Issue #105 / Aug 2009

REVIEWS: Books

 

REVIEWS: Unetbootin

Installing distros on USB sticks with Unetbootin

Unetbootin lets users set up almost any distribution on a bootable USB stick.

KNOW-HOW: GpsDrive and tangoGPS

GPS the open source way

Open source GPS navigation systems show you the way to go home … or anywhere else you want to go.

KNOW-HOW: Ermine vs. Statifier

Linking static applications with Statifier and Ermine

The PIM application you copy to a USB stick might refuse to run on a borrowed machine if it has problems with a library. Statifier and Ermine set up your apps for any distribution.

KNOW-HOW: SpiderOak

All-in-one solution

Back up, synchronize, version, and collaborate with SpiderOak.

KNOW-HOW: Ask Klaus!

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SYSADMIN: Charly's Column

The sys admin's daily grind: TTYtter

Twitter, so everyone says, is modern, fun, sociologically illuminating and otherwise useless. Even Charly feeds a budgie – but at the console, it's a question of style.

SYSADMIN: Security Lessons

Make off-site backups or you will lose your data

Who needs attackers when you have system administrators? Learn why copying your data doesn't mean you've backed it up.

PROGRAMMING: Kernel News

 

KNOW-HOW: Practical strace

Debugging with strace

After "Hello World," you really need to look at system calls in more detail. In this second of two articles, we'll look at debugging in the real world.