Issue #216 / Nov 2018

Try to keep in mind the immortal words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other." Linux Code of Conflict 2015

Knoppix 8.2 and Nitrux 1.0.15

A new business model for open source projects, Linux Mint Debian edition 3 released, Zorin OS 12.4 released, and Debian celebrates its birthday.

Zack Brown reports on fixing printk() bit by bit, kernel internationalization (or not), and kernel encryption and secure boot. 

Mårten Mickos is one of the most respected members of the open source world. The former CEO of MySQL AB during its prime now serves as the CEO of HackerOne, a vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform. I sat down with Mickos to understand HackerOne's purpose and his perspective on the security of open source software.

The long-awaited Haiku OS beta release has arrived. This BeOS-inspired operating system may finally be ready for daily use.

Mind maps are designed to help display processes and projects clearly in a graphical format. This review explores the design possibilities offered by five mind map programs.

The Git version control system is a powerful tool for managing large and small software development projects. We'll show you how to get started.

When it comes to renaming multiple files, the command line offers time-saving options in the form of mv, rename, and mmv.

The best way to save money on software development is to get it right the first time. Pair programming, an agile technique, saves development costs by putting two coders to work on the same code. Visual Studio Code and tmate bring the promise of pair programming to remote workers.