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PUBLIC MARKS from solrac with tags linux & "web 2.0"

March 2009

10 tips from Benjamin Franklin for System Admins

Benjamin Franklin: author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, Freemason Grand Master... and would-be UNIX systems administrator? Yes, 200 years or so before the birth of UNIX, Franklin scribed sage advice to keep systems humming. Here are 10 of Franklin's more notable tips and how they can be applied to advanced system administraion.

September 2008

Cloud computing with Linux and Virtualization

One of the most important ideas behind cloud computing is scalability, and the key technology that makes that possible is virtualization. As you might expect, Linux plays a huge role, learn why there's a penguin behind that Cloud computing silver lining.