Issue #179 / Oct 2015

The independent French distribution NuTyX offers impressive performance and many innovations.

NVidia graphics problems and setting up an FTP server.

Many of the recent Linux exploits are the result of vulnerabilities in SSL libraries. TLS Interposer can help calm the waves.

The Audacity free audio editor is evolving from a hobby app into a professional sound tool.

The Bash shell lets you string several commands together if the capabilities of a single tool do not meet your needs.

Some mathematical puzzles initially sound easy to solve. Those who actually try, however, will see how quickly the problems can become difficult.

We look at a few features of Rust, Mozilla's systems programming language, and its similarity to other languages.

The advanced tune2fs command lets you check and modify the tunable parameters of ext filesystems.

Generate e-books from Markdown-formatted text files quickly and reliably using Bash PubKit.

Despite the importance of backups, many users still view the process as too complicated and too inconvenient. Back In Time makes the unloved backup less terrifying.