You can never be too safe these days. Viruses, spyware, rootkits, remote exploits, you just never know what security issue is going to be your downfall. That’s why it is important as a Linux administrator to have an understanding of some of the best Linux security tools available to you. In this article, you will learn about Top Ten Linux security tools, and resources on how to use them to your advantage.

To get a glimpse of the changing face of open source, look no further than InfoWorld’s “Future of Open Source” roundtable. Some of the thoughts expressed by various leaders in the open-source community are insightful, but that’s not the real story.

The VAR Guy covers the open source industry closely, but his views on a range of items — including Google Android and Ubuntu Server Edition — missed the mark badly in 2008. Time for him to apologize for these five pathetic open source predictions that didn’t come true in 2008.

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EiffelStudio is an IDE for the Eiffel language (ECMA-367, ISO/IEC 25436, and ACM Software System Award 2006). It includes: Eiffel compiler, Eiffel editor, Eiffel code browsing tool, graphical design tool, refactoring tool, debugger, profiler, and Eiffel analysis tools (Metrics, Dependencies, etc.). Eiffel generates C or CLI for .NET or Mono. Eiffel applies O-O principles and Design by Contract for high-quality software. Many Eiffel libraries are included: ADT, network, GUI, database, parsing (including an Eiffel parser), XML, Web, COM, and more.

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License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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Changes:
A major speed up of degree 6 was made when classes
being compiled are not on a local drive. The
compiled time catcall checker was improved. A
missing call on Void target exception when
accessing labels of a TUPLE which is Void was
fixed. Missing detection of VRFT errors on labels
of a TUPLE nested in another TUPLE was fixed.
Output of the batch compiler was reduced; to get
the old behavior, specify the “-behavior” option.

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Internet DJ console is a graphical shoutcast/icecast client that runs under GTK+ and the JACK audio connection kit. In short, it’s an Internet radio app for making a live radio show or podcast. Features include two main media players with a crossfader, a jingle player, microphone signal processing (compressor and noise gate), IRC track announcements with X-Chat, an automatic stream shut-off timer, MP3 or Ogg streaming and recording at various bit rates, aux input for connecting external JACK aware applications, and audio level meters.

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License: GNU General Public License v3

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Changes:
A new microphone signal processing pipeline was
implemented. An idjcctrl crash bug was fixed. The
FLAC encoder was fixed. DJ alarm double trigger is
prevented. Processing of playlist controls and non
existent tracks was made faster. This version
works with Python 2.6. A segfault in mp3dec.c was
fixed. An “Announcement” feature was added.
Spacebar shortcuts for the microphone were added.
New shortcuts were added for VOIP public and VOIP
private. Keyboard focusability was removed from
most main window widgets. The interlude player
fade in was made tighter. Ogg/Vorbis can stream at
8kbps. Handling of corrupt MP3 files was improved.

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A6-CMS is profesional, fully working, content
management system. It has a LiveUpdate facility
that allows it to update online.

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Calcurse is a text-based calendar and scheduling application. It helps keep track of events, appointments, and everyday tasks. A configurable notification system reminds the user of upcoming deadlines, and the curses based interface can be customized to suit user needs. All of the commands are documented within an online help system.

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License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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Changes:
New enhancements in this version include the
ability to define its own key bindings. Moreover,
the layout configuration menu was redesigned to
become more user-friendly. Important bugs were
addressed in this release: a memory leak due to a
wrong use of the pthread library was fixed, and a
possible freeze when deleting an appointment’s
note does not appear anymore. Regarding data
export, exception dates are now properly ignored.
Last, a daylight saving time unwanted offset is
not added anymore.

CyrUp is a Web-based user management interface for
mail systems based on the Postfix MTA, Cyrus IMAP,
and MySQL or PostgreSQL. CyrUp features
multi-domain support in two ways, crypted or
clear-text passwords, and administrative right
delegation on a per domain basis. The CyrUp is
well-suited for mail systems with up to 100
mailboxes per domain.

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YAPROC is an Eclipse plug-in that provides a pure
process manager fully compatible with the XPDL
standard. You can load and run your XPDL process
definitions into the Eclipse environment. It is
powered by Enhydra Shark Community Edition.