Issue #209 / Apr 2018

Security vulnerabilities in the kernel often remain undetected. The kernel hacker initiative, Kernel Self-Protection, promotes safe programming techniques to keep attackers off the network, and, if they do slip through the net, mitigate the consequences.

In this issue, sys admin columnist and tool veterinarian Charly Kühnast invites Sysdig, the jack-of-all-trades among system diagnostic tools, into his surgery for a quick checkup. The project promises to unite the functionality of lsof, iftop, netstat, tcpdump, and others.

Serverless computing takes cloud abstraction to a whole new level. Find out why more developers are turning to this exciting new programming paradigm.

A terminal emulator with innovative features makes working from the command line easier and more efficient.

Instead of manually editing the metadata of YouTube movies, video craftsman Mike Schilli dips into YouTube’s API spell book and lets a script automatically do the work.

LibreOffice, Calibre, and Sigil help would-be authors with do-it-yourself ebook publishing.

With the right software, you can turn the Raspberry Pi into a versatile console for retro games.

Use Tkinter to control your Rasp Pi projects from a smartphone or tablet.

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