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NEWS Community Notebook SERVICE 8 NEWS A tale of two office suites. 9 OPENOFFICE PLANS • Oracle plans to donate OpenOffice.org to Apache Foundation. • Open Invention Network acquires new patents. 10 EFF PROMOTES ANONYMITY • MeeGo 1.2 is released. • Electronic Frontier Foundation calls for more Tor relays. • Microsoft loses patent case. 11 KERNEL ADVANCES • Linux kernel reaches 3.0. • How much GNU in GNU/Linux? 12 TECH TOOLS 3 Comment 6 DVD 96 Featured Events 97 Call for Papers 98 Preview 88 Cache Lib-Ray is Blu-ray without the DRM. 89 Doghouse maddog cleans out his electronics closet and envisions a low-energy future. 90 Kernel News Zack reports on Google firmware, concurrent versioning, sysfs, and non-masking interrupts. 92 Projects on the Move Linux for children with HeliOS, Edubuntu, and Qimo for Kids. 14 Samba and Windows 7 Samba provides Windows-ready file and print services on mixed networks. We'll shows you how to set up a Samba server for Windows 7 clients. 22 Cygwin Cygwin lets you run Linux applications on Windows. The package even includes a shell environment and some popular Linux command-line utilities. If you have to live with Windows, you might as well make the most of it. Windows 7 August 2011 4 AUGUST 2011 ISSUE 129 LINUX-MAGAZINE.COM | LINUXPROMAGAZINE.COM LINUX MAGAZINE Linux Magazine ISSN 1471-5678 Linux Magazine is published monthly by Linux New Media Ltd, Manchester, England. Company registered in England.

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Community Notebook

Service

8 News A tale of two office suites.

9 OPeNOffice PlaNs •Oracleplanstodonate

OpenOffice.orgtoApacheFoundation.

•OpenInventionNetworkacquiresnewpatents.

10 eff PrOmOtes aNONymity

•MeeGo1.2isreleased.

•ElectronicFrontierFoundationcallsformoreTorrelays.

•Microsoftlosespatentcase.

11 KerNel advaNces •Linuxkernelreaches3.0.

•HowmuchGNUinGNU/Linux?

12 tech tOOls

3 comment

6 dvd

96 featured events

97 call for Papers

98 Preview

88 cache Lib-RayisBlu-raywithoutthe

DRM.

89 doghouse maddogcleansouthiselectronics

closetandenvisionsalow-energyfuture.

90 Kernel News ZackreportsonGooglefirmware,

concurrentversioning,sysfs,andnon-maskinginterrupts.

92 Projects on the move LinuxforchildrenwithHeliOS,

Edubuntu,andQimoforKids.

14Samba and Windows 7

SambaprovidesWindows-ready fileandprintservicesonmixednetworks.We'llshowsyouhow tosetupaSambaserverforWindows7clients.

22Cygwin CygwinletsyourunLinux

applicationsonWindows.ThepackageevenincludesashellenvironmentandsomepopularLinuxcommand-lineutilities.

IfyouhavetolivewithWindows,youmightaswellmakethemostofit.

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KohaManageyourcollectionswiththisopensourceintegratedlibrarysystem.

HigHligHts

56 Koha Easylibraryadministration.

63 Perl: dropbox ExploringtheDropboxWebAPI.

68 ask Klaus! KlausKnopperanswersyour

Linuxquestions.

71 charly: dig DigforDNSinformation.

72 security lessons: ProcessWindows7logdataona

Linuxsystem.

74 workspace: BilboPlanet Aggregateblogpostsfrom

yourworkgrouporcommunity.

78 Password management Weshowyousometoolsfor

generatingstrongpasswords.

82 dia Drawdiagramsandflowcharts

withthisopensourceprocessvisualizationtool.

84 command line: more GPG WeshowyoumoreGNU

PrivacyGuardtechniquesforencryptinganddecryptingmessages.

CygwinRunyourLinuxappsonWindowswiththispowerfulcompatibilitytool.

BaCkTraCkAusefulLivedistrowithexperttoolsfortestingnetworksecurity.

SySTemTapThisterrifictracingtoolletsyoutrackdownkernelproblemsonarunningsystem.

DiaVisualizebusinessprocesseswiththisopensourcedrawingapplication.

28 Backtrack linux 5 Thispenetrationtestingdistrowill

helpyoulookforvulnerabilities.

36 NosQl Notyourfather’sdatabase.

44 Nmap scripting CreatecustomscriptswithNSE.

48 systemtap Trackdownkernelproblems.

52 Grace Xy Plotting Usethis2Dplottingtoolfor

analyzingscientificdata.

FeaturesNoSQLLightandscalable,NoSQLoffersbenefitsofaconventionaldatabase.

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