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More Linux commands for your scripting pleasure

One of our users, James Lowden, emailed us to say that our recent 77 useful Linux commands and utilities guide missed a couple of his favorites:

I'm a NetBSD...

The ‘perfect’ CentOS 4.6 server

The gang at howtoforge.com has posted another good guide. This one is a step-by-step for setting up a CentOS 4.6 based server for ISPs and...

Tutorial on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Samba standalone server with tdbsam back end

From HowtoForge comes a timely tip and tutorial about the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 7.10. The tutorial, submitted by Falko Timme, a system developer based in Germany, also lists how...

OpenOffice: Take your pick

While OpenOffice.org celebrates its seventh year with a new release, someone put his fork in OpenOffice's birthday cake. Go-oo get OpenOffice The Go-oo version of OpenOffice.org promises new, in-development features and...

Ubuntu Gustsy Gibbon and Firefox update

Some commentary on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Firefox from SearchEnterpriseLinux.com reader C.K.:

I have an update to the FF3 in Ubuntu item; I was reading

Linux backup: Seven backup dos and don’ts

Ready for some quick tips? Here are six best practices for handling backup, compliments of Anthony Johnson, president and CEO of Storix Inc.

• Do get a full-system backup, not just your data.
• Do verify your backups.
• Do encrypt your backup data.
• Do always test...

22 super-useful Linux command line tools: IT pros’ choices

Our readers and experts helped us create our first guide to the 50 most-used Linux command line tools. This wildly popular guide needs updating, so we asked our inner circle to pitch in again. First...

Top 7 Things System Administrators Forget to Do

The O'Reilly SysAdmin Network has an interesting list up today regarding the Top 7 Things Systems Administrators Forget to do that I think is worth a look. Just to give you a taste, here are the subject headlines:

1. Forgetting to...

Enterprise Linux recap, week of April 23

The buzz from March's Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 announcement has seeped into the end of April, it would seem, as this week's recap is all about RHEL 5:

Oracle Linux gets backing from EMC, others It was another small...

Enterprise Linux Recap

The blog's been cooking with crazy Ubuntu news and Linux...