The Distribution Issue

The Distribution Issue  by Bryan Lunduke

From the Editor—Doc Searls

Where There's No Distance or Gravity  

UPFRONT

Best Linux Marketing Campaigns  by Bryan Lunduke

Modeling the Entire Universe  by Joey Bernard

Patreon and Linux Journal   

Some Thoughts on Open Core  by Kyle Rankin

Put Down the Pipe  by Kyle Rankin

FOSS Project Spotlight: Mender.io, an Open-Source Over-the-Air Software Update Manager for IoT Devices  by Ralph Nguyen

Reality 2.0: a Linux Journal Podcast   

News Briefs  

Columns

Kyle Rankin's Hack and /   Back to Basics: Sort and Uniq  

Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge   Python Testing with pytest: Fixtures and Coverage  

Dave Taylor's Work the Shell   Converting Decimals to Roman Numerals with Bash  

Zack Brown's diff -u   What's New in Kernel Development  

Glyn Moody's Open Sauce   IBM Began Buying Red Hat 20 Years Ago  

Deep Dive: Distributions

Linux and Supercomputers  by Bryan Lunduke

A snapshot of the current state of Desktop Linux at the start of 2019 —  with comparison charts and a roundtable Q&A with the leaders of three top Linux distributions.

Linux and the Multiverse  by Marcel Gagné

A look at the rich diversity of Linux distributions.

Build a Custom Minimal Linux Distribution from Source, Part II  by Petros Koutoupis

Follow along with this step-by-step guide to creating your own distribution.

elementary 5 "Juno"  by Bryan Lunduke

A review of the elementary distribution and an interview with its founders.

Articles

A Use Case for Network Automation  by Eric Pearce

Use the Python Netmiko module to automate switches, routers and firewalls from multiple vendors.

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