Issue #122 / Jan 2011

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SERVICE: Welcome

Letter From the Editor

One of my memorable moments as a homeowner was looking out the window at a pair of neighborhood kids in my backyard, who were immersed in some sort of water fight. Never mind that my own kids weren’t with them, or that they didn’t have any kind of permission to be in my backyard – I’ll save those topics for the child-rearing magazines. In this case, the fight itself was what I most remember.

SERVICE: Linux Magazine: January 2011

Table of Contents

Interoperability

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SERVICE: Letters

Write Access

Linux Livelihood

 

Dear Rikki Kite: I picked up a copy of Linux Magazine the other day and read your most current, interesting article. Since you welcomed ideas for topics, I have a topic that never seems to be addressed.

COVER STORY: Caine

The Caine 2.0 forensic distribution

Caine is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04 for forensic scientists and security-conscious administrators. Poised to do battle against IT ne’er-do-wells, Caine has a comprehensive selection of software, a user-friendly GUI, and responsive support.

COVER STORY: Charly's Column: Shakespeare Programming Language

The sys admin's daily grind: SPL

This is the ultimate programming language for decelerated feature page readers and the counterpart to agile software development: the Shakespeare Programming Language.

COVER STORY: Security Lessons: Passwords

Avoid password fatigue with a password storage system

Keeping track of all your passwords can be tricky. Kurt says: Keep your friends close and your passwords closer.

COMMUNITY: Doghouse: Deprecated Formats

maddog learns a lesson about deprecated formats but finds a workable solution.

Often I talk about documents and the importance of open formats, mostly oriented toward formats like the Open Document Format (ODF) standard versus Microsoft’s OOXML specification.

COMMUNITY: Community Notebook: Cache

2011 Predictions

Rikki asks the Magic 8 Ball (actually, her Facebook friends) what 2011 will bring. Also, updates on Gnome and CeBIT.