Issue #137 / Apr 2012

SERVICE: April 2012: DVD Inlay

Issue #137
This month’s Linux Magazine DVD is the brand new Knoppix 7.0 Live distro in 32- and 64-bit options....

SERVICE: Welcome

Editorial

Trademarks receive much less media attention than patents or copyrights – at least in open source circles – but it looks like the trademark buzz might be heating up again with the recent
news that a company in China called Proview owns the name “iPad” and is preparing to throw down with Apple over the use of it. The fact that iPads are actually made in China adds urgency to this problem, with the company threatening to stop all exports until Apple settles.

SERVICE: On the DVD: Knoppix 7.0

This month’s Linux Magazine DVD is the brand new Knoppix 7.0 Live distro in 32- and 64-bit options.

NEWS: Tech Tools

Wolfram|Alpha Pro Now AvailableRed Hat Virtual Storage ApplianceRaspberry Pi Units on Their WaySabayon Linux 8 Released...

KNOW-HOW: Hidden Meaning: Working with Microformats

Working with microformats and microdata

Programs aren’t as smart as humans when it comes to interpreting the meaning of web information. If you want to maximize your search rank, you might want to dress up your HTML documents with microformats and microdata.

SYSADMIN: Charly’s Column: w3af

The sys admin’s daily grind: w3af

After toiling away to create a small but exclusive website, Charly wanted to run a security scanner against it to check for vulnerabilities. The choice of tools is enormous, but Charly chose w3af.

SYSADMIN: Security Lessons: Fixing SSL

How to fix SSL

We look at some new approaches to certificate verification.

COMMUNITY: Doghouse: Open Source Plumbing

Community Notebook

maddog imagines what it would be like to own a Microsoft-certified toilet.

COMMUNITY: Kernel News

Hand-Picking PIDS; Massive Boot-Time Speedup; and Columns, Shmollums – the 80 characters per line dilemma.

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