Issue #173 / Apr 2015

The Autokey utility automates desktop processes by triggering specific actions when the user enters predefined text shortcuts or presses hotkey combinations. Perl helps to manage these helpers.

Nethogs knows which programs and users are monopolizing the system's network connection.

The latest version 1.1 of the Bitwig digital audio workstation provides an array of major improvements.

Equal treatment, as sys admin Charly so boldly proposes, should be the norm. What he really wants is a free tool to sync user data across multiple computers.

Migrating a Linux OS from DVD to flash.

Orchestration tools such as Chef, Puppet, and SaltStack provide uniform management of a system landscape, but they can't do everything. Foreman fills in the gaps and installs a uniform interface that makes the admin's life a lot easier.

digiKam makes it possible to share photos in a variety of ways, and the application supports many popular photo-sharing services. In this article, we put digiKam's photo-sharing capabilities to practical use.

Treecle organizes information into categories and bundles it into a neat tree structure. Although the fairly young program shows some minor weaknesses, it is already fit for use.

The wajig tool simplifies package management using self-explanatory sub-commands.

Creating and solving letter and number puzzles is a popular pastime. We look at some of the free software that is available for this hobby on Linux.