article thumbnail

Working with PDF files on Linux

Network World

The PDF (portable document format) standard was created in the 1990s by Adobe cofounder John Warnock to make it possible for people to share reliably formatted documents across a wide range of platforms. Today, you can save documents as PDF files from many applications (e.g., It became an open ISO standard in 2015. Why use PDFs?

Linux 158
article thumbnail

Key rules for Linux sysadmins

Network World

I spent more than 30 years managing Linux servers. Rule 1: Never do anything you can’t back out of Always be fully aware of the impact of the changes you are making on a Linux system, and know how to back out the changes if something goes wrong. Scripts should have enough comments to make them easy to read and, if necessary, modify.

Linux 158
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Four Attributes of Openness in Modern Communications

CTOvision

I posit that there are four key attributes that define openness in this context: documented, standardized, open sourced and inclusive. A Beginning of Openness – Documented and Supported. There are numerous examples of open source software, but the most important is Linux and its family of drivers, utilities and applications.

article thumbnail

Talk Tech to Me: 4 Steps for Tracing Undocumented Linux (or UNIX) Shell Scripts

Association of Information Technology Professional

You’re likely going to come across shell scripts that are not well documented and difficult to trace as a result. Here are four ways to overcome this.

Linux 262
article thumbnail

Free Courses at Linux Academy- January 2020

Linux Academy

How to Get a Linux Job. This course helps prepare you for applying for and successfully obtaining a Linux Job. Learn how to use the keyboard to work with your text documents, complete searches, replace text, and format. This course dives into LXC (Linux Containers) and its container manager, LXD. Free Mastery Courses.

Course 31
article thumbnail

Free Courses at Linux Academy- February 2020

Linux Academy

How to Get a Linux Job. This course helps prepare you for applying for and successfully obtaining a Linux Job. Learn how to use the keyboard to work with your text documents, complete searches, replace text, and format. This course dives into LXC (Linux Containers) and its container manager, LXD. Free Mastery Courses.

Course 29
article thumbnail

‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

GeekWire

Matt Garman, AWS CEO, announces the new AI tool for migrating.NET applications to Linux at AWS re:Invent on Tuesday morning. In addition, the company announced new Amazon Q capabilities that use AI to help developers automatically generate unit tests, keep documentation up-to-date, and provide efficient code reviews.

Linux 133