Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

IT specialists often rely on automatic notification for status messages and logfiles by email. A Python script named Zeyple uses GPG to protect potentially sensitive messages against unauthorized viewing.

With a small GPS receiver on his wrist, Mike has been jogging through San Francisco neighborhoods. While catching his breath, safe at home, he visualizes the data he acquired while running with Perl.

With the right tools, you can create your own QR code squares with information you want to share, for example, on a business card, in a letter, or on your website.

If you can use your desktop environment, then you can also write programs: All you need is your mouse, the Alice IDE, and some time to experiment.

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Many logging and user-related commands can help you check on your system and keep track of security matters. We guide you through several helpful tools.

Sometimes sys admin Charly needs to know when exactly he did something ingenious on one of his servers. Finding an infallible memory aid is difficult, you might think. "Peanuts!" says Charly.

The simple but useful adtool lets you manage an Active Directory domain from the Linux command line.