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LinuxWorld Australia: Linux System Management Now a Puppet Penguin

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 5, 2007

What do you think of the current systems management
tools for Linux and Unix? Are they being utilized as much as they
could and what value do they bring?

“I think the current state is quite poor. Note, my goal is never
to directly connect to any of my machines, and I am only interested
in tools that allow me to repeatedly perform a given chunk of work,
so tools like Webmin are outside my area of interest because you
have to manage each machine individually…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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