Issue #105 / Aug 2009

Despite the Bourne-again shell's biblical age and high level of maturity, developers continue to work on it. We take a look at the latest Bash release.

This month we feature some new ideas for Windows integration.

Serve up a fully functional virtual desktop through a web browser – with Windows and Linux apps running side by side.

Carry a virtual Linux machine with you wherever you go.

Samba Version 3.3 and the CTDB lock manager provide full cluster support.

Samba's new registry-based configuration system conserves resources and lets the administrator configure entire clusters with a single command.