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More Pictures Of Computer Disasters

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None of it makes any sense. I don't think. Maybe it does ;)

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Hilarious Root Cause Analyses

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Hopefully I'm not the only person in the IT world who finds this RCA spot-on ;)

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Where Have All The Funny Times Gone?

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Another place on the net with tons of tech toons. When will it end?

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Using Grep

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Global Regular Expression Print is the rather un-catchy full name of grep, the staple of any Linux users toolkit. It is a search tool run from the command line that is evolved directly from Unix, and is so useful it deserved a post of its own.

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Arch User Magazine Issue 1

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And here it is! Issue 1 of Arch User Magazine has finally
been released! I seriously considered posting an “April
Fools” issue yesterday, but given how hectic my personal
life is at the moment it just didn’t seem practical.

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Doctor Fun - More Linux and Unix Comic Humor

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A treasure chest of one-liner comics from the early 90's through 2006! :)

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Scanning for the Conficker Worm

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Use Linux to do a quick scan of your network. The new beta version of nmap can scan your network for conficker activity. This is a quick easy way to check to see if you are infected; Beware there may be some false positives but at least this will start you down the path of detection.

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Top 10 Linux Crashes - And Pictures Of them

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Well almost all of them. I have to give attribution where attribution is due ;)

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Adding Extra Repositories in Debian

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As you may already know, managing software in Debian is done through tools like Synaptic and apt-get. These are called packages and are (mostly) freely available on the internet. Linux software packages are held on online libraries called repositories.

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Simple, But Effective. Echo Debugging On Linux And Unix

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Sometimes you just need to see how bad you're screwing up to figure out how to stop ;)

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How-To: Compile and Install GIMP 2.6.6 in Debian Lenny

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GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is the most popular and powerful image editor on the Linux platform. It benefits from detailed official documentation, as well as a huge number of community-made tutorials and dedicated websites. The latest stable series, 2.6.x, include several UI improvements, new filters, and the introduction of the GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) framework.

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Finding Simple Solutions To Complex Problems In An Insane World

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Another foray into the complication of seemingly mundane processes ;)

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How-To: Compile and Install Wesnoth 1.6 in Debian Lenny and Ubuntu 8.10

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The Battle for Wesnoth is a free turn-based strategy game licensed under the GPL. After over one year of constant development, a new stable version, 1.6, was released on March 22, 2009, featuring many graphics and gameplay improvements.

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Taking Advantage of Feeds

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Many websites offer feeds as a way to promote most recently added articles, stories or updates. Most of these are accessible through links titled “XML” “RSS” or “ATOM”. These different types of feeds all use the same fundamentals to bring you the latest from a specific website.

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How to mirror an internet audio stream (using Icecast)

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Sometimes you might run into an internet radio station or stream that you like, but which keeps dropping out because of too many people listening. So what can you do about it? This tutorial shows you how to use Icecast2 to set up a simple stream mirror on GNU/Linux.

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