Issue 178 / September 2015
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Linux Magazine Preview Issue 178 / September 2015 |
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UK: August 1 This month you learn how to transport your home to the future with MisterHouse. Check out the quick contents summary at our website. Copies of Linux Magazine purchased at your local newsstand include a free Linux Magazine exclusive DVD featuring Fedora 22 and Manjaro Linux. 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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Attention and Prevention:The Linux Foundation launched the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) as a bold stroke in 2014. The foundation, which stands astride the FOSS world and mediates between the realm of business and the hacker culture, started the CII as a reaction to the infamous Heartbleed bug, which shocked the open source faithful and left doubts about the security of FOSS technologies. The original goal of the CII was to "fund and support critical elements of the global information infrastructure," which sounded like a good idea. I didn't have high hopes for them doing much besides giving out money, but money is always good. In the business world, where the Linux Foundation keeps one foot, if you can't make a problem go away by denying it, the next best thing is to pounce on it dramatically and say, "We've got this under control!" (more)King of the House: MisterHouse is an active, community-driven, open source home automation projectMisterHouse offers a practical approach to home automation – if you are ready to get creative and you know a little Perl. (more)Great Expectations: Fedora 22 released almost on timeFedora 22 was released a week late, but it is seriously impressive with Gnome 3.16 and the new DNF package manager. Only the installer, Anaconda, might cause beginners a headache. (more)Heedful Helper: An antivirus scanner for Linux servers with Windows clientsThe Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux free antivirus scanner works unobtrusively in the background and targets mainly server operators and users who exchange files with Windows computers. (more)Revamped: KaOS Live distro with KDE5The KaOS Live distro implements new KDE features faster than anyone else, so it is an excellent model for illustrating the state of the KDE desktop environment. (more)Quickly Sketched: Four drawing programsOrganization charts, UML drawings, breadboard sketches, or plans for the new website – a drawing program is always the first port of call when you need to create a schematic diagram. We present four candidates for the Linux desktop. (more)Get Back: Git-based backups with KupKDE's Kup tool uses Rsync and techniques from the Git version control environment for sophisticated backup with an easy GUI interface. (more)Ask Klaus!: Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questionsKlaus Knopper answers your Linux questions. (more)Fit Without a Pacemaker: The sys admin's daily grind: KeepalivedColumnist Charly likes to keep system-critical daemons on two or more servers. If one of the servers fails, the idea is that the service can be started on the other and will be available at the same IP address – a scenario that works with or without the Pacemaker heartbeat. (more)Guess Again: In statistical computations, intuition can be very misleadingEven hardened scientists can make mistakes when interpreting statistics. Mathematical experiments can give you the right ideas to prevent this from happening, and quick simulations in Perl nicely illustrate and support the learning process. (more)Fly Catcher: Using a Raspberry Pi as a network honeypotAdding a honeypot to your network will slow down attackers and warn you that intruders are on the wire. (more)Hacker Kitchen: GitHub's configurable editorThe Atom code editor from GitHub is a highly configurable free application. Just one year old, even at this early stage, the mix looks very promising. (more)Open Book: Chromebook tips and extensionsGet the most out of your Chromebook with these tips, tricks, useful open source extensions, and apps. (more)Leaps and Bounds: Edit text conveniently in a terminal window with SlapThe Slap editor supports easy navigation, even through large volumes of data, but the promising software has a couple of hiccups along the way. (more)In Living Color: Color management on LinuxGet a grasp of color management basics and put your knowledge to practical use. (more)Tidy Up: Tools for defragging LinuxYou may not need to defrag your Linux system very often, but the tools are waiting when the need arises. (more)Outdoor Office Helper: LibreOffice viewer app for AndroidThe LibreOffice Viewer for Android displays office documents on mobile devices and now even has simple editing features. We investigate whether the smartphone and tablet app is useful as a helper for the main office suite. (more)Problem Solver: Programming experience pays off"maddog" celebrates 46 years of writing code and considers what it means to be a professional programmer. (more)At the Speed of Open Source: The open source model becomes an inspirationIf OpenStack is wildly successful, it is because it has learned from open source. (more)Zack's Kernel News:Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community. (more) |
Featured Events, sponsored by Linux Magazine/Linux Pro Magazine:USENIX Security '15 Washington, D.C. 08/12/2015 to 08/14/2015 SPTechCon Boston, MA 08/24/2015 to 08/27/2015 Maker Faire Trondheim Trondheim, Norway 08/28/2015 to 08/29/2015 InterDrone Las Vegas, NV 09/09/2015 to 09/11/2015 HostingCon EU Amsterdam, the Netherlands 09/22/2015 to 09/23/2015 World Maker Faire New York Corona, NY 09/26/2015 to 09/27/2015 Embedded Linux Conference Europe Dublin, Ireland 10/05/2015 to 10/07/2015 LinuxCon Europe Dublin, Ireland 10/05/2015 to 10/07/2015 LISA15 Washington, D.C. 11/08/2015 to 11/13/2015 See our Event Calendar for a comprehensive list. |
 
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