Charly’s Column – Dstat The sys admin’s daily grind: Dstat
Mar 15, 2013Occasional worries about the system status are part of the sys admin’s daily life, and admins usually keep a fat toolbox of top and stat tools to alleviate them. Charly says he can manage with just one multitool – for the time being, at least.
more »Charly’s Column: SendmailAnalyzer The sys admin’s daily grind: SendmailAnalyzer
Feb 22, 2013During the ongoing battle against spam, admins should inspect their troop’s battle lines from time to time. If you don’t relish the thought of counting the dinnerware, you can use the services of a logfile inspector like SendmailAnalyzer, which works surprisingly well with Postfix and the like.
more »LibreOffice Macros Automating Libreoffice with macros
Feb 22, 2013in addition to its comprehensive tool set, Libreoffice packs a built-in Basic-like scripting language that can be used to automate repetitive tasks and extend the suite’s default functionality.
more »Geary Email Client Managing email via IMAP with Geary
Oct 26, 2012Managing email on an IMAP server is part of everyday business. The slim client Geary makes it as simple on the desktop as it is on many mobile devices – despite a few remaining shortcomings.
more »Charly's Column: Biabam and Tre-agrep The sys admin’s daily grind – Biabam and Tre-agrep
Sep 21, 2012Most of the tools that show up in this column are small, smart, fast, and easily explained. This month is no exception; we feature a dynamic duo of tools.
more »Chat Archive with Sugar API Storing instant messaging data with Sugar CRM 6.4 and the Dropbox connector
Jul 24, 2012The Sugar customer relationship management tool lets you import unstructured data from the cloud. We’ll show you how to use this feature to integrate instant messaging services.
more »Greylisting with Postgrey Defeat spam with Postgrey by greylisting and whitelisting incoming mail
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more »Gnublin Getting to know the Gnublin board
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