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Complete Kickstart: How to Save Time Installing Linux

December 14th, 2008 No comments

via linux-mag.com

If you have to perform a lot of Linux installs, there’s a fast and easy way to do so quickly and efficiently without having to babysit the installation process each time. By making use of Kickstart, you can save time and effort by setting up a Kickstart server and spend your time getting more useful work done.

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Lazy Linux: 11 secrets for lazy cluster admins

December 7th, 2008 No comments

via ibm.com

Cluster means different things to different people. In the context of this article, cluster is best defined as scale-out — scale-out clusters generally have a lot of the same type of components like Web farms, render farms, and high performance computing (HPC) systems. Administrators will tell you that with scale-out clusters any change, no matter how small, must be repeated up to hundreds of thousands of times; the laziest of admins have mastered techniques of scale-out management so that regardless of the number of nodes, the effort is the same. In this article, the authors peer into the minds of the laziest Linux® admins on Earth and divulge their secrets.

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Getting a grip on Python: six ways to learn online

December 3rd, 2008 No comments

via arstechnica.com

Programming language tutorials either appeal or do not appeal based on any number of personal factors. Some developers prefer simple lessons that move learning forward in stages. Others like the facts to be laid out in familiar terms with a minimum of hand-holding. Each of the following sites presents its own approach to mastering Python, which you may or may not find useful for your learning path. These represent just a fraction of the available online Python tutorial resources.

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