Linux.com: My Sysadmin Toolbox

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 14, 2005

“I’m that odd guy who puts Linux on virtually everything, and
will take something apart just because I can. My Linksys WRT54G
runs Talisman from Sveasoft, my iPaq runs Familiar, and even my
TiVos (DirecTiVo and Series 2) have been hacked up a bit. So what
does a guy like me use for software tools?

“I’ve been a sysadmin for just less than 10 years, and a Linux
user for a bit longer. I’ve worked with almost everything out
there. I am now the senior sysadmin at my company. Our environment
is exclusively Linux servers, the majority being our own roll of
Slackware called LMLinux…”

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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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