Issue 166 / August 2014
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Linux Magazine Preview Issue 166 / August 2014 |
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Digital Editions:   US / Canada All other countries * Get ready for another issue of Linux Magazine! The digital edition is already available for purchase online. The print edition is on its way to your newsstand and will appear sometime around the following dates:
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Tea Leaves: WelcomeWe don't cover a lot of Microsoft technology in this magazine (except in our "Interoperability" and "Living with Windows" issues), but sometimes the moving and shaking of Microsoft really does affect the rest of the high-tech industry. Redmond announced that they were laying off 18,000 people recently; big layoffs are always big news, and Microsoft's bold swipe dominated the high-tech headlines, but another important update from the empire received a lesser share of attention. New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's manifesto to his employees, dated July 10, 2014, set out a new direction for the company. (more)On the DVD: CentOS 7 and Fedora 20 Robotics SpinThis month we bring you CentOS 7 (64-bit), a community enterprise operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and the Fedora 20 Robotics spin (32-bit). (more)A Taste of Mint: Exploring the Cinnamon and Mate desktops environmentsThe Cinnamon and Mate desktop systems have stirred up plenty attention around the Linux world. We'll show you around these innovative new desktop systems and help you decide which is right for you. (more)Under One Roof: LXDE and Razor-qt come togetherThe popular LXDE lightweight desktop is undergoing big changes under the hood, and the future looks bright. (more)Debian Meets Mate: Debian meets Mate with the versatile DMDc Live LinuxMate isn't just for Mint users. The DMDc project is Mate on top of Debian Testing. (more)The Thing with the Mouse: The Xfce desktop — Small, fast, and easy on resourcesThe Xfce desktop travels light but still comes with all the essential features. (more)Data On the Go: Read and process GPS dataAlmost all manufacturers of GPS devices use proprietary formats to save routes, tracks, and waypoints. Vendors unfortunately rarely offer Linux software for uploading and downloading or processing the data. Four GPS editors keep Linux users on the right track. (more)Red Advance: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 testedOn June 10, Red Hat launched a new major release of its enterprise distribution, RHEL 7. We take a look to find out where RHEL is headed. (more)Feel the Width: Responsive web page layout by display sizeMake your blog look good on both desktop monitors and modern smartphones with high-resolution graphics by adding CSS and media queries to change the layout on the fly. (more)Dork Holiday: The sys admin's daily grind — CorkscrewSys admin columnist Charly never takes a vacation from the Internet. A beach bar with WiFi is quickly found, but it runs a forced proxy, which thinks that the SSH port (22) is in league with the devil and blocks the connection. Time to drill a tunnel. (more)Network Daemon: systemd-networkd — Network configurationThe new networkd component of the systemd project supports basic network configuration. Despite its early stage of development, one thing is clear: This is a daemon with brains. (more)Better Builder: Meson — a new build systemDevelopers fed up with cryptic Makefiles should take a look at the new Meson build system, which is simple to operate, offers scripting capabilities, integrates external test tools, and supports Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. (more)Shell Games: Parallel shell with pdshThe most fundamental tool needed to administer a cluster is a parallel shell, which allows you to run the same command on a series of nodes. In this article, we look at pdsh. (more)Paperless: Paperwork battles the increasing stacks of paperPaperwork was developed to manage the paperless office – a dream as old as desktop PCs. (more)Big Jump: Complementing cd with autojumpAutojump is a mature and widely available command-line tool for navigating your directory structure. We show you how it works. (more)Git, Markdown, Ebook: Publishing with GitBookWrite and publish ebooks with the GitBook software and publishing platform. (more)Accessories Included: Chapeau Linux multimedia and gaming platformIf you are looking off the beaten Ubuntu and Debian paths for a fast, multimedia distro with a Gnome 3 desktop, take a closer look at Fedora-based Chapeau Linux. (more)Assembly Line: Improving performance of Linux on ARM"maddog" looks at some of Linaro's efforts to improve GNU/Linux performance on ARM architectures. (more)Zack's Kernel News:Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community. (more)Crypto or Bust: Who pays free crypto developers?Although open source crypto software is used virtually all over the world, the projects behind it are often small and chronically underfunded. Heartbleed, however, brings a possibility of improvement. (more) |
Featured Events, sponsored by Linux Magazine/Linux Pro Magazine:USENIX Security '14 San Diego, CA, USA 08/20/2014 to 08/22/2014 CloudOpen North America 2014 Chicago, IL, USA 08/20/2014 to 08/22/2014 LinuxCon North America 2014 Chicago, IL, USA 08/20/2014 to 08/22/2014 Fossetcon Orlando, FL, USA 09/11/2014 to 09/13/2014 World Maker Faire New York New York, NY, USA 09/20/2014 to 09/21/2014 2014 High Performance Computing for Wall Street New York, NY, USA 09/22/2014 to 09/22/2014 See our Event Calendar for a comprehensive list. |
 
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