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The Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) is one of the largest community-run open source and free software conference in North America. These articles give our community a chance to relive the event no matter where they are in the world. Learn more about the show at their website and join the show in Pasadena, CA.

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Lessons learned (the hard way) doing DevOps at scale

I had the chance to talk to Ticketmaster's Victor Gajendran who will be attending (and speaking) for the first time at SCaLE 14x this year, which is taking place on January 21…

Young maker talks software defined radio, open source, and mentors

Schuyler St. Leger is one of the superheroes of the maker movement. He's a speaker, young maker, and was featured in Make magazine. His famous presentation, Why I love my 3-D…

Using strace to track system calls in Linux

Being a system administrator is all about understanding what's going on underneath the hood of the machines you maintain. What really happens when a service runs or a command…

3 smart GIMP tricks

If you're interested in improving your GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) skills and you'll be attending SCaLE 14x this month, you'll want to check out Akkana Peck's talk…

ScyllaDB: Cassandra compatibility at 1.8 million requests per node

ScyllaDB is designed to be a resilient NoSQL database and is currently in beta testing. It is designed from the ground up to take advantage of multiple core systems and to…

How conference organizers can create better attendee experiences

This article was co-written by Josh Berkus. At SCaLE 14x, we will give a talk focused on helping speakers provide a more positive experience for their audiences. But there are…

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