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Comparison of issue-tracking systems This article is a comparison of notable issue tracking systems including bug tracking systems, help desk and service desk issue tracking systems, and asset management systems. The comparison include client-server application, distributed and hosted systems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_issue_tracking_systems

RT is an enterprise-grade issue tracking system which thousands of organizations use for bug tracking, help desk ticketing, customer service, workflow processes, change management, network operations, youth counselling and even more. Fortune 50 companies, government agencies, educational institutions, non-profits, and development organizations around the world depend on RT to run their day to day operations.

http://bestpractical.com/rt/

bips – Bash Batch Image Processing Scripts. A collection of bash scripts that use Imagemagick to “batch” process entire directories of images all at once. For use with Linux and Unix systems to batch process *.jpg image files from the bash shell.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbips/

Bacula is a set of Open Source, enterprise ready, computer programs that permit you (or the system administrator) to manage backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds. Bacula is relatively easy to use and efficient, while offering many advanced storage management features that make it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files. In technical terms, it is an Open Source, enterprise ready, network based backup program.

http://www.bacula.org/en/

AMANDA, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, is a backup solution that allows the IT administrator to set up a single master backup server to back up multiple hosts over network to tape drives/changers or disks or optical media. Amanda uses native utilities and formats (e.g. dump and/or GNU tar) and can back up a large number of servers and workstations running multiple versions of Linux or Unix. Amanda uses a native Windows client to back up Microsoft Windows desktops and servers.

http://www.amanda.org/

Simple Movie Catalog will scan a given directory for movies, query imdb for info and generate a catalog in html which offers sorting, filtering and grouping of found movies by different criteria.
Highlights:

* really usable disk scanning capabilities
* simple – no web server or database dependancies
* completely automatic – no manual editing
* free

http://smoviecat.sourceforge.net/

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Below is a guide to industry terms that should get you well on your way to understanding what web designers are talking about. In addition, we?ve provided some resources for each term to give you more in-depth information.

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A dependable backup tool is not a luxury – everyone needs to have one. But that doesn?t mean you need to spend a fortune to get the feature set that meets your needs. Jack Wallen introduces some great Linux backup solutions, including a few that are cross platform.

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Let?s face it, most technical and computer books are boring, and reading the texts cover-to-cover is nothing less than a slog. However, there are some exceptions, including a number of books apropos for system administrators. In fact, there are three books I highly recommend and are mandatory reading for my staff.

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Do you have a linux server without a keyboard or monitor? Need to administer the server on-site but don’t want to lug over a monitor and keyboard (or kvm)? Then setup the server to output the console to a serial port and use screen/minicom (Hyperterminal or putty in Windows) to console into the server over a serial cable.

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Ubuntu has got some excellent FREE applications which can turn your PC into Live Studio! Here I am highlighting top 10 free applications available to make your PC into a Live Studio.

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If you consider yourself a geek, or aspire to the honor of geekhood, here’s an essential checklist of must-have geek skills.

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What separates average Linux users from the super-geeks? Simple: years spent learning the kinds of hacks, tricks, tips and techniques that turn long jobs into a moment’s work. If you want to get up to speed without having to put in all that leg-work, we’ve rounded up over 50 easy-to-learn Linux tips to help you work smarter and get the most from your computer. Enjoy!

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Eveyone knows about netfilter/iptables, a powerful firewall framework and command line tool that is part of every Linux distribution. Unfortunately, managing a security policy with it remains a non-trivial task for several reasons. Partially this is because of the complex syntax of the command line interface and the vast amount of available options and parameters. Another reason is that the administrator has to understand the internal path of the packet inside the Linux kernel and its interaction with different parts of netfilter in order to build rules correctly. This is not a specific problem of iptables though, other popular Open Source firewall platforms, such as OpenBSD PF, ipfilter and ipfw present similar challenges.

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Fernando Apesteguia concludes: “When a distribution is packaged and delivered to clients, it is designed to be fully compatible with most of the computers available in the market. This is a very heterogeneous set of hardware (hard disks, video cards, network cards, etc.). So distribution vendors like Red Hat, SuSe, Mandriva and the rest of them choose some conservative configuration options to assure a successful installation.”

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What separates average Linux users from the super-geeks? Simple: years spent learning the kinds of hacks, tricks, tips and techniques that turn long jobs into a moment’s work. If you want to get up to speed without having to put in all that leg-work, we’ve rounded up over 50 easy-to-learn Linux tips to help you work smarter and get the most from your computer. Enjoy!

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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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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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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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