[sf-lug] Linux Pro Magazine Issue #235 – JUNE 2020

[Bobbie Sellers]

  Linux Pro Magazine Issue #235 – JUNE 2020  Digital again...
   If you need to read this soon then better order a copy now.

  Disks of the Month two-sided Open Mandriva Lx Plasma 4.1 64 bit
  and Knoppix 8.6.1 which will run on whatever you have 32/64 bit.
  [We have the Knoppix and I may get the Open Mandriva to try to
  run in the VirtualBox.]

  ROCK THE SCIENCE FAIR - Read and visualize weather data with MetPy

  WHAT' NEW IN SYSTEMD - Reinventing home directories with the powerful 
systemd-homed.(more LP icky stuff)

  Vagrant - Create a custom UI for managing virtual machines

  Glances - Keep up-to-date on system health.

  PlantUML - Create diagrams  using human-readable text

  “The world around us may be
going through strange times,
  but at least so far kernel
  development looks normal.”
  – Linus Torvalds (see Kernel News)

   Tangram - Manage your social  media accounts from a single interface

   BerryLAN - Set up a headless Rasp Pi over Bluetooth

LINUXVOICE

• sncli: Sync and manage
• maddog: It’s Time to Innovate

FOSSPicks
• Radio Scanning

  • Session Instant Messenger

  • Photoflare

  Tutorials
• CalDAV Calendar Server

• LÖVE Gravity

  and much more on the inside...

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AWS Launches a New Linux Distribution
Amazon’s cloud platform (AWS) has created and released a new
distribution of Linux aimed at container deployments for bare metal
  and virtual machines. The new operating system, Bottlerocket
  (https://aws.amazon.com/bottlerocket/), is still in the developer
  review phase, but can be tested as an Amazon Image Machine for EC2.
This purpose-built Linux distribution supports all images that follow
  the Open Container initiative.

  Interview - The Xen Project -

  Reinventing Linux home directories with systemd-homed
New Kid
Systemd has already changed almost everything about the Linux
startup process.  Now an experimental new feature takes on the
challenge of user home directories. By Jack Wallen and Joe Casad

  On Security - The Rootkit  Hunter script the efficiently checks for 
malware
  with rkhunter, to detect over 240 rootkits. By Bruce Byfield
Seems to be everything the rootkit hunter needs to know to
get started.

Picture This [with a flow diagram]
With PlantUML, you can quickly create all kinds of diagrams using
human-readable text and reuse them anywhere. By Marco Fioretti

The sys admin’s daily grind: traceroute
Advanced Tracing  -- Like every admin, Charly regularly uses the classic
traceroute tool. If unfriendly digital natives interfere with an ICMP 
filter,
he simply switches to a clever alternative like LFT. By Charly Kühnast


Universal Package Systems and competing standards
Status Report
Billed as the future of package management, universal package systems
like Snappy and Flatpak  have failed to live up to their promise. By 
Bruce Byfield


Reenvisioning SSH with ShellHub
21st Century SSH
ShellHub offers an innovative approach to remote access with
minimal reconfiguration of a firewall. By Chris Binnie

  MakerSpace - Science projects with the
Python MetPy library Homework Helper
MetPy can help you answer your kids’ science questions.
By Pete Metcalfe

  MakerSpace
BerryLan simplifies headless Raspberry Pi install No-Head Start
BerryLan installs a system on a Raspberry Pi that can be
integrated into the wireless network with a smartphone app
over Bluetooth. By Christoph Langner

LINUXVOICE
Doghouse – United We Stand

Jon “maddog” Hall
It’s time to innovate – in the midst of the
disruptions caused by the coronavirus, let’s
find ways to keep everyone communicating,
working, and learning.

Simplenote and sncli by Dmitri Popov
If you’re using Simplenote, check out sncli, a
Python-based tool for syncing and managing
your notes.

Tutorial – CalDAV/CardDAV by Marco Fioretti
You can manage your calendars and address
books with the CalDAV/​CardDAV standards,
Nextcloud, and a few open source tools.

FOSSPicks - Graham Morrison
This month Graham looks at
navi,
SDRangel,
Photoflare,
Ikona,
emulator-sun-2,
Quantum
Tetris,
Selfless Heroes, and more!

Tutorial –
LÖVE Physics -  Paul Brown
Video game animation is not simply a matter
of making your characters move – you also
have to consider the physics.

So there we are up to date and tomorrow I will see if Issue 236
is out

Bobbie Sellers