Issue #186 / May 2016

In December 2015, the Hacktivist group Anonymous declared war on US Presidential candidate Donald Trump, citing outrage over Trump's disparaging comments about Muslims and his proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. The group launched a denial-of-service attack on the TrumpTower.com website, online presence for the bombastic billionaire's signature real estate development, and took it offline temporarily. They also broke into his cell phone and exposed some voicemail messages from journalists.

CentOS 7 (1511) and Tails 2.2

Updates on technologies, trends, and tools

The fact that Linux and its extensive open source ecosystem are free of charge is really a strong argument for financially strapped schools. This article looks at Linux in the classroom.

Backup strategies in IT are essential and expensive in terms of planning and administration, but individuals have simpler solutions. We look at five backup solutions for the desktop.

Process and organize photos and RAW files with Corel AfterShot Pro.

Tool tests on the fast track

Build you own search engine using Apache's Nutch web crawler and Solr search platform.

Legacy monitoring solutions are fine for small-to-medium-sized networks, but complex environments benefit from a different approach. Prometheus is an interesting alternative to classic tools like Nagios.

The X11 graphics protocol is showing some serious signs of age, but Wayland is poised to come to the rescue.