Linux

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wsl/2016/06/08/wsl-system-calls/ How Windows 10 will run Linux binaries by mapping Linux kernel calls to Windows NT kernel. →

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/09/microsoft_freebsd/ Makes sense to have their own FreeBSD for Azure cloud use. Good addition after their own Linux distribution http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/2016/03/10/microsoft-has-released-a-debian-linux-switch-os-repeat-a-debian-linux-switch-operating-system-%e2%80%a2-the-register/ →

https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml Guide how to write Linux shell scripts at Google style. →

Using JavaScript is a new approach for embedded development, especially with node.js platform. But there are also other interesting JavaScript platforms worth to check out. I read about Finnish developed the open source “duct tape” and thought to check that out: Duktape is an embeddable Javascript engine, with a focus on portability and compact footprint. →

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/chinese-arm-vendor-left-developer-backdoor-in-kernel-for-android-pi-devices/ Allwinner’s ARM chips are popular in cheap tablets and dev boards. It seems that the Linux kernel supplied by chipmaker has a serious security backdoor in it. →

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-increase-the-maximum-number-of-open-files/ Sometimes you need to have very many open files, more than Linux system normally allows. →

Universal Install Script by xkcd →

Man accidentally ‘deletes his entire company’ with one line of bad code from The Independent shows a good example how a small mistake can sometimes cause huge problems. Be careful and have proper backup system. Mr Marsala wrote on a forum for server experts called Server Fault that he was now stuck after having accidentally run →

http://badlock.org/ Something wrong with Samba. Security problems expected for network storage devices. More details coming in few days. Affects Linux and Windows. Posted from WordPress for Android →

Could Microsoft’s love for Linux be extending into Windows 10 territory? Microsoft to show Bash on Linux running on Windows 10 article says that newly leaked session title from Microsoft’s upcoming Build 2016 developer conference has us Microsoft watchers speculating that you’ll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10. Microsoft and Canonical partner →