Linux Magazine - Back Issue #124

Also this month:

• Letter from the Editor: The Wake of Google's Wave
• This month's DVD: Mandriva 2011.2
• Btrfs: Is Btrfs destined to become the new default Linux filesystem?
• HD Video Disc: Burn your own high-capacity Blu-ray discs with the Linux x264 encoder.
• Gpredict: Discern artificial satellites from stars and track them across the sky.
• Blender: Part 2 of our Blender series describes some expert techniques for modeling hair and skin.
• Ishw: Get the lowdown on all your hardware with this hardware lister.
• Ask Klaus! Video cards, RAM, and modems! Oh my! And a hacked PC, too.
• lsof: The lsof command shows more than just the names of open files.
• HTML5: New dangers lurk.
• Perl & R: Analyze historical data with Perl and the R statistics tool.
• wget: This download manager deals in web addresses.
• Prey and Pombo: Track lost or stolen computers with open source tracking software.
• NeverNote: Organize your notes and musings with this open source alternative to the commercial Evernote tool.
• Cache: An update on the Haiti OpenStreetMap project, and an online hardware exchange.
• Doghouse: The highs and lows of open source and commercial support.
• Kernel News: Zack Brown looks at changes to the stable series support, persistent storage, and hardware reporting.
• Projects on the Move: Everyone's a DJ with Mixxx; be a web radio DJ with Liquidsoap.