Issue #206 / Jan 2018

When I started working for this magazine, way back in 2004, Linux was really picking up momentum. That was back in those years when every year was supposed to be "the year of the Linux desktop," and the epic Linux vs. Windows battle was revving to a full burn.

Ubuntu 17.10 Server and Desktop (64-bit)

This month in the news: Samsung to bring Linux to the Galaxy phone, System76 releases Pop!_OS, Linux comes to Windows, Docker embraces Kubernetes, and we are under a Bad Rabbit attack. 

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on I3C support, fixing mmap(), and tracing RAM usage in OOM conditions.

The traditional BIOS dates back decades and has not been able to keep up with the rapid development of PCs and laptops. Its powerful successor UEFI takes over its tasks and provides more features, more convenience, and better security.

The Shim bootloader lets Linux users regain some control over the Secure Boot process.

The Trusted Platform Module on your computer's motherboard could lead to better security for your Linux system.

Backing up data is an unpopular task that many users – and even some administrators – consider a chore, prompting us to take a look at some command-line automatic backup programs.

Stacer is a handy graphical tool for cleaning up your Linux system.

2, 5, 7, 10, 12 – and what number comes next? Mike Schilli tests whether intelligence tests devised by psychologists can be cracked with modern AI Networks.