Issue #204 / Nov 2017

The Internet is a vast and beautiful thing – our ancestors would be amazed. I probably wouldn't have my job without the Internet, and if you work with Linux, the chances are your job, either directly or indirectly, depends on the Internet as well.

Manjaro Gnome 17.0 (64-bit) and Kubuntu 17.04 (32-bit)

In the news: Reddit closing doors to open source, VMware brings its cloud to AWS, Gnome celebrates its 20th birthday, SQL Server comes to RHEL; OpenShift comes to Azure, and FDA recalls nearly half a million pacemakers over security concerns. 

Zack Brown reports on container-aware cgroups, a different type of RAM chip on a single system, new SARA security framework, and improving GPIO interrupt handling.

VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player are popular virtualization options that won't cost you a penny. Which is best for you?

KVM and Qemu provide a fast and powerful alternative to VirtualBox for virtualization in Linux.

If you don't have room on your desk for a whole laboratory of servers, simply hitch up a virtual playground on your own workstation.

KolibriOS, written in assembler, is especially suited to very old hardware – it even fits on a floppy disk.

One false click can quickly delete important data, or even an entire partition. If a backup tool is missing, only a rescue specialist can help.

In 2014, the Debian project decided to replace the old init system with systemd, but a small group of developers resisted, forking Debian to start the systemd-free Devuan. We decided to take a look at Devuan 1.0.0, the first stable release.