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A Linux Moment: What Does It Offer the Everyday Computer User?
2025 enero 22 - By Andrew Oram
An earlier article explained what Linux is and what makes it special. It can help you appreciate one of its big advantages: When you use Linux, no one controls which applications you install or cuts off service if you decide not to upgrade to some new version.
Linux also has [...]
[LPIC:202] Practical LDAP Server Construction (1) – Environment Construction + Adding and Managing Users
2023 octubre 18
On Saturday, November 4, 2023, at 13:00, LPI Japan Chapter will hold a webinar "[LPIC:202] Practical LDAP Server Construction (1) - Environment Construction + Adding and Managing Users".
In this webinar, Hiroyuki Nagashima will explain in detail.
In September, November, and December, he will give three lectures on LDAP servers, which [...]
Commands and Options that Beginning Users Often Mistake
2023 octubre 05
On Sunday, October 15, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., LPI Japan Chapter will hold a webinar, "Commands and Options that Beginning Users Often Mistake".
In this webinar, Ms. Akiko Hashimoto will explain in detail.
In this webinar, Ms. Akiko Hashimoto will cover commands and options that are confusing to those who have [...]
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) supports the Croatian Linux Users’ Conference, offers its attendees a 10% discount on ticket
May 11-12 2023
The Linux Professional Institute is proud to support the Croatian Linux Users' Conference, also known as the Days of Open Computer Systems, a premier event that brings together leading IT companies and professionals from the region and beyond for 29 years running.
This year's conference will take place [...]
Blame the Tool or Blame the Tool User
2019 noviembre 18 - By Marcel Gagné
A long time ago and far away, a Captain in the British Army retired from service and moved to an estate near Ballinrobe in Ireland. His name was Charles and he moved into Lough Mask House, a property owned by a wealthy landowner by the name of Lord Erne [...]
Databases for AI: Should You Use a Vector Database?
2026 marzo 06 - By Andrew Oram
The first article in this series laid out the role of vectors in machine learning and LLMs, along with vector representations in software. Now we'll embark on a quick tour of databases and how they meet the modern challenges of AI.
Vector Databases
Since AI is basically vectors and vectors are [...]
DevOps Tools Introduction #07: Container Orchestration
2026 marzo 03 - By Fabian Thorns
While individual Docker containers usually run a single program, applications in a microservice architecture are usually composed by combining multiple containers, each contributing a specific set of features that make up the complete application. Coordinating the creation and maintenance of the containers that build an application is the task [...]
Databases for AI: Vectors, Embeddings, and Architecture
2026 febrero 25 - By Andrew Oram
Everyone who comments on AI—whether machine learning or more contemporary techniques such as LLMs—notes the enormous volumes of data it requires, as well as the radically novel ways in which data is used. Thousands of new data centers are currently being built—and they're getting larger.
So how is all that [...]
DevOps Tools Introduction #06: Container Basics
2026 febrero 24 - By Fabian Thorns
Container virtualization is one of the major technologies behind modern software architectures. While the concept of container virtualization is rather old, new tools extend the pure virtualization components with numerous features that facilitate the deployment of containerized software. Docker is the most prominent project in that field. Objective 702.1 [...]
What Everybody Knows About You: Your Browser
2026 febrero 19 - By Andrew Oram
This article is part of a continuing series about data collection today. The previous article talked about smart watches and other personal devices.
Most sites collecting data from your browser are retailers, but I am devoting a separate section of this series to the browser because of its unique technical [...]