This book focused on using the Raspberry Pi as a means of delivery penetration testing capabilities. There are a ton of other use cases beyond hacking such as preventing attacks, or on a less serious note, playing games. Check out the main Raspberry Pi website located at http://www.raspberrypi.org/ for more information.
Here are some other software options we found beneficial for the Raspberry Pi.
You can use your Raspberry Pi along with FlightAware (www.flightaware.com) to build an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. ADS–B is a cooperative aircraft surveillance technology used by air traffic control agencies all over the world that determines the position of aircrafts reported by satellite and other navigation systems. Aircrafts periodically broadcast their ADS–B location enabling it to be tracked.
FlightAware has a large number of its own receivers, but invites aviation hobbyists to track airline data and help FlightAware...