Linuxers December 2019

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cheap PCB printing
by jalinder jag 09 Dec '23

09 Dec '23

hello guys, do anyone knows where i could get dual layer PCB printed, its proxmark3 pcb, i had contacted some companies but the are too high some asking abt 4000rs for single PCB Thank u, Jalinder.

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2020 & Unix Clone OS's and me
by Navin Dhanuka 28 Dec '19

28 Dec '19

Hello All, I have been using PC (Win & Lin) since 1999. Today is almost the last day of 2019. So I have been with Win and Unix clone systems since 20 years. I have been with MacBook Air since almost 1 year now. Apple Mac OS X is also a Unix clone so I take pride in using it. I don't use Windows at all. I do use some M$ tools like Office and Visual Studio (on Mac). I have been working in the web domain since 20 years. Now after 20 years I am changing my career direction. Enough of reading and researching. I am now looking forward make something cool SaaS apps. I am starting with hacking Wordpress in and out. I will be making a lot of WP Plugins in future. Anybody with similar interest. -- Navin Dhanuka ~~~~~~~~~~~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln ::

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[OFF TOPIC] --- 52 Mondays
by Navin Dhanuka 21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

Hi, It's just 10 days for the new year to begin. Most of us have made new year resolutions and hacking plans for the next year. Last year I came around a book called 52 Mondays. It's an awesome book to help plan our new year for the gr8 grand success that awaits us. I have made a SlideShare and a YouTube video on the simple aspects of the book. You can enjoy the stuff as Slideshare and as a YouTube. SS == https://www.slideshare.net/navindhanuka/52-mondays-a-book-by-vic-johnson YT == https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZhrljZAQaQ If anything pleases you or helps you please let me know OFFLIST. Best Regards -- Navin Dhanuka ~~~~~~~~~~~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln ::

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The Passionate Programmer
by Navin Dhanuka 21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

The Passionate Programmer (2nd edition)Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Developmentby Chad FowlerThis book is about creating a remarkable career in software development. In most cases, remarkable careers don’t come by chance. They require thought, intention, action, and a willingness to change course when you’ve made mistakes. Most of us have been stumbling around letting our careers take us where they may. It’s time to take control. This revised and updated second edition lays out a strategy for planning and creating a radically successful life in software development. https://pragprog.com/book/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer ==== I just loved this book. And I am making a podcast on it. Should be able to release it before 2020 starts. I believe many would benefit from my effort. ==== -- Navin Dhanuka ~~~~~~~~~~~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln ::

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Revenue of FOSS CMS v/s Proprietary CMS
by Navin Dhanuka 21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

Hi, WIX.com --- 60.37 Crores USD @ 2018 FY. WORDPRESS According to W3Techs, WordPress powers 35% of all the websites on the Internet, including those without a content management system (CMS) or with a custom-coded CMS. Or to put it another way, WordPress powers over one-third of the web! Automattic makes money on WordPress.com by selling advertising on your free sites. If you choose to pay for their hosting plans, then you get additional premium upgrades such as the ability to hide ads, purchase domains, additional disk space, commercial themes, etc WORDPRESS.com is not even 5% of WIX.com in terms of revenue. -- Navin Dhanuka ~~~~~~~~~~~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln ::

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Can Open Source be applied to win a business segment or to win a technology segment
by Navin Dhanuka 21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

Open Source == Open Collaboration Open Source == Open Culture Open Source == Open Specs Open Source == Open Debugging Open Source == Open Roadmap Open Source == Open Outcome If Open Source is applied to technology: — it becomes awesome — it becomes powerful — it becomes larger than specs — it becomes bug free — it becomes power of public domain If Open Source is applied to business segment: — it becomes foolish — it becomes pain point of some1 else’s business — it becomes free of cost part of some1’s business process — it becomes no revenue corner for the Inc. — it becomes a pain point for the others in the industry Examples: As many as you want. Google it out…-- Navin Dhanuka ~~~~~~~~~~~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln ::

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700+ Verticals @ Capterra
by Navin Dhanuka 21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

Find your software in one of our 700+ categories <https://www.capterra.com/categories>. >From Accounting to Yoga Studio Management, we cover it all! Capterra.com <http://www.capterra.com/> is one of the worlds best business directories. They have a PPC business model for their own business. I just did a small check on how many listings they have for Project Management Software. They have 607+ Project Management Softwares <https://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/> listed including the all favourite – Basecamp.com <http://www.basecamp.com/> After completing my CS studies, I will focus only on doing business research here.

