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Linux - The New 'Hot' Job Skill
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| Nationwide unemployment may be heading toward double-digits in the U.S., but
| among the skills that are in highest demand are those of a Linux sysadmin.
| That's partly due to the effects of the recession -- more companies are
| willing to experiment with lower-cost open source alternatives to proprietary
| software. Still, the good news is qualified: Many of those jobs can be done
| anywhere on the planet.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/67789.html
Java In Linux
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| I am not sure why we do not see more support for Java in many of the
| distributions of Linux. It is available. It is open source. And it
| provides a means for software developers to make programs that can run on
| many different platforms with few alterations. This is the opportunity that
| could greatly increase software support for Linux. Still I often find that
| Java is a bit of a pill to install in most Linux Distributions. Many have
| Java related stuff in the default install but they do not work properly and
| when you try to install a Java based program like for example limewire then
| you have problems.
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http://linusearch.com/wordpress/?p=296
Python Python Python (aka Python 3)
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| Just one week shy of Christmas 2008, the Python world saw the release of
| version 3 of Python. Big deal, eh? Well ... it turns out it was and is, as
| Python 3 is the first major release of Python designed from the get-go to be
| incompatible with prior versions of the language.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/python-python-python-aka-python-3
Just Software Solutions Introduces a Linux Version of the Just::Thread Library
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| The library is an add-on for existing C++ compilers, which permits computer
| programmers to utilize the new multithreading facilities from C++0x without
| the upheaval of compiler upgrades.
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http://www.prunderground.com/001663/just-software-solutions-introduces-a-linux-version-of-the-justthread-library/
Intel releases version 2.2 of Threading Building Blocks
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| One of the more notable new features is the inclusion of support for the
| lamda capabilities in the new C++ draft standard (C++0x). The new release now
| uses the LD_PRELOAD function on Linux and a dynamic instrumentation method on
| Windows to provide automatic memory allocator replacement throughout an
| application, greatly improving the memory allocators performance. Intel has
| also reworked the task scheduler, allowing it to scale better, and made
| improvements to parallel algorithms and concurrent containers.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Intel-releases-version-2-2-of-Threading-Building-Blocks--/news/113937
Recent:
Survey: Linux expertise in demand
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| Market research firm Foote Partners has updated its survey of the most
| sought-after IT skills (non-certified) and ranked Linux experience and skills
| as the second most sought after by US and Canadian employers.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Survey-Linux-expertise-in-demand--/news/113891
Hot IT Skills: Certified and Non-Certified IT Skills in Demand
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| Top 15 "Hot" IT Skills, Non-Certified, July 2009:
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| 1) Java EE, SE, ME
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| 2) Linux
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3832316/Hot-IT-Skills-Certified-and-Non-Certified-IT-Skills-in-Dem
Open Source Could Create Better Election Software, Jobs
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| You may know the Federal Election Commission if you've ever been involved
| with national politics. The FEC is the regulatory agency that administers and
| enforces federal campaign finance laws; it's sort of like the IRS but
| specifically for congressional and senate campaigns. Any serious candidate
| for public office on a national level has to file campaign finance reports
| routinely or face administrative penalties. Along with campaigns themselves,
| political committees called PACs are also regulated by the FEC and must file
| regularly.
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http://linux.com/news/software/developer/27679-open-source-could-create-better-election-software-jobs
Save a job with open source
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| My own home county of Buncombe in western North Carolina will be letting
| about 80 teachers go with the current budget. Like many other government
| agencies, and businesses, they simply don't have enough money coming in.
|
| But, Wollenberg asks, why don't we save money for teachers, by switching to
| FOSS (free and open-source software), he's not talking about major changes,
| like switching from Linux to Windows on desktops. He's talking about taking
| small steps. As Wollenberg points out, it's not so much that the school
| systems have problems with open source; it's that they're reluctant to adopt
| anything new.
|
| [...]
|
| For instance, Microsoft has finally given up on Microsoft Money. Intuit, of
| course, wants all those customers to go over to Quicken. But, should they?
| Shouldn't they at least consider GnuCash?
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/save_a_job_with_open_source
Is Open Source a Good Career Bet for Developers?
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| With any article whose premise is ensuring the safety of your programming
| career, it's tempting to try to hook your attention with fear, uncertainty,
| and doubt about the state of the economy. I could point at all those layoff
| statistics. Or I could frighten you by bringing up the spectre of your job
| going overseas.
|
| But that's not the point, really. Our career choices affect us personally no
| matter what the economy looks like. We all have to find a balance between
| what we love to do and work that someone else will pay for. (This is why I
| cannot brag about my remarkable career from consuming chocolate; I've never
| found someone to pay the bills for it, alas.) To make the best career
| choices, you must become aware of where the market is going. And then you
| have to fine-tune your expertise so that your skills stay in-demand... or so
| that you can develop new skills that shortly will be in demand.
|
| [...]
|
| And the good news for open source developers is that
| comparing "programmer," "programmer open source," "programmer .net"
| and "programmer java" yields a happy chart for open source developers. The
| overall programmer salary averages $73,000 per year, and the Java and .NET
| developers earn just over that ($76,000). (Or, to be more rigorous, more jobs
| are advertised with those salaries.) In contrast, open source developers are
| offered $83,000--a nice raise.
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http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/article/is-open-source-a-good-career-bet-developers
Linux Courses Increase Job Options for Techs
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| For software programmers and developers worried about layoffs and job
| security in these tough economic times, the answer may be as clear as the
| screen on your cell phone. That's because manufacturers of small consumer
| equipment like cell phones and PDAs need programmers trained in embedded
| Linux to hand-tune the product's software code.
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http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-09-2009/0004952263&EDATE=
Where the Tech Jobs Are, Part 1
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| "In a recession, headcount looks like a cost center, but open source can turn
| employees into profit centers -- or, at worst, into less costly cost
| centers," he said.
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| "For example, let's say an enterprise needs [an enterprise content
| management] system, perhaps for outsourcing documentation or to build a new
| catalog system -- or perhaps for a workflow system around approval of
| executive documents. Traditional IT would invite vendors to do a dog-and-pony
| show," Asay explained, "ultimately culminating in a purchase of software
| licenses and services to make the licenses useful to the enterprise." The IT
| staffer is then mostly responsible for coordinating others' efforts, and the
| associated expenses.
|
| An open source savvy IT person, by contrast, would download an open source
| ECM solution and tweak it to save the company license and services
| fees -- "and the risk that the software wouldn't work as advertised," said
| Asay.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/commentary/65705.html
Training program to create 100,000 jobs
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| LUPA (Leadership of Open Source University Promotion Alliance), a Chinese
| open source software community, plans to initiate a training project for the
| country's computer and software graduates as low-cost open source software
| development is gaining popularity in the current financial crisis.
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-12/19/content_7324052.htm
Linux and your worth in the Job Market
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| As bad as the economy is right now, there are quite a few jobs out there.
| Especially for Linux System Administrators/Engineers!
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http://www.linuxdynasty.org/linux-and-your-worth-in-the-job-market.html
Gameloft Moves 1,000 Desktops to Ubuntu Linux
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| âItâs been a pretty big deployment, well over 1000 desktops and itâs been a
| huge success,â crows the source. âUbuntu does the same job [as Windows] for
| zero cash. The most painful thing about the change over was moving to
| Thunderbird from Outlook. No one has batted an eyelid about moving to Gnome.â
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/03/gameloft-moves-1000-desktops-to-ubuntu-linux/
Related:
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
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