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Working in Information Technology over the last twenty years (and the last ten or so as a senior engineer or team lead in various organizations) has exposed me to a lot of resumes over that time. Over the last five years, one of the more common questions I am asked is “how can I get a Linux related job?”. I will attempt to address that in this space.

The most important thing to remember is that your quest for a Linux position at any organization is really no different than applying for any other I.T. position. Once you have identified the company and the posting (and a great place to get an idea of who is looking for Linux talent and with what experience, is The Linux Foundation), you need to focus on the attributes and experience you have that are directly applicable to the position you want. Your resume should then be tailored to highlight that experience throughout your career as much as possible.

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Ah, the holidays.  For me, the holidays are about getting stuff: getting fat, getting happy and getting lots of good pictures of your adorable nieces and nephews to embarrass them with when they become teenagers.  But now that you’re on Ubuntu, what program should you use to manage the evidence pictures?    Well, here is my review of some of the more popular (and free!) offerings available to Ubuntu users.

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There are several different ways to manage time in Linux. This quick tip will show you how to quickly change the local time to the correct time zone for the server. In this Linux tip I’ll show you how to change the localtime to your (or a) current time zone.

Location of the local time file
Linux looks at /etc/localtime to determine the current time of your machine. This can either be a symbolic link to the correct time zone or a direct copy of the time zone file.
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Everyone has heard about Google Analytics at some point. But what does it exactly do? It’s a web analytics tool that shows you how people find your site (for instance through a search engine, ads, etc), how they navigate through your website and how they become costumers. You’re also able to track your mobile websites, mobile apps and web enabled mobile devices, bot high end and non-JavaScript enabled phones. You can find out which browser and which operating system your visitors use, which search queries they use and what the landing pages are. You can also see how many new and returning visitors you have. And what’s also important to know is how long they stay on your website.
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I recently came across the need to uninstall xcode from my Mac OSX Lion. However, now that xcode is distributed through the app store and not the apple developer portal, it has become more difficult to do. Despite logic, you cannot go to the app store (currently) and uninstall the app. Follow allow below to see how we were able to quickly uninstall and reinstall our xcode.

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