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Newsletter Archive: 2012
Yet another script to mount an AWS S3 bucket in Linux
This was a script written by Alex Brooks who gave me permission to use the base script and change it along the way. Mounting a bucket in S3 on a linux box can be a tricky issue, especially when it does not want to set the permissions to the bucket right so that the average web server can use it.

Date:2012-10-10
Valve Getting Into Gaming Hardware?
It's been rumored for months now that Valve is working on creating their own game console. Aside from hiring hardware engineers, Valve striking out with their own hardware just seems to make sense.

Date:2012-09-05
Steam Is Coming To Linux
We brought you word a few months ago that Valve was bringing their popular digital game delivery service, Steam, to Linux. The news came from Michael Larabel, founder of Phoronix, who had been invited to Valve Headquarters to help along the development of Valve games for Linux. For their part, Valve had been quiet on the matter until now.

Date:2012-08-01
Build Your Own System With Linux From Scratch
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a Linux guru. In fact, prior to starting my current job I had never used a Linux system on a regular basis. I knew just enough to install the system and some software, all while looking for tutorials and writing the most basic scripts I could to automate things that were outside of my understanding.

Date:2012-07-06
Run Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers fully supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on-demand instances on a secure, scalable cloud infrastructure platform. You can launch RHEL-based server instances in minutes and manage and scale your instances cost-effectively and efficiently. You also have the flexibility to transfer your existing RHEL Premium Subscriptions to AWS.

Date:2012-06-28
Linus Torvalds Receives The 2012 Milennium Technology Prize
There are several influential people in the history of computing I look up to.

Date:2012-06-13
Linux Kernel Version 3.4 Now Available
It's always strikes me with awe whenever a new version of the Linux kernel is released. The hours of work that developers put into this product is just kind of mind blowing especially when you consider that a lot of the work is done by volunteers.

Date:2012-05-22
Skype Begins Using Linux Boxes For Its VoIP Services
With Skype now being owned by Microsoft, the company has the advantage of being able to completely overhaul their infrastructure for the betterment of their own and its users' security.

Date:2012-05-09
Annual Development Report And Video From The Linux Foundation
Every year, the Linux Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the growth of the Linux platform, compiles an annual development report that details the Linux kernel development process. The report covers the work completed through the Linux kernel 3.2 release.

Date:2012-04-18
Learn How To Program The Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a tiny $25 computer intended for children that sold out to adults wanting to play with it.

Date:2012-03-28
CrunchBang Linux Review
They'd Better, Says Adobe. I love CrunchBang Linux. In my opinion, it's one of the best distributions of Linux for older computers (heck, any computer) that is actively developed.

Date:2012-03-16
Do Linux Users Prefer To View Flash Sites In Chrome?
They'd Better, Says Adobe. Adobe set out its roadmap for the Flash runtimes in a whitepaper released to the public yesterday. My colleague touched on its major points in an article posted shortly afterward..

Date:2012-02-23
How To Set Up A Tmpfs For Fast Writing/Reading
I have been developing a program recently that was doing a large number of reads and writes from the filesystem. This was creating a bottleneck that was slowing my program a significant amount.

Date:2012-02-10
Install Ubuntu Linux Within Parallels Desktop On Mac?
I need to test out some Web site programming on a Linux system and have determined that the Ubuntu distribution is ideal. My question: what's the best, easiest way to install Ubuntu Linux on my Mac system so I can run all my tests?

Date:2012-01-10
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