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Linus Torvalds: ‘I’m Not a Programmer Anymore’
by Navin Dhanuka 21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

Linus Torvalds, Linux’s creator, doesn’t make speeches anymore. But, what he does do, and he did again at Open Source Summit Europe in Lyon France is have public conversations with his friend Dirk Hohndel, VMware’s Chief Open Source Officer. In this keynote discussion, Torvalds revealed that he doesn’t think he’s a programmer anymore. So what does the person everyone thinks of as a programmer’s programmer do instead? Torvalds explained: “I don’t know coding at all anymore. Most of the code I write is in my e-mails. So somebody sends me a patch … I [reply with] pseudo code. I’m so used to editing patches now I sometimes edit patches and send out the patch without having ever tested it. I literally wrote it in the mail and say, ‘I think this is how it should be done,’ but this is what I do, I am not a programmer.” So, Hohndel asked, “What is your job?” Torvalds replied, “I read and write a lot of email. My job really is, in the end, is to say ‘no.’ Somebody has to say ‘no’ to [this patch or that pull request]. And because developers know that if they do something that I’ll say ‘no’ to, they do a better job of writing the code.” Read More: Zdnet.com <https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-im-not-a-programmer-anymore/> -- Navin Dhanuka ~~~~~~~~~~~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln ::

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Personal MBA & Personal MS CS
by Navin Dhanuka 21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

PersonalMBA.com project stands for an MBA education without going to a University and without paying a lot of money. Similarly I can think of an MS in CS without going to a University and without paying a lot of money. PersonalMBA.com‘s (99 Books) different category of MBA subjects are <https://personalmba.com/best-business-books/> 01. Productivity & Effectiveness (7 books) 02. The Human Mind (4 books) 03. Communication (5 books) 04. Influence (4 books) 05. Decision Making (4 books) 06. Creativity & Innovation (3 books) 07. Project Management (2 books) 08. Opportunity Identification (2 books) 09. Entrepreneurship (6 books) 10. Value Creation & Design (4 books) 11. Marketing (4 books) 12. Sales (4 books) 13. Value Delivery (3 books) 14. Negotiation (3 books) 15. Management (5 books) 16. Leadership (5 books) 17. Finance & Accounting (4 books) 18. Systems (3 books) 19. Corporate Skills (3 books) 20. Corporate Strategy (5 books) 21. Consulting (2 books) 22. Personal Finance (6 books) 23. Personal Development (5 books) On the same lines if I had to design a course for Personal MS in CS I would do the following: Personal MS CS (Designed by me…) 01. Programming Paradigms 02. Algorithms & Data-Structures 03. Operating Systems 04. Database Management Systems 05. Data-mining & Data warehousing 06. Design Patterns 07. Web Application Development Technologies 08. Server Side Scripting Languages & Frameworks 09. Rich Internet Applications 10. Networking Technologies & Network Programming 11. Information Security & Cryptography 12. Compiler Designs 13. Artificial Intelligence 14. Human Computer Interface 15. ERP, CRM & Project Management 16. Embedded Systems Design I am not ready with the language names specifics and the suggested books specifics but I am sure the array of subjects can’t be more than what I have mentioned. In the coming days I will write more about both PMBA & P.MS.CS. Stay tuned. -- Navin Dhanuka ~~~~~~~~~~~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln ::

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The Air Force still used eight-inch floppy disks
by Navin Dhanuka 20 Dec '19

20 Dec '19

Five years after CBS publicized <https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whos-minding-the-nuclear-weapons/> the fact that the Air Force still used eight-inch floppy disks to store data critical to operating the Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile command, the aerial and space warfare service branch decided it was time to officially retire them <https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/air-force-finally-re…> . The system, once called the Strategic Air Command Digital Network <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_Digital_Information_Net…> (SACDIN), relied on IBM Series/1 computers installed by the Air Force at Minuteman II missile sites in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite the contention by the Air Force at the time of the 60 Minutes report that the archaic hardware offered a cybersecurity advantage, the service has completed an upgrade to what is now known as the Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS), as Defense News reports <https://www.c4isrnet.com/air/2019/10/17/the-us-nuclear-forces-dr-strangelov…>. SAACS is an upgrade that swaps the floppy disk system for what Lt. Col. Jason Rossi, commander of the Air Force’s 595th Strategic Communications Squadron, described as a “highly secure solid state digital storage solution.” The floppy drives were fully retired in June. But the IBM Series/1 computers remain, in part because of their reliability and security. And it’s not clear whether other upgrades to “modernize” the system have been completed. Air Force officials have acknowledged network upgrades that have enhanced the speed and capacity of SACCS’ communications systems, and a Government Accountability Office report in 2016 <https://www.gao.gov/assets/680/677454.pdf> noted that the Air Force planned to “update its data storage solutions, port expansion processors, portable terminals, and desktop terminals by the end of fiscal year 2017.” But it’s not clear how much of that has been completed. Source: SlashDot.org <https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/10/18/2345209/air-force-finally-retires-…> -- Navin Dhanuka ~~~~~~~~~~~ Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln ::

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