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Git Your July 2018 Issue of Linux Journal: Now Available

Carlie Fairchild — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:30:00 +0000

Along with Microsoft buying Github recently, we received hundreds of questions and comments about all things git. How does one install and run GitLab themselves? Should they? What's the difference between GitHub and GitLab? How can one migrate repositories from GitHub and host on their own Linux server? So with this July issue of Linux Journal, we take a Deep Dive in to... git. Enjoy!

Feature articles include:

A Git Origin Story by Zack Brown

A look at the Linux kernel developers' various revision control solutions through the years, Linus Torvalds' decision to use BitKeeper and the controversy that followed, and how Git came to be created.

Git Quick Start Guide by Patrick Whelan

Ditch USBs and start using real version control, and if you follow this guide, you can start using git in 30 minutes!

Building a Bare-Bones Git Environment by Andy Carlson

How to migrate repositories from GitHub, configure the software and get started with hosting Git repositories on your own Linux server.

Take Your Git In-House by John S. Tonello

If you're wary of the Microsoft takeover of GitHub, or if you've been looking for a way to ween yourself off free public repositories, or if you want to ramp up your DevOps efforts, now's a good time to look at installing and running GitLab yourself. It's not as difficult as you might think, and the free, open-source GitLab CE version provides a lot of flexibility to start from scratch, migrate or graduate to more full-fledged versions.

Terrible Ideas in Git by Corey Quinn

This article was derived from a talk that GitHub Universe faithfully rejects every year. I can't understand why....

Opinion: GitHub vs GitLab by Matt Lee

Free software deserves free tools, not Microsoft-owned GitHub.

Other articles in this issue:

Encrypting NFSv4 with Stunnel TLS by Charles Fisher

NFS clients and servers push file traffic over clear-text connections in the default configuration, which is incompatible with sensitive data. TLS can wrap this traffic, finally bringing protocol security. Before you use your cloud provider's NFS tools, review all of your NFS usage and secure it where necessary.

Advertising 3.0 by Doc Searls

Road to RHCA—Preparation Meets Opportunity by Taz Brown

FOSS Project Spotlight: ONLYOFFICE, an Online Office Suite by Tatiana Kochedykova

At Rest Encryption by Kyle Rankin

Progress with Your Image by Kyle Rankin

FOSS Project Spotlight: Pydio Cells, an Enterprise-Focused File-Sharing Solution by Italo Vignoli

Atomic Modeling with GAMGI by Joey Bernard

News Briefs by Jill Franklin

Kyle Rankin's Hack and /: What Really IRCs Me: Slack

Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge: Introducing Python 3.7's Dataclasses

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Last chance: Subscribe now to get the highly anticipated comeback issue!

Carlie Fairchild — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:55:26 +0000

by Carlie Fairchild

Linux Journal's special comeback issue features 180+ pages of hard-hitting and in-depth technical articles covering all aspects of the world's most essential operating system and the emerging technologies adjacent to it. Don't miss this highly anticipated issue (released next week)! Subscribe today.

Our mission is to deliver a publication that reflects the principled approach followed by kernel developers and the tenets of Open Source philosophy. As the Original Magazine of the Linux Community, Linux Journal engages with a wide readership--from home automation hobbyists to Free Software advocates to hard-core hackers to high-level systems architects--seeking to explore the trending, timeless and practical in Linux and related technologies.

Join a community with a deep appreciation for open-source philosophies, digital freedoms, and privacy.

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Cyber Monday: $10 Off Coupon for BRAND NEW Archive DVD

LJ Staff — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:21:00 +0000

by LJ Staff

Pre-order the 2011 Linux Journal Archive DVD.

Normally $34.50, our Cyber Monday price is just $24.50. (Use discount code DVDNEW at checkout.)

In easy-to-use HTML format, the fully searchable archive offers immediate access to an essential resource for the Linux enthusiast: Linux Journal. The archive contains all 212 issues of Linux Journal, from the premiere March 1994 issue through December 2011. That's 212 issues of Linux Journal, with more than 4,000 articles.

Please remember to enter coupon code DVDNEW to receive your $10.00 savings. Estimated shipping date is 12/15/2011.

Order now: www.linuxjournal.com/dvd

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Linux Journal Android App and EPUB Now Available

Linux Journal Staff — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:05:58 +0000

by Linux Journal Staff

We invite you to test drive Linux Journal's new Android app and EPUB version of the magazine. We've made the September issue of LJ available for free in both formats:

Download the Android app w/free access to the September 2011 issue.
Download the September 2011 issue EPUB file.

Please enjoy and as always, we'd love to hear from you in the comments below.

Special note to Linux Journal Subscribers: You will have access to all future issues of LJ in both formats (not just this September issue). When you are notified of your next issue (on October 1), you will be directed to a page where you can also download that issue's EPUB file. Beginning with that October issue you will also be able to use your subscriber ID to login to our Android app and read entire issues directly in the app. Both of those features will be turned on, if you will, on October 1 and we will notify you as such. In the meanwhile, please download the Android app to read your September issue today (no subscriber ID required today) and/or download your September issue in EPUB format.

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Be A Part of Our 200th Issue!!!

Shawn Powers — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:57:54 +0000

by Shawn Powers

The 200th issue of Linux Journal is just around the corner, and I thought it would be fun if all of you could participate! (No, I'm not just a lazy editor, stop thinking things like that...)

For our 200th issue, we're going to put an article in the front called, "200 Things To Do With Linux", and you get to fill in those 200 things! Just drop your favorite thing to do with Linux in this nifty form, and we'll try to get 'em all in. We'll try to give you credit as well, as long as your name isn't something really long or really offensive.

If we get more than 200, we'll pick our favorites. If we get fewer than 200, I'll have to fill in the rest myself. Either way, we'll have a list of 200 fun things to do with our favorite operating system.

This is a very limited time endeavor. The post is only going to be up for a few days. If you want your idea forever immortalized in the 200th issue of Linux Journal, this is your opportunity. So tell us! What do you like to do with Linux?

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2010 Readers' Choice Awards Survey

LJ Staff — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:10:36 +0000

by LJ Staff

Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Awards offer the opportunity for readers to vote for their Linux and Open Source favorites. We compiled nominations and came up with the following list. If your favorite is not listed in any category, we encourage you to write in your vote (it's also okay to skip voting in categories not applicable to you).

This survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Winners will be prominently featured in the December issue of Linux Journal, on newsstands in early November 2010.

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Prepping for 2010 Readers' Choice Awards

Carlie Fairchild — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:54:43 +0000

by Carlie Fairchild

In preparation of our annual Readers' Choice Awards survey, we'd like to get your input on categories. Following is a list of all past categories. What is missing that you'd like to see added this year? Readers' Choice Awards are always a fun time for us to see what the readership is partial to that year, and a great opportunity for us to share with those newer to Linux what they should consider using.

Please leave comments below with your input. We will greatly value any feedback we get. Lets make the 2010 Readers' Choice the most useful, fun and best yet!

Past categories have included, "Select your Favorite..."

primary Linux distribution of choice
desktop environment
web browser
e-mail client
office program
audio tool
audio player
media player
communications tool
graphics/design tool
digital photo management tool
text editor
revision control system
database
monitoring application
programming language
scripting language
GUI remote access or network computing solution
IDE
platform for developing Rich Internet Apps
game
virtualization solution
backup system
backup utility
package management application
web server
Linux-friendly web hosting company
Linux-based gadget
laptop
desktop workstation
server
"green" Linux product or solution
book
Linux Journal column

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