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http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/01 a guid regarding the finer points of both Linux and BSD type operating systems by Matt Stats

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while this is compelling: http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2012/05/why-i-use-perl-reliability.html, the real reason is that I haven’t found a compelling reason not to use Perl. There is little evidence that Python or Ruby do anything better then Perl. In terms of jobs, just take a look at the graph. Perl isn’t going anywhere. For all the negative comments out there […]

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I saw this posted on LinkedIn, and had to pass it on. I think that this is an accurate assessment of what a senior systems admin or engineer should know. I would also add at least one programming language as well, either Java or C probably.

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In one of the groups I subscribe to on linkedin.com, a young lady asked how she should pursue a career in Systems Administration. A software developer asked why she should aim so low, and that with her BS in Computer Science, she should be pursuing a career as a programmer instead. I carefully formulated a […]

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Bloomberg just opened up its bloomberg API today check it out here: http://open.bloomberg.com/

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I decided to move off of Fedora Linux to

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Screen is one of those UNIX utilities that I’ve sort of overlooked in the past. Yea, I’ve known about it, but I’ve stupidly neglected to use it until recently. If you’re not familiar with it, some of the finer points are: 1- lets you disconnect from a terminal, and then reconnect to it later. Say […]