spaghetti + Saturn sums up to. So pretty much anything past Pre-Algebra on the math side.

That's quite a list of certs. What is your goal from the certs? Where are you hoping that they will take you?

Joyent is the creator and steward of the Node.js project and is sad to see its baby forked as satisfaction with Joyent's leadership as waned. $40bn taxi alternative Uber has already put io.js into production. The new project, io.js, is under a more open governance model that will likely attract a lot more attention of would-be contributors.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2854642/javascript/nodejs-gains-a-new-fork-much-to-joyents-dismay.html

I thought this post was just going to say "shut it" or something.

Handy article talking about how numerous cloud storage service offerings can be combined together using ownCloud to provide a single, integrated online storage system.

@ambarishrh said in What is everyone using for basic ticket management these days?:

Long story! for now, the only option I have is to set up something on-premise. Eventually, i will be able to move it. Can spiceworks be used only has helpdesk and disable inventory part? Haven't used Spiceworks in a long time

Can't "disable" the inventory. You just "don't use it."

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2856593/it-careers/it-hirings-hot-streak-remained-strong-in-november.html

November saw 12,700 new IT jobs created. That's 108,000 new so far this year.

There isn't any easy answer to this one. The power to install is the power to infect.

https://gigaom.com/2014/12/08/with-a-line-of-javascript-obama-now-the-first-coder-in-chief/

But JavaScript? He didn't listen to SAM, he should have started with Python.

@tim_g said in Dell R720 Display problem with Fedora 26 server:

What do you need the display driver for?

What exactly are you installing that isn't Fedora 26 "Minimal" or "Fedora Server Edition"?

I know if you do install a GUI on a server, Cinnamon is a bad choice. Gnome or XFCE would work better.

This ^^^

Servers don't need display drivers. There is a good reason why Dell doesn't put any energy into this.

We've had a few posts about SystemD around here. Here is a new blog post by Chris Siebenmann about two recent issues discovered with SystemD.

There are a lot of eyes on SystemD right now and distros choosing it are hopeful that there is not too much backlash. I predict a Red Hat and Suse fork project happening soon to keep init in those ecosystems.

@tim_g said in Dell R720 Display problem with Fedora 26 server:

Can you run virt-manager from a Linux desktop and connect to your 720 that way?

Even from just a VM on top of Windows or something. Doesn't need to be a dedicated Linux workstation.

http://linuxgizmos.com/quadcopter-drone-packs-first-all-linux-autopilot/

Just a gadget, but a cool one.

@wrx7m said in What LVM GUI to Use for Remote Linux Machine:

@mlnews Forgive my ignorance. How often would someone need to use LVM?

Typically... once when a system is first installed (generally a GUI at that time) and then never again. Those that do use it would typically be once every few years. It's a super rare thing to do.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/24/media/interview-digital-release/?npt=NP1

Seems like we need to watch it just to support it!

Kind of like filesystem settings. Basically you choose your filesystem at install time and you are done.