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Bash Tips: Passing Passwords
Bash offers any number of simplifications, especially when it comes to pesky individual steps in installation routines for larger software packages. Some caution is advisable, though, if you need to handle database and application passwords, which can easily be compromised.
Install Your Own Git Server
Git Server
Linus Torvalds’s Git more or less conquered the version management scene overnight. For collaboration in a team, you can easily set up your own Git server to store your repositories. We describe two approaches in this article.
Cloud Storage Behind the Firewall
Bridging the Cloud and BYOD Gap
ownCloud's new commercial venture lets you manage risk and data exposure in a bring-your-own-device age.
Bash Tips: Autocompletion
Steer around errors and save yourself some typing by adding autocompletion to your Bash scripts.
Book Review: The Linux Command Line
A complete introduction to the shell for novices and masters alike.
Qemu and the Kernel
Debugger
Debugging the kernel of a running operating system has always been tricky, but now the Qemu emulator supports cross-platform kernel and module debugging at the programming language level.
Rescuing Lost Files with TestDisk and PhotoRec
Saved!
TestDisk and its cousin PhotoRec will help you recover the data you thought you’d lost.
Automating Cloud Services with Open Source Tools
Juju and Nodeable provide automated management and reporting for distributed computing.
Like it or not, DevOps is here to stay, and the demands of cloud and distributed computing are bringing a host of new tools to help coders and admins manage these ever-changing systems.
Better Bash
Shell scripts from hell: Shebang
In the beginning was the double pound sign and the exclamation mark – or at least shell scripts always start this way. The inventor, Dennis Ritchie, really didn’t know how much pain this was going to cause users.
Anonymous: Activist Hackers in the Headlines
The Anonymous Hacktivist group has been in many headlines this past year. Who are they? What did they attack? How do they communicate?
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