Thoughts from the Future of Linux

Your Weekly Newsletter [view in browser »]( Want to stay more up to date on all things open source? Follow us on [Twitter](. [screen]( Thoughts from the Future of Linux Bryan Lunduke - April 12, 2019 By technology standards, I'm an old man. I remember when 3.5" floppies became common ("Wow! 1.44MB! These little things hold so much data!"). My childhood hero was Matthew Broderick war-dialing local numbers with his 300-baud modem. I dreamed of, one day, owning a 386 with more than 640k of RAM. At the pace that computing moves forward, I'm practically a fossil. So, if you were to ask me, "What is the best way to encourage kids, today, to get into open source?" Well, I honestly haven't a clue. So, "What do kids want to do with Linux?" And, "Where will the next generation take open-source computing?" I don't have good answers to those questions either. I'm just too stinkin' old. No, to get answers to those questions, we need to talk to the people that actually know the answers—the kids themselves. Specifically, I mean people still young enough to be "the next generation" while old enough, with sufficient experience, to understand Linux (and open source) and create well founded opinions, goals and dreams of where Linux goes from here—perhaps young adults nearing the end of high school or just beginning their college (or work) lives. Those are the people who will be running open source in 20 or 30 years. After Linus Torvalds officially retires, these kids will take over Linux kernel development. When Richard Stallman finally calls it quits, these kids will push the ideals of the Free Software movement forward. And, eventually, I (and the rest of the Linux Journal team) will retire—hopefully to somewhere with a nice beach. And these kids (and the rest of their generation) will be the ones reporting on and writing about Linux. [read article]( [Laptop]( Pattern Matching In Bash Mitch Frazier - April 15, 2019 Wildcards have been around forever. Some even claim they appear in the hieroglyphics of the ancient Egyptians. Wildcards allow you to specify succinctly a pattern that matches a set of filenames (for example, *.pdf to get a list of all the PDF files). [read article]( [Eternity]( Open Source Is Eternal Glyn Moody - April 16, 2019 Open source has won the present, but what about the future? [read article]( [infinity]( Support for Persistent Memory Zack Brown - April 19, 2019 Persistent memory is still sort of a specialty item in Linux—RAM that retains its state across boots. Dave Hansen recently remarked that it was a sorry state of affairs that user applications couldn't simply use persistent memory by default. [read article]( Anniversary Special: Subscribe Now for $25.00 Offer Valid thru April 20, 2019. [Subscribe Now »]( [Renew Now »]( in case you missed [Linus Torvalds] Free: 25th Anniversary Issue of Linux Journal Carlie Fairchild - April 2, 2019 We feel in the mood to celebrate. Free 25th Anniversary Issue of Linux Journal for everyone! [Claim Issue »]( [Raspberry Pi] Downsides to Raspberry Pi Alternatives Kyle Rankin - March 27, 2019 Learn about some of the risks when choosing an alternative to a Raspberry Pi for your project. [Read article »]( upcoming events [LinuxFest Northwest]( April 26, 2019 - April 28, 2019 Bellingham, WA USA [PENGUICON 2019]( May 3, 2019 - May 5, 2019 SOUTHFIELD, MI USA [Percona Live]( May 28, 2019 - May 30, 2019 Austin, TX USA [Private Internet Access]( [Storix]( 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 © 2019 Linux Journal LLC, All rights reserved. Mailing address: 9597 Jones Rd, #331 Houston, TX 77065