Linux for Librarians

Linux for Librarians Nishtha Anilkumar Librarian [email_address] Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad

Why Linux ? Most of the library system softwares like LibSys now run on Linux platform Digital Library Softwares like Greenstone and DSpace are available on Linux platform Open Source Integrated Library systems like Koha also run on Linux

Understanding Linux ,[object Object],[object Object]

Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Richard M Stallman (RMS) ‏ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Birth of GNU ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Free Software ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Linus Torvalds ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Another facet of Linux culture ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Eric S Raymond (ESR) ‏ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Cathedral and the Bazaar - CatB

Current applications ,[object Object],[object Object],On the server side Stable and reliable platform providing database and trading service for companies First choice for firewall, proxy- and web servers

Other applications ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Challenges faced by organizations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Linux pros and cons ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Direct benefits of adopting Linux ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is KDE, GNOME ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Distributions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Choosing the right distribution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

1. Purpose Desktop usage : ease of adjusting settings, age of software, range of GUI applications Server usage : software life, security

2. Software Update life ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

3. Feature Stability Many distros have a policy of not upgrading software in mid-release Instead distro maintainers will backport a security fix to a older release and rename it Reason – if they upgraded to a new version, the features or configuration might have changed

4. Package Selection Different distros have differing amount of softwares in their repositories Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux has a much smaller package offering than Debian

Choice of distribution For servers, RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) For Desktop – Fedora or Ubuntu

Linux Users’ Group (LUG) LUG - a non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and/or education for Linux users particularly for novices Online LUGs use mailing lists and bulletin boards for communication

Some interesting links http://www.reallylinux.com http://www.wikipedia.org http://www.redhat.com http://hardware4linux.info/

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