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Simone “Simo” Bertulli: Notes from a SysAdmin diary

The question may seem trivial, but it is one that often arises: « is a perfect community possible? » Obviously not ☺… but you can work in that direction! Over time, I have already had the opportunity to be part of some … En savoir plus

Open Source in the Worldwide COVID-19 Battle

February marks the celebration of creation of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) in 1998. OSI created the standard definition of the term Open Source that helped guide many of LPI’s initiatives today. Through the past year, open source provided many … En savoir plus

Simone “Simo” Bertulli: Six years in the company of LPI

A Membership Journey, Chapter 01 Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has recently launched its Membership Program. The Program gives you the opportunity to get more involved with the LPI mission and activities. Members enjoy substantial benefits, such as discounts on exams, … En savoir plus

Celebrating Open Anniversary 2021

In 2021, the open source movement will be celebrating several important milestones, including the 30th Anniversary of Linux. This is a great opportunity to reflect about the impact the open source movement has had on your business and society as … En savoir plus

Free nerdy culture

Although we tend to emphasize the technical aspects of our Free and Open Source Software Community, the truth is that hackers and nerds in general value all kinds of Free Knowledge. Actually, Eric S. Raymond points this out in his … En savoir plus

By our community, for our community

In its 20th year, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has turned a major corner. It’s restructured to be more accountable to our global community of open source professionals. With the launch of the Membership Program we’re now ready for the next … En savoir plus

The experience of taking an LPI exam online

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) recently announced that the LPIC-1 exams are available in Japanese online, along with the Linux Essentials exam. You can use Pearson’s OnVUE platform to take these exams. In this posting, I’ll describe what I experienced taking … En savoir plus

Open source careers: How Alejandro switched an education center over to using Linux

In 2016 I was working at CEA Noroeste, an Adult Education Center in Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia (Spain). I remember having a lot of fun there, as my work combined two of my passions: languages and computers. My daily … En savoir plus

Right-to-Left Scripts and other Translation Challenges

There are many learning materials about Linux and other free technologies on the Web, free of charge and accessible around the world. But one big barrier keeps many people from reading them: most are written in English, which billions of … En savoir plus

Xen Virtualization and Cloud Computing #05: The Xen Project, Unikernels, and the Future

Previous articles in this series introduced virtualization, described how Xen achieves it through its architecture and key features, and described other platforms with which Xen interacts. This article wraps up the series by describing some exciting advances in virtualization and … En savoir plus

Belonging: What Oracle LAD’s D&I program is about

“The launch of Diversity Committee, where everyone can work by their selves in the thematic pillars, and where they can propose ideas and make real actions, made the transformation more significant for all employees.” (Colombian employee, Internal Survey, 2019). Diversity … En savoir plus

Xen Virtualization and Cloud Computing #04: Containers, OpenStack, and Other Related Platforms

Previous articles in this series introduced virtualization, discussed how Xen’s architecture provides it, and covered interesting Xen features. This article looks at some other platforms with which Xen interacts: containers and OpenStack. Virtualization, containers—or both? Containers are a mechanism for … En savoir plus