Issue #198 / May 2017

Kid-tested and Snowden approved – is Subgraph, the privacy-oriented OS, now ready for humans?

Perform trouble-free font conversions from the command line with an easy-to-use script.

As DVD drives disappear from modern notebook computers, Knoppix offers a hybrid image mode that works for both DVDs and flash drives.

Linux systems out of the box are a dime a dozen. But if you want a customized system, you will certainly see the benefit of AryaLinux, which lets you put together an individualized system from the sources.

A power failure can cause the IQ of a smart home to plummet suddenly. An emergency power supply and a script on the SmartThings platform can prevent a total outage and inform the owner. The polyglot Perlmeister embarks on a foray into the territory of the Groovy scripting language in this issue.

Sys admin Charly does not tend toward hostilities, but he has huge problems with mosquitoes. Despite this, he does make an exception for the Mosquitto message broker.

In the last few years, secure text, voice, and video transmission have become major areas of free software development. One of the leaders in this field is Ring.

This month in Linux Voice.

No matter what the zealots say, Free Software and Open Source occupy common ground.

How do you charge for something that is free? Just ask!