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We take a deep dive into the kernel and explore how it was developed and what makes it tick. Also this issue, we cover the best free and open source accounting tools and go in-depth with the development of Linux distros.
Features
Birth of the Linux kernel
As the kernel celebrates its 25th birthday this year, Mayank Sharma traces its origins and recounts its numerous milestones and achievements. (Mayank Sharma) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Rise of the Distros
Linus released the Linux kernel 25 years ago, but the concept of a distribution did not come about until later. We trace the journey from a humble Usenet post to Canonical's Ubuntu. (Jonni Bidwell) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coverdisc
DVD pages
Fedora 24 (64-bit), Neon 5.7.2 (64-bit), Voyager 16.04 (64-bit) and Ultimate Boot CD 5.3.5 (64-bit) (Neil Bothwick) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
LXF 215 HotPicks
Tolstoy seeks out the best free and open source software with his legion of 3D-printed drones: Cumulus, Ghetto-Skype, Gimp, La Maperia, Lepton, NaSC, Nutty, Qloud, Qt WebBrowser. (Alexander Tolstoy) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Tutorials
Python Turtle
Les Pounder loves pizza and knows no martial arts, although he has been known to wander the sewers at night, but he still has Turtle Power. (Les Pounder) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Python: Dead man's switch
Turn your Pii into a handy dead man's switch to send emails or updates for you in case the worst happens. (Nate Drake) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Terminal: Display settings
Go beyond the confines of Screen Display settings to take full control of your display resolution settings with xrandr. (Nick Peers) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Drones: Flying your own drone
Assembling the PXFMini drone is only the start--now the contruction's over it's time to fine tune. (Alastair Jennings) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
GPS: Precise device location
Learn how and why you should pair a postage-stamp-sized Adafruit Ultimate GPS receiver HAT with a Raspberry Pi. (Sean Conway) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
LTTng: Tracing apps in Linux
Introducing the essentials of software tracing and how to use LTTng for understanding what's happening on a running system. (Mihalis Tsoukalos) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Mr Brown's Administeria
Esoteric system administration goodness from the impenetrable bowels of the server room. This month: AI beer brewer and Unikernels. (Jolyon Brown) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Coding Academy
Redis: NoSQL data stores
The essentials you'll need to know about for getting started with Redis, the in-memory data structure store. (Mihalis Tsoukalos) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Python: Using Threads
Want maximum flexibility and power? We'll show you what you need to know to start creating threads using Python. (Mihalis Tsoukalos) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
The rise of the botnets, countries embracing FOSS, AMD open-sourcing its rendering engine, Linux desktop market share grows (a bit) and Toyota joining the Open Invention Network for smart vehicles. (Matt Hanson) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
