Issue #131 / Oct 2011

SERVICE: October 2011: DVD Inlay

Issue #131
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SERVICE: Comment

As is so often the case in this business, a big, earthshaking news story hit the press just as we were sending our own issue to the printer.

SERVICE: On the DVD: Knoppix 6.7

This month’s Linux Magazine DVD features the brand new Knoppix 6.7 Live distro [1] [2]. With its clever on-the-fly decompression, Knoppix manages to store 9GB of software on a single-layer DVD.

NEWS: Tech Tools

Commercial open source Business Intelligence provider Jaspersoft announced the launch of Self-Service Express, a subs......

NEWS: Interview: Linus Torvalds

In June of this year, kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman sat down with Linus Torvalds in front of a live audience at LinuxCon Japan to look at the first 20 years of Linux, the state of the kernel, and the future of Linux.

SYSADMIN: Charly’s Column: haveged

The sys admin’s daily grind: haveged Random Release

Practical cryptography is often an encounter with many random numbers in just a few moments. Entropy is the raw material that gives birth to the random number, but it’s harder to come by than you might think.

NEWS: Security Lessons: Modified Code Attacks

Detecting source code modification attacks

Learn how to protect yourself against malicious attacks by modified source code.

COMMUNITY: Kernel News

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

COMMUNITY: Free Software Projects

This month, we explore open source science projects. The young TileMill project is a powerful mapping tool for cartographers, HUBzero provides a platform for scientific collaboration, and the NASA-sponsored Virtual Microscope magnifies specimens without breaking any glass slides.

COMMUNITY: Event Report: Linux Bier Wanderung 2011

Tux visits Tux – about 50 geeks and one huge penguin travelled south to the beautiful village of Lanersbach in Tux, Austria, to hack Linux, drink beer, and hike in the Alps.