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Linux has made it to Mars

The Verge

I mean, here’s this little robot dude that’s traveled millions and millions of miles through the barrenness of space, and now it’s just hanging out on Mars taking pics and scientific samples! It’s also running on Linux. Breaking: Mars becomes the second planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows.

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The Linux Migration: April 2017 Progress Report

Scott Lowe

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration to Linux (from OS X) as my primary laptop OS. Let me start by saying that I am actively using a Linux-powered laptop as my primary laptop right now, and I have been doing so since early February. Linux Distribution. I’m using Enpass on my OS X, Linux, and iOS devices.

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The Linux Migration: Wrap-Up

Scott Lowe

As many readers are probably already aware, I embarked on a journey earlier this year to make Linux my primary laptop OS (see this update from April of this year). I think that my July 2017 update post probably sums it up best: for me, trying to use Linux as my primary laptop OS was like “death from a thousand cuts.”

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The Linux Migration: July 2017 Progress Report

Scott Lowe

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. ODrive , while not fully integrated into the Linux desktop environment, has worked well for access to files stored in OneDrive for Business (OD4B). Vagrant seems noticeably faster on Fedora than on OS X.

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The Linux Migration: July 2017 Progress Report

Scott Lowe

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. ODrive , while not fully integrated into the Linux desktop environment, has worked well for access to files stored in OneDrive for Business (OD4B). Vagrant seems noticeably faster on Fedora than on OS X.

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The Linux Migration: July 2017 Progress Report

Scott Lowe

I’m now roughly six months into using Linux as my primary laptop OS, and it’s been a few months since my last progress report. ODrive , while not fully integrated into the Linux desktop environment, has worked well for access to files stored in OneDrive for Business (OD4B).

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Patch Management | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

Patching in a Windows environment. In a Windows environment, you can use WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) to manage your patching for the low, low cost of free. Patching in a Linux environment. For Linux patching there are a few patch management solutions, however, they can be pricey.