Issue 170 / January 2015
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Linux Magazine Preview Issue 170 / January 2015 |
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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:
UK: November 29 This month we show you some helpful tools for co-existing with Microsoft networks. Check out the quick contents summary at our website. Copies of Linux Magazine purchased at your local newsstand include a free DVD featuring Lubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 14.10. As a special bonus for newsletter subscribers, you can easily purchase individual articles from the issue in PDF format. Read on for the contents, and click a link to purchase an article from this issue of Linux Magazine. |
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Remembering Aereo:One news item that crossed the wires this month was the company known as Aereo closing its Boston office and laying off more staff. The move follows a supreme court ruling in June that left them without a viable means for gaining revenue. Although Aereo still seems to be afloat in some capacity, its prospects are few, and the new investment money necessary for a restart doesn't seem to be on the horizon. (more)Mixed Doubles: Providing Windows and Linux applications with Ulteo Open Virtual DesktopThe Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop terminal server platform lets administrators serve up Windows and Linux applications over the network. (more)Strange Land: Tools for integrating Linux systems with Microsoft Active DirectoryWe explore some leading tools for integrating your Linux network with an Active Directory environment. (more)Beyond the Silver Screen: Netflix on Linux without SilverlightThe online video store Netflix delivers video on demand to many countries. Although the service offers Linux-friendly HTML5 streams, you have to coax Netflix into actually serving them up. (more)Charge!: Optimizing laptop battery life with AcpiTool and PowerTOPAcpiTool and PowerTOP ensure a sustainable battery lifetime and guarantee low energy consumption of laptops running Linux by identifying power hogs and maintaining the battery. (more)Truckin': Measuring high-speed network performance with CubieTruckThe CubieTruck small-board PC is a measuring instrument that copes well with Gigabit networks and offers a surprisingly affordable and efficient solution. (more)One for All: Distribution plans of systemd developersSystemd developers are working on a system that might make the differences between the many Linux distributions easier to tolerate for software users, developers, and vendors – and the Btrfs filesystem plays a central role in their ambitious plans. (more)Hiding from Spies: Exploring the SelekTOR front end for the Tor anonymity toolIf you want to exploit protection through the anonymous Tor router fully, you need to delve deep into the underlying technologies. The SelekTOR front end saves you much of that effort. (more)Swords to Plowshares: The sys admin's daily grind – NetdiscoverThis month, sys admin Charly grabs the fairly ancient Netdiscover wardriving tool and takes care of his neighbors' WiFi networks. (more)Central Exchange: Share media on your own networkMediaGoblin lets users share movies, audio files, and other documents off the beaten track of popular platforms. In this article, we show admins how to integrate the application into a local network and examine whether it is a good replacement for YouTube, Flickr, and SoundCloud. (more)Keeping Watch: Command-line tools for monitoring system accessLinux tracks all the actions that take place on your system, including when your users were active and what they did. (more)Pyramid of Doom: How Perl programmers efficiently manage asynchronous program flowsAsynchronous program flow quickly degenerates into unreadable code if it lacks an overarching concept to provide structure. Fortunately, the JavaScript community has invented some functional tricks that also help tame asynchronous Perl code. (more)Rescued from Oblivion: Converting and opening legacy filesCan documents from the past 20 years still be opened easily today? The Linux Magazine team rummaged through some old hard disk drives and asked readers for legacy files. The documents we found caused a couple of surprises. (more)Special Privileges: Advanced password manipulation in sudoSudo provides the building blocks to secure your system exactly the way you want it. (more)Showmaster: Creating photo and video presentations with ffDiaporamaYour images and videos can look twice as good when presented correctly. ffDiaporama helps you create a great slideshow in almost no time. (more)Mark It Down: Markdown toolsFrom note-taking applications to wikis – there are plenty of handy tools for working with Markdown-formatted content. Here are a few worth adding to your toolbox. (more)By the Light of the Moon: Pale Moon web browser as an alternative to FirefoxA new browser with familiar technology: The lean Firefox offshoot Pale Moon is compatible with many cherished Firefox extensions. (more)In Deep: The Funding DilemmaSnowdrift.coop aims to solve some of the problems facing free software funding by linking the amount of an individual pledge to the number of donors willing to share the financial commitment. (more)Kernel News: Zack's Kernel NewsChronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community. (more)Money Matters: Making money with Free Software"maddog" offers some tips to help you determine the real value of your services. (more) |
Featured Events, sponsored by Linux Magazine/Linux Pro Magazine:SPTechCon Austin, TX 02/08/2015 to 02/11/2015 International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy Angers, Loire Valley, France 02/09/2015 to 02/11/2015 SCALE 13x Los Angeles, CA 02/19/2015 to 02/22/2015 Wearables TechCon Santa Clara, CA 03/09/2015 to 03/11/2015 CeBIT 2015 30521 Hannover 03/16/2015 to 03/20/2015 See our Event Calendar for a comprehensive list. |
 
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