Issue #123 / Feb 2011
Cover Theme: Sys Admin
DVD: Ubuntu 10.10 Sixpack
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NEWS: Linux Magazine DVD Inlay
Double-Sided DVDLinux Mint 10 "Julia" - GNOME edition Ubuntu Live Ubuntu Alternate Kubuntu Live Lubuntu Kubuntu Li......
SERVICE: Ubuntu 10.10 Sixpack
Double-sided DVDOur Ubuntu sixpack offers Live and installed versions of several of the top ’buntu variants.
SERVICE: Welcome
Letter from the EditorThe Internet was invented for effortless sharing of information. Creators and purveyors of information, however, do not always intend for it to be effortlessly and freely shared. Ever since the Internet emerged from its academic/military roots to become a massive presence in everyday life, a showdown has been in the making.
SERVICE: Linux Magazine: February 2011
Table of ContentsSys Admin
NEWS: Interview: Klaus Knopper
Ten Years OnTen is a fair age for a Linux distribution that doesn’t have massive staff resources to back it up. Klaus Knopper looks back with a sense of satisfaction after just having compiled version 6.4. As a tribute to the community, this version includes only free software.
SERVICE: Write Access
MandrivaI’m not sure who I should be contacting, but not so long ago I had problems with Windows 7, so I installed Mandriva Linux on my laptop instead, and it is the best OS I’ve used – even better than XP, which I love.
COVER STORY: OpenNMS
OpenNMS: Monitoring large systems and networksIf you need to monitor very large networks, you need powerful software. OpenNMS offers serious monitoring capabilities in a truly open source package.
COVER STORY: Charly’s Column: Cluster SSH
The sys admin’s daily grind: Cluster SSHCharly doesn’t relish the idea of searching through the logfiles of a dozen proxy servers when page requests fail. Now that he has deployed Cluster SSH, he can pull the strings on many machines at the same time.
NEWS: Security Lessons: OpenID
User authentication for the massesOutsourcing authentication services gives you access to more services – at a price. Kurt examines the pros and cons of distributed authentication.
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Google and NASA Partner in Quantum Computing Project
Vendor D-Wave scores big with a sale to NASA's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
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Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux
Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
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ack 2.0 Released
ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
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SUSE Studio 1.3 Released
New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
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RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
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OpenDaylight Project Formed
OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.