Issue 29: Rescue Systems

A few days ago, I started thinking about all the hype surrounding the release of Windows 10, and I realized that Windows 7's extended support doesn't end for another five years in 2020.

GParted (Gnome partition editor) is a graphical front end to the GNU Parted command-line tool that allows you to rescue data from lost partitions or delete, resize, move, check, and copy partitions and filesystems without data loss.

News for system administrators around the world.

The Magnum project brings Docker container technology to the OpenStack cloud.

Sys admins turn to rescue systems when faced with difficulties. Four alternatives – Grml, Rescatux, Knoppix, and SystemRescueCd – show what they can do.

Windows 10 brings an updated, fifth release of PowerShell that vastly simplifies the task of managing modules and software packages. The scripting language now also handles various formatted output from commands and selection lists.

We take you through the installation of a Storm cluster and discuss how to create your own topologies.

We talk with Nithya Ruff about open source adoption and why having an open source office is important to coordinate efforts across all business units.

Although attacks on computers are numerous and varied, they are predominantly based on the same techniques. Microsoft closes these vulnerabilities on Windows computers using the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET).

Oracle offers several approaches to creating a high-availability environment. We look at the Standard Edition and some of the associated drawbacks to achieving this goal.