Issue #185 / Apr 2016

Security is always big news in IT. The talk today is that the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, in Hollywood, California, has just suffered a crippling ransomware attack. Most of the computers at the hospital are compromised with what appears to be a variant of the CryptoWall ransomware tool.

Linux Magazine exclusive release of Knoppix 7.7.

Updates on technologies, trends, and tools

Arch is one of those Linux distributions that everyone knows about but few know well. Now is the time for a closer look.

Arch's manual installation maximizes flexibility and teaches you about your system, but if you're in a hurry, you might want to try a Live installer like Architect Linux or Arch Anywhere.

Several projects have used Arch as a starting point and shaped it in different ways. We describe some leading Arch derivatives.

We test Yuck, Uftpd, Guncat, Kiwix, Miller, and Debian Package Search.

Knoppix 7.7 is based on the current development version of Debian GNU/Linux and comes with hardware support from kernel 4.4, including many updates and new features.

Understanding and taming file timestamps.

Detect operating systems, installed software, and more from easily collected metadata.