Issue #176 / Jul 2015

As everyone knows, we journalists are always looking for the next big thing. High-tech journalists are especially attuned to this quest, because what is high tech but the history of the next big thing unfolding?

Debian 8 and Ubuntu 15.04. 

Updates on technologies, trends, and tools.

Powerful services like WildFire and FlowScape can help you defend against a new generation of persistent network attacks.

OpenVAS scans your systems and discovers potential security problems. If you want to wield the power of OpenVAS without becoming a security expert, use the handy Greenbone user interface tool.

Mobiki wiki engine, jEdit cross-platform text editor, youtube-dl movie downloader, and Inadyn compact DDNS client.

Several container alternatives to Docker are hoping to extend their claims as virtualization solutions, including Canonical's LXD, which was designed with a view to OpenStack.

Snapper lets you restore a system to its previous state – with a little help from Btrfs snapshots.

Many Ubuntu users are blissfully unaware that the Zeitgeist daemon is shoulder surfing them and logging their desktop actions. Several Perl scripts can help sanitize the sniffer report and reveal interesting facts about a user's habits.

CyanogenMod is the most popular alternative firmware for Android, but you'll rarely find it preinstalled on smartphones. We show how you can install the CyanogenMod firmware and explore some special CyanogenMod features.