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Considering Legacy UNIX/Linux Issues
Gah, so frustrating! Ten years ago I wrote a rather popular book called Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, and I'm working on a new edition—a Tenth Anniversary release. There are lots of new scripts, entirely new chapters and updates to the older stuff. more>>
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Getting Good Vibrations with Linux
Vibrations and wave motions describe many different physical systems. In fact, most systems that dissipate energy do so through waves of one form or another. In this article, I take a look at gvb (Good ViBrations, http://www.pietrobattiston.it/gvb), a Linux application you can use to visualize and model wave motion and vibrations. more>>
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3.12.27: longterm
Version:3.12.27 (longterm)
Released:2014-08-26
Source:linux-3.12.27.tar.xz
PGP Signature:linux-3.12.27.tar.sign
Patch:patch-3.12.27.xz (Incremental)
ChangeLog:ChangeLog-3.12.27
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3.17-rc2: mainline
Version:3.17-rc2 (mainline)
Released:2014-08-25
Source:linux-3.17-rc2.tar.xz
PGP Signature:linux-3.17-rc2.tar.sign
Patch:patch-3.17-rc2.xz
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Cluetrain at Fifteen
I started writing for Linux Journal as a contributing editor in 1996 (here's one piece), and went full-time 1998, not long before I began co-writing The Cluetrain Manifesto with Chris Locke, David Weinberger and more>>
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New Products
Please send information about releases of Linux-related products
to [email protected] or New
Products
c/o Linux Journal, PO Box 980985, Houston,
TX 77098. Submissions are edited for length and content.
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diff -u: What's New in Kernel Development
One problem with Linux has been its implementation of system calls. As Andy Lutomirski pointed out recently, it's very messy. more>>
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Security Hardening with Ansible
Ansible is an open-source automation tool developed and released by Michael DeHaan and others in 2012. DeHaan calls it a "general-purpose automation pipeline" (see Resources for a link to the article "Ansible's Architecture: Beyond Configuration Management"). more>>
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3.17-rc1: mainline
Version:3.17-rc1 (mainline)
Released:2014-08-16
Source:linux-3.17-rc1.tar.xz
PGP Signature:linux-3.17-rc1.tar.sign
Patch:patch-3.17-rc1.xz
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Monitoring Android Traffic with Wireshark
The ubiquity and convenience of smartphones has been a real boon for getting information on the go. more>>
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