There are 2 reasons I have learned/am learning Linux:
1. It is cheaper as a web hosting platform. Not substantially, but enough to
make a difference. This is a big deal when you are a library with a
barebones budget or an indie developer (I am both). Note that if you are
looking for
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Dec. 1 deadline for ALCTS 2015 Publication Awards nominations
CHICAGO - Nominations are being accepted for the 2015 Association for Library
Collections Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for excellence in publication.
ALCTS presents two Publication Awards to
Mark your calendars!
The Texas Digital Library conference committee is pleased to announce that the
2015 Texas Conference on Digital
Librarieshttps://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2015 will be
held April 27-28, 2015, in Austin, Texas.
TCDL 2015 will be held at the ATT Executive
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the friendly and helpful comments. I really appreciate the
information, and I will check out the linked articles. If you come up with
anything else, I'd love to hear about it.
Siobhain Rivera
Indiana University Bloomington
Library Science, Digital Libraries Specialization
On Oct 28, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Joshua Welker wrote:
There are 2 reasons I have learned/am learning Linux:
1. It is cheaper as a web hosting platform. Not substantially, but enough to
make a difference. This is a big deal when you are a library with a
barebones budget or an indie developer (I
October 28, 2014
Read it online: http://bit.ly/1zetRaY
Dear Community,
It is bittersweet as I announce my departure from DuraSpace. Over the last
eight years it has been an honor and privilege to work closely with the DSpace,
Fedora and most recently VIVO communities to advance the software
Group,
We are considering circulating Samsung tablet (Android) devices to students
here at Ball State.
If you are doing this now, how are you resetting/managing the devices between
users, and what apps are loaded by the library?
Code4Lib,
I know it's a bit early in the conference cycle and we're still focused on
the 2015 conference, but the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic branch has been bandying
about the idea of Philadelphia hosting the 2016 conference. As such, we're
putting together a financial roadmap over the next few
-- Because Unix is geeky and fun.
-- Because its basic concepts are still visible in GUI computing, like
Latin roots.
-- Because you can say Well, I could do it in *Unix* when you can't do
something, even if it's a complete lie. The illusion of technical
competency is important. Just make sure
For a contrarian opinion:
The Unix Haters Handbook (1994)
http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf
-- Scott
On 10/28/2014 05:07 PM, Susan Kane wrote:
-- Because Unix is geeky and fun.
-- Because its basic concepts are still visible in GUI computing, like
Latin roots.
-- Because you can say
-- Because you can delete everything on the system with a very short
command.
This is actually a misconception.
The very short command doesn't delete everything on the system. The integrity
of files which are currently open (including things like the kernel image,
executable files for
I agree. I've done serious damage to my own server this way. Anyone who knows
me knows that I'm completely capable of this. Unlike others, who are both more
intelligent and more cautious. Down the path of the wild carded, recursive
delete command lies DANGER. Having a little bit of knowledge is
And that is why alias rm='rm -I' was invented.
Quoting Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com:
I agree. I've done serious damage to my own server this way. Anyone
who knows me knows that I'm completely capable of this. Unlike
others, who are both more intelligent and more cautious. Down the
path of
I would recommend learning Linux because it is the key platform for open
source software in general, and librarians need to embrace open source in
order to take control over their library systems, in order to deliver to
their users what they actually need, rather than what can be delivered
within
'alias' is a non-portable bash-ism.
Of course, this matters less now Oracle as declared Solaris dead.
cheers
stuart
--
I have a new phone number: 04 463 5692
From: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU on behalf of Alex Berry
ber...@indiana.edu
On 10/27/2014 10:02 AM, Siobhain Rivera wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm part of the ASIST Student Chapter and Indiana University, and we're
putting together a series of workshops on Unix. We've noticed that a lot of
people don't seem to have a good idea of why they should learn Unix,
particularly the
That's a good point, but luckily I've never expected my .bashrc or
.bash_profile files to be very portable. :P
Quoting Stuart Yeates stuart.yea...@vuw.ac.nz:
'alias' is a non-portable bash-ism.
Of course, this matters less now Oracle as declared Solaris dead.
cheers
stuart
--
I have a new
On Oct 28, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Alex Berry wrote:
And that is why alias rm='rm -I' was invented.
Do not *ever* set this to be a default for new users.
During my undergrad, I worked at helpdesk for the group that managed the
computer labs, the general use unix cms systems (not content
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:02:18AM -0400, Siobhain Rivera wrote:
I'm part of the ASIST Student Chapter and Indiana University, and we're
putting together a series of workshops on Unix. We've noticed that a lot of
people don't seem to have a good idea of why they should learn Unix,
particularly
Hello,
Well said Conal. I can't believe that an army of over 100,000 librarians
continue to purchase closed ILSs and other software that limits how we
serve our patrons yet have the nerve to complain about dwindling library
budgets and even the nerve to refer to ourselves as information
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