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                    Linux Pro Magazine issue #244 for March 2021

                     Cover leads with Safe Messaging - Pass Your Public
         Key using DNS

                 Stream Processing - New coding techniques for the
         Date Revolution.

                 Make it Mandatory - Requiring two factor authentication
         at login.
             2020 Year In Review

             Kconfig Deep Dive Exploring the powerful system that
         configures the Linux kernel.

            Raspberry Pi 4 on 8GB RAM Do more and go faster with
       the souped up 8GB version.

             Gnuplot Draw illuminating graphs with only a few lines of code.

             Checksecurity Lock down your system with automated security
             checks

     LINUX VOICE
     • Material Shell: Gnome tiling extension
     • Create Panoramic Images with Hugin
     •  maddog: Expanding opportunity in Latin America

                 FOSSPicks
     • PlotJuggler 3
     • Xournal++ Note-Taking App
     • KStars 3.5

         Inside Issue 244
         Editorial:
         Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, has spent
     the past few years working on a vision for a new and better
     Internet. and goes on to discuss his SOLID project.

         WHAT'S INSIDE The explosion of real-time data from sensors
    and monitoring devices is fueling new interest in alternative
     programming techniques. This month we wade into stream processing.
     Also in this issue:
     •     Kconfig Deep Dive – We explore the powerful yet mysterious Linux
     kernel configuration system (page 44).
     •     Safe Messaging with TLSA – Tighten up security using DNS and
     the TLSA resource record (page 51).
             Check out MakerSpace for an article onthe souped-up 8GB 
Raspberry
     Pi 4, and look in Linux Voice for a complete tutorial on building a 
computer
     game with the Godot game engine.

             NEWS - 08 - News
         • Mozilla VPN Now Available for Linux
         • KDE Wayland Support and Kickoff Redesign
         • Deepin 20.1 Released
         • CloudLinux Commits over One Million Dollars to CentOS 
Replacement
         • Linux Mint 20.1 Beta Released
         • Manjaro Linux 20.2 Unleashed

             11 - Kernel News
         • Spanking Linus
         • Controlling Boot Parameters via Sysfs
         • Finessing GCC
         • Dealing with Loose Build Dependencies

         REVIEWS 24 Distro Walk – Arch Linux
         Arch Linux, one of the more popular Linux distros, goes its own 
way, putting
     you in control.

         COVER STORIES - 14  Stream Processing 101
     Batch processing strategies won’t help if you need to process large 
volumes of
     incoming data in real time. Stream processing is a promising 
alternative to
      conventional batch techniques.

         18 Apache StreamPipes
     You don’t need to be a stream processing expert to create useful 
custom solutions
     with Apache StreamPipes. We’ll use StreamPipes to build a simple 
app that
     calculates when the International Space Station will fly overhead.

           IN-DEPTH - 28Free Software in 2020
     Among other noteworthy trends in 2020, producing free and secure
     videoconferencing software has become a higher priority in the past 
year.

             30  2FA - Protect your system from unwanted visitors with 
two-factor
     authentication.

         33   Charly’s Column – Livepatch
     There is only one thing Charly appreciates even less than security 
holes:
     downtime of his machines. That’s why he patches his Ubuntu systems with
     Canonical’s Livepatch on the fly.

         34   Command Line – Jailkit - Setting up chroot jails is no 
simple task.
     Jailkit can make this job a little easier by automating setup and 
configuration.

     38    Programming Snapshot – Bulk Renaming -Renaming multiple 
files often
     requires small shell scripts. Mike Schilli simplifies this task 
with a Go program.

     42    checksecurity - This powerful tool collection lets you 
automatically monitor
     basic system settings.

     44   Kconfig Deep Dive - The Kconfig configuration system makes
     it easy to configure and customize the Linux kernel. But how does 
it work?

       51    Safe Messaging with TLSA - Decoupled application design 
gets in the
     way of secure communication, but a little known feature of DNS can 
provide
     message security.

         MAKERSPACE  - 56 Gnuplot Create real-time charts with a few lines
     of code.

     60  8GB Raspberry Pi 4 - The Raspberry Pi family, and the 64-bit
Raspberry Pi OS, further improves performance.

         LINUX VOICE
     63  Welcome - This month in Linux Voice.

     65  Doghouse – Project Cauā - In Latin America, many students
     qualify for free college tuition but don’t attend a university because
     they can’t afford the living expenses. To bridge that gap, maddog has
     been working on a new pilot program designed to help students with
     computer skills.

     66  Material Shell - The Gnome extension Material Shell organizes
     the windows on your desktop, giving you many options for smoothly
     switching between different applications and views.

     70 Hugin - Add this tool for creating panoramic images to your image
     editing toolbox.

     78  FOSSPicks Graham looks at the PlotJuggler 3 data visualizer, note
     taking with Xournal++, the KStars planetarium, and more! Including
     Galaxy Buds utility LiveBudsCLI "Without this brilliant utility, 
your Galaxy
     Buds earbuds are stuck with poor quality sound presets."
     Network monitor pktvisor. Hex editor -  ImHex Hex editor can be  be a
     thought-provoking even when you don't know exactly what you are
     doing.
     Stock trading simulator  -TradeSim -  Project Website
     <https://​­github.​­com/​­horaciodrs/​­TradeSim>


     84  Tutorial – Gaming with Godot - This open source game engine
     provides all the tools you’ll need to build your own shooter game.

     This Month’s DVD FreeBSD 12.2 and GhostBSD
     Two Terrific Distros on a Double-Sided DVD!
     Both are Unix FOSS but a bit different.

     Featured Events
     CloudFest 2021 - Date: March 23-25, 2021

Location: Virtual  Event Website: https://www.cloudfest.com/
CloudFest returns on an all-digital  platform amid a global pandemic
as we take stock of the strengths, weaknesses, risks, and
opportunities that are revealed by a globe-spanning threat like COVID-
19. Join us at CloudFest 2021, and let’s
build something great together.

     DrupalCon North America 2021 - Date: April 12-16, 2021

Location: Virtual Event - Website: https://bit.ly/DrupalConNA2021
Don’t miss the most widely attended Drupal event in the world.
This year’s digital event brings together thought leadership around
open source, provides professional development and
networking opportunities, and invigorates Drupal project momentum
through education and contribution.
     And a list of many more conferences some hoping to be in Reality.


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