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Signs of Life at the Office

Companies that depend on LibreOffice have a reason to wonder whether the office suite is working on all systems. You can use Python and the LibreOffice API to check.
Afterburner

Flash memory is fast but also expensive. Caching with Flash provides a way out: A smaller and cheaper SSD can speed up the disk.
Decentralized

Many users associate the term P2P with BitTorrent and the (not always legal) exchange of files. But peer-to-peer networks offer an option for anonymously offering websites and other services. We examine five popular alternatives for P2P networking.
Blockwise

Even with all the talk of Big Data and the storage revolution, a steady and reliable block-based filesystem is still a central feature of most Linux systems.

News and Articles

ownCloud Forked

Founder of ownCloud launches the Nextcloud project.
How Free Software Got Its Fonts

fonts , history

With the advent of free software for non-programmers, users ran into a licensing dilemma in a world of proprietary fonts.
HP Enterprise Unveils a Futuristic Computer

Will The Machine change the way future programmers think about memory?
New Love

Open Source means more than just giving out a few pieces of code to an Open Source project; maddog explains.
Watchful Seller

We show how to use a screen-scraper and an application for the official eBay API to trigger an alarm on incoming eBay customer feedback and detect errors in the monthly billing statement.
On the DVD

Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 16.04 Mate (32-bit)
Hidden

The VeraCrypt encryption software comes with a handy graphical interface, and the ability to hide a container in an encrypted volume adds a unique professional feature: plausibly deniable encryption.
NEWS

Updates on technologies, trends, and tools
Tool Tips

Under review: Tiny Applications 20130215, CertMgr 0.2.49, Difftree 0.5.8, Scriptform 1.0, Duply 1.11.1, Xplico 1.1.1.
Cloud Master

Synchronizing your data in the cloud is practical, but it's risky if you don't encrypt your data. Desktop encryption utilities offer various levels of security and ease.