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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.
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.
Combine Ruby, Ajax and bash with CGI scripts to monitor server-bound processes.
It's a simple job to do a cron job.

Examining Load Average

December 1st, 2006 by Ray Walker in

Understanding work-load averages as opposed to CPU usage.
How to federate CLucene personal document indexes with PostgreSQL/TSearch2.

Thinking Thin

December 1st, 2006 by Lyle Frost in

Connecting thin clients to Linux.
If you want an agent to monitor and control services, you'll need to get SMART.
This “how we did it” story includes valuable tips for building an intranet that integrates enterprise services in a user-friendly way.
Chapter 4 - from the book Nagios: System and Network Monitoring by Wolfgang Barth -- Reprinted by permission from No Starch Press and Open Source Press.  Available at booksellers now.  Full book details are at the bottom of the article.
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From the Magazine

September 2008, #173

Feeling a bit like a Thermian? Never give up, never surrender! Someday, you could go from underdog to top dog. Just take a look at a few of the underdogs we highlight in this issue: Mutt, djbdns, Nginix, Gentoo, Xara and the program voted mostly likely to fail just a few years back—Firefox. If Firefox not radical enough for you, check out Chef Marcel's column for some more alternatives. Having trouble mapping your program data to your relational database? If so, Rueven Lerner shows you some tricks in his At The Forge column.

Need to run GUI applications on your server in the next state? In his Paranoid Penguin column, Mick Bauer shows you how to do it securely. Kyle Rankin keeps hacking and slashing and shows you a few split screen secrets you may not be familiar with. Finally, we all know what happens next February, but only Doc knows what happens afterward.

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