The High-Performance Computing Issue Is Available

Your Weekly Newsletter [view in browser »]( [December Cover]( The High-Performance Computing Issue Bryan Lunduke - November 30, 2018 Since the dawn of computing, hardware engineers have had one goal that's stood out above all the rest: speed. Sure, computers have many other important qualities (size, power consumption, price and so on), but nothing captures our attention like the never-ending quest for faster hardware (and software to power it). Faster drives. Faster RAM. Faster processors. Speed, speed and more speed. [Insert manly grunting sounds here.] What's the first thing that happens when a new CPU is released? Benchmarks to compare it against the last batch of processors. [read article]( [Open Science]( Open Science Means Open Source--Or, at Least, It Should Glyn Moody - December 3, 2018 Why open source was actually invented in 1665. When did open source begin? In February 1998, when the term was coined by Christine Peterson? [read article]( [Buyers Guide]( Linux Laptop Buyer's Guide Carlie Fairchild- December 1, 2018 We've tested the most promising laptops pre-installed with Linux, and featured reviews of them in our 2018 Linux Laptop Buyer's Guide [read article]( [Episode 8]( Episode 8: Nostalgia, Security, and Shawn Check out the latest Linux Journal podcast with Shawn, Doc and Katherine. [read article]( in case you missed [Penguins] Best Linux Marketing Campaigns Bryan Lunduke - December 5, 2018 I have long held the opinion that one of the biggest problems holding back Linux-based systems from dominating (market-share-wise) in the desktop computing space...is marketing. [Read article »]( [Terminal] Roman Numerals and Bash Dave Taylor - November 26, 2018 Fun with retro-coding a Roman numeral converter—I head back to my college years and solve me homework anew! [Read article »]( upcoming events [Kubecon and Cloud Nativecon North America]( December 11, 2018 - December 13, 2018 Seattle, WA USA [SCALE 17X]( March 7, 2019 - March 10, 2019 Pasadena, CA USA [LinuxFest Northwest]( April 26, 2019 - April 28, 2019 Bellingham, WA USA [Linode]( [Pulseway]( Subscribe to Linux Journal for only $2.88 an issue! [Get access today »]( You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive newsletters from Linux Journal. You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list. Copyright © 2018 Linux Journal LLC, All rights reserved. Mailing address: 9597 Jones Rd, #331 Houston, TX 77065