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Turn that spare USB stick into a sysadmin's dream with Billix.
If a server goes down, do you want to hear it?
Set up a PXE server and then add menus to boot kickstart images, rescue disks and diagnostic tools all from the network.
Administrating a Linux server might be complicated, but Webmin can help you work quickly and safely.
Put Linux to work to save energy, money and the environment.
The future of backups is here, but unfortunately, there aren't any Delorians.
Cfengine makes it easier to manage configuration files across large numbers of machines.
If digging through your server e-mail bogs you down, use these tips to organize and tweak your mutt configuration and cut through that mailbox like a letter opener through an envelope.
Combine Ruby, Ajax and bash with CGI scripts to monitor server-bound processes.
It's a simple job to do a cron job.
How to federate CLucene personal document indexes with PostgreSQL/TSearch2.

Thinking Thin

December 1st, 2006 by Lyle Frost in

Connecting thin clients to Linux.

Examining Load Average

December 1st, 2006 by Ray Walker in

Understanding work-load averages as opposed to CPU usage.
This “how we did it” story includes valuable tips for building an intranet that integrates enterprise services in a user-friendly way.
If you want an agent to monitor and control services, you'll need to get SMART.
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December 2008, #176

The Oxford English Dictionary says the word "gadget" is a placeholder name for a technical item whose precise name one can't remember. Like that book-reader thingy from Amazon...what's it called? Spindle, Gindle...Kindle, that's it. Check it out in this month's gadget issue.

Other gadgets covered include the Nokia tablets, the BlackBerry, the Neo FreeRunner, the Dash Express, the Roku Netflix Player, the Kangaroo TV, The TomTom GO 930 and the MooBella Ice Cream System. On the larger hardware front, read the reviews of the Acer Aspire One and the YDL PowerStation. On the software front, check out the articles and columns on memcached, Samba security, Mutt, desktop gadgets, bash and Puppet. To wrap it all up, read Doc's thoughts on Google and the browser platform.

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