"When I wrote last month's my sysadmin toolbox column, I knew that Linux.com readers would probably have a few suggestions. I was surprised, however, by the sheer number of responses we got from readers with suggestions for other tools. With all those good suggestions, it seemed like a good idea to compile a list of the most popular reader-suggested tools and utilities to cover some of the programs that didn't make the first column.
"By far, the most popular suggestion from readers was to replace Telnet with netcat. Netcat was so popular, in fact, that I decided to write up an introductory CLI Magic column on netcat for readers who might not be familiar with the joys of netcat..."
