Issue #149 / Apr 2013
Cover Theme: Scripting in LibreOffice
DVD: Fedora 18 Spin Set
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This month, we show you how to automate tasks in LibreOffice and give you some tools to tighten system security.
Cover Stories:
- LibreOffice Macros: Use the scripting powers of Libre/OpenOffice to automate repetitive tasks.
- Grsecurity: Airtight security down in the kernel.
- Critical Vulnerabilities: Three case studies reveal how developers respond to critical security issues.
- Memory Analysis: Analyze computer RAM to discover suspected and subtle attacks on your systems.
Also in this issue:
- Table of Contents
- Comment: Tinker in Peace
- On the DVD: Fedora 18 Spin Set
- DVD Inlay
- News
- Tech Tools: Google Releases C++ B-Tree Template Library; Unmetered.com; Eclipse Releases Hudson 3.0; Oracle Releases MySQL 5.6
- Apache HTTP Server 2.4: Last year’s release of Apache 2.4 added new features like run-timeloadable MPMs and LogLevel configuration.
- Charly – SendmailAnalyzer: Fight spam with this efficient logfile inspector.
- Ask Klaus! Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions.
- Processing Map Data with OpenLayers: This JavaScript library lets you put maps into your web pages.
- Coping with UEFI: Read this if you ever plan to dualboot your Linux with a UEFIbased Windows system.
- Animation with GIMP: GIMP plugins and scripts help you build your own animations.
- Voice Chat with Mumble: A VoIP-based voice chat server will free your gaming cronies from the need to type text.
- Archiso: The lean Arch Linux is the perfect tool for building a custom distro.
- Ask Klaus: Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions.
- Video Streaming: Transform your Linux machine into a central media server with the help of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and DLNA.
- Simon Voice Control: Use the power of speech recognition to control your computer.
- Perl – Distro Update Analysis: Create a script that queries repositories for package updates.
- PaintSupreme: We review this new image editing program.
- Workspace – Tools of the Trade: Tips and favorite applications for effective daily computing.
- Defragmentation: Optimize files on your ext2/3/4 disks with Defragfs.
- Command Line: Bastille Linux Configure a secure system with the help of Bastille Linux.
- Meet Raspberry Pi Founder Eben Upton: We talk to one of the Raspberry Pi founders about the history, current state, and future of the Pi.
- Doghouse – Raspberry Pi: maddog looks at how the RPi phenomenon has brought fun (and profit) back to computing.
- Kernel News: Zack Brown brings you Linux kernel development news.
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