Digital Issues

Issue 21 (Summer 2014): Shell Shock!

Shell Shocked. So, what’s the deal? Surely we have transcended having to type obscure commands on a black background. Is this not something reminiscent of the bad old days? With modern distros, you could never leave the safe haven of your graphical desktop, true, but you’d definitely be missing out.

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Issue 22 (Autumn/Fall 2014): Web Work

Tools and Tricks for Working Online

This Web Is Your Web. When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the web back in the early 1990s, he wrote a protocol that is open and free to use and akin to the spirit of the Free Software movement itself. To this day, he conceives the web as a means to connect people more than just connecting machines.

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Issue 23 (Winter 2014): Make Art with Ubuntu Create

Get Creative. Development of open source applications for artistic creativity has exploded in the past 5 to 10 years. You would have to be very particular indeed to not find an app for your Ubuntu machine that didn’t satisfy your personal artistic needs. Not only that, but some of these Free Software projects have gone mainstream in a big way.

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Issue #24 (Winter 2015): Publishing

Publishing and Privacy: In this issue, we look at some helpful tools for professional text production and then examine how you can protect your data, desktop, emails, and online phoning and messaging from snoopers.

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Issue #25 (Summer 2015): In Illustrated Guide to the Terminal

The Illustrated Terminal: In this issue learn the basic building blocks of the Linux shell, the instructions and commands that will start you on your road to command-line gurudom.

On the DVD: Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet

Issue #26 (Autumn 2015): NET NINJA: RUN SAFE AND SMOOTH NETWORKS

Network Ninja: Keeping your network in shape is not hard... if you have the right tools. We show you how to get started and provide you with some Free and Open apps to manage servers, websites, and traffic.

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Issue #27: SECURITY: HOW SAFE IS YOUR PRIVATE DATA?

Security and Privacy: Assuming most citizens are innocent (which they are), there is no possible excuse for the mass surveillance being carried out by the likes of the NSA and GCHQ. As governments are slow to check the activities of these rogue agencies, we'll teach you how to take matters into your own hands.

Editorial: A proprietary software company uses FUD to derail a Linux migration!

On the DVD: Ubuntu 15.10 – Wily Werewolf

Issue #28 (Spring 2016) Alternatives: Discover the Worlds Beyond Ubunt

Alternatives – Believe it or not, Ubuntu is not the be-all and endall of Linux distributions. You may think having hundreds, maybe thousands of distros, is overkill, but when someone, often a group of someones, has put time and effort into developing a new distro, you can be pretty sure it’s for a reason. In this issue of Ubuntu User, you may discover some of those reasons yourself.

Editorial: Open Source is winning and why this is a bad thing.

On the DVD: Linux Mint 17.3 + Kubuntu 15.10

Issue #29: INNOVATION - PEEK INTO THE FUTURE OF LINUX

The Future of Linux: Linux is trailblazing when it comes to innovating in the IT world. Every new Internet service, every AI running on multi-node clusters, every new way people work and play together is Linux-based. There is even more to come. We peek into the future and uncover what is coming to a computer near you.

Editorial: The big news of the season is Microsoft cuddling up to Linux. But, how sincere is all this love really?

New in Ubuntu 16.04
There are quite a few changes in the new Ubuntu. We take a closer look at this new LTS version.

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