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September 18, 2013
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Linus Torvalds doesn’t want to be Microsoft’s CEO and other Linuxcon ramblings

New Orleans: Early in the morning at LinuxCon, Linus Torvalds and the other top Linux developers talked to the Linux faithful about Linux, Microsoft, and other issues.

Torvalds was joined by leading Linux programmers including Red Hat’s Ric Wheeler and Tejun Heo; Greg Kroah-Hartman, the master of all things Linux driver related; and Sarah Sharp, Intel Linux kernel developer.

Linus opened by admitting that, “I don’t do any work anymore. I manage people. I’ve turned to the dark side.” The crowd forgave him.

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September 18, 2013
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CyanogenMod goes from hobby Android to business Android

People love their Android smartphones and tablets. They hate waiting for their hardware manufacturer or carrier to give them the latest Android releases… if they ever do. For tech-savvy users there were always alternative Android firmwares from groups such as CyanogenMod to bring their software up to date. Now, Cyanogen has made the leap from hobby to business and soon anyone will be able to update their operating system to the newest version of Android that their device can support.

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September 18, 2013
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Intel: The year of the Linux desktop is here

New Orleans: The Sept. 18 LinuxCon keynote sessions were kicked off by Intel Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist and Linux kernel developer Dirk Hohndel who said that client computing today is mostly Linux. Thanks to Android on smartphones and tablets, plus the rise of Chromebooks, Intel sees Linux as the leading end-user operating system.

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September 18, 2013
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Walking around LinuxCon 2013

What it’s like at a LinuxCon? Join me in a virtual walk about the North America LinuxCon 2013 in New Orleans. Credit for all the photographs goes to The Linux Foundation, whose photographers are far better than my out of focus efforts.

 Let’s start with the keynote where Valve CEO Gabe Newell, said that proprietary software and closed platforms are gaming’s past and that its future is open and on Linux.

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September 17, 2013
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Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets Juju DevOps

New Orleans: Canonical, in conjunction with Microsoft, announced at Linuxcon that it is bringing its Juju cloud orchestration program to Windows Azure. With it, cloud managers can easily deploy Web and network services on Ubuntu Linux in an Azure cloud.

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