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Top 10 Items in the Linux Admin Toolkit

Posted by Zonk on from the lots-of-penguin-shaped-tools dept.

Joe Barr writes "Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier has listed his favorite top ten tools for Linux system administration in a story on Linux.com, one of Slashdot's sister sites." From the site: " Since I spend a lot of my time working with text files, either when I'm writing and editing or when I'm mucking with configuration files and shell scripts, I've become very attached to my editor of choice -- Vim. Over the years, I've tried a lot of other editors, but none of them has been sufficient to coax me away from Vim. Part of the reason for that is the fact that I no longer have to think about using Vi-style keybindings, and adjusting to anything else would seriously hinder my productivity."

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  1. Most important item by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Condoms! With all the groupies chasing Linux system admins, you can never have too many condoms!

  2. Re:Vim? Emacs foreva! by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 5, Funny

    the article said "toolkit" not "tool shed, tool warehouse, and tool factory on wheels".

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  3. Re:Vim? Emacs foreva! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only 3 commands any Emacs user needs to know:

    Ctrl-x
    Ctrl-c
    vi

  4. Re:My List by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't forget:

    - 1 bag of Cheerios
    - 3 lettuces
    - 1 lbs of carrots
    - Detergent
    - 6 Dr. Pepper bottles
    - 1 box of tampons

    otherwise don't bother to come home.

    -- Your wife Linda

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  5. I got yer flamewar right here! by adavies42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wget sucks, curl rules!

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  6. rm by Skadet · · Score: 5, Funny

    rm

    preferably with the -Rf options.

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  7. Re:Vim? Emacs foreva! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, I was going to have an example of a for loop with sed, but I got busted by the lame filter. Seems like it gets harder to get past the stupid lameness filter all the time, yet I *STILL* constantly see goatse ascii. Why even fucking bother with the stupid thing if it doesn't work? You assholes.

    Obviously and sadly, the gay niggers are intellectually superior to you.

  8. Re:Mine by FyRE666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    egrep is more useful than grep
    netcat (nc) is more better than telnet

    I don't wish to be picky, but it's
    "netcat (nc) is more betterer than telnet"

    Please prof reed yor articals!

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  9. 'kill -9 1' will get you laid by Flunitrazepam · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about that? Run it and your social life will immediately improve. It is the first step toward a better life. Won't you take it today?

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    1) Your analysis is based on bad assumptions so your result is way off. 2) You're a sick bastard for fucking a horse.