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Keep prying eyes out of your Linux box – including those of the CIA!
There`s always someone trying to get into your data, whether that be an insurance company wanting to find out how much of a risk you are, a non-evil search engine company wanting to target its advertising at you or a government agency trying to extend the powers of the state onto your hard drive. But help is at hand: with our ultimate guide to privacy and data protection you can keep them all out of your /home folder, whatever their nefarious intentions.
Elsewhere in the magazine we`re full of tips on how to map your perambulations with GPS, impress easily-impressed girls by getting them to touch your Android phone, and expand the limits of your computing knowledge with our roundup of alternative operating systems.
PLUS we blow our tiny minds learning how to make a working CPU out of logic gates, get at terrifying glimpse into the future with Oil Rush, and learn what quilting has in common with Linuxing. All this, plus the usual heady mix of tutorials, in Linux Format 158!
The World Wide Web is the greatest system for sharing information ever created, but how do you stop it sharing too much? (Ben Everard) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
So, there's no software patents in the EU hey? That's what we thought until we met End Software Patents (Andrew Gregory) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
The best coder is the laziest coder. Loops save you time and effort, so it's essential to understand them. (Graham Morrison) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
PHP: Databases
Make your PHP applications play nicely with a MySQL database and understand the fuel that powers the interwebs. (Mike Mackay) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Python: Inter-process communication
Get your Python scripts talking to each other and feel like the coding equivalent of Parselmouth. (Nick Veitch) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
The Governments' Snoopers' Charter, Microsoft love Linux, Red Hat make billions, and more (Andrew Gregory) Available as a PDF to subscribers.
Distrowatch: Sabayon 8
The new release of Sabayon makes more friends than enemies, Arch celebrates its tenth anniversary, and Minix gets an update. (Susan Linton) Available as a PDF to subscribers.