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Using the multi-resource declaration and defined types to simplify manifests “Sometimes it seems you just keep repeating the same block of code with only one or two lines changed. Sometimes a singl...
De-forking a Puppet module “A couple of years ago, the team I’m on forked a Puppet module called "mrepo" that is used for creating and managing RPM-based repository mirrors. We recently had an issu...
Puppet Camping in place: East meets West “I pitched a tent at Puppet Camp a couple of times before joining the company and have to say that last week’s event was superb, and it more than lived up t...
Leave the CDs in the Office “There are few things more aggravating than going out to a coworker's office to work on their computer and finding that to fix it you need a CD that is sitting in your o...
TurnKey Linux “Ever wanted to instantly have Drupal, Moodle, OTRS, MySQL, WordPress, Zimbra, Bugzilla, phpBB or a slew of other open source software packages up an running in a hassle-free manner t...
Using Linux to Disinfect Windows “Are you responsible for one or more Windows computers? If yes then the odds are really good that you have had to deal with cleaning viruses and malware. Did you kn...
2 Computers via 1 Keyboard & Mouse “Do you have multiple computers on your desk? Is one of them a laptop that is sat off to the side a bit? Have you ever wished that you could get rid of all but on...
Centralized Logging with a Web Interface “Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a web interface to the logs on your central log server? Well, dream no more because this one is a reality thanks to LogAnaly...
Linux Mint Debian Edition Released “Linux Mint has just released their new distribution: Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE). It is a rolling distribution based off of Debian Testing instead of Ubuntu...
Setting the Resolution in an X-less VM “Ever been working in a VM that is command line only and wished it wasn’t so small? Well, that was how I felt constantly until now. Step on past the break to ...