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NetAdminTools in April 1998 Visit the WayBack Machine to see what this website looked like in 1998. |
The Network Administrator Check out The Network Administrator for some good reads. We have some strange stuff on NetAdminTools, but a full tab just called Conspiracy Theory. Very enjoyable. Just go there and realize that you aren't the only Monkey Life-Partner out there. |
In the Beginning was the Command Line A book by Neal Stephenson about the history of the computer |
The Cathedral and the Bazaar A book by Eric S. Raymond about the development style of Linux and related projects. |
Da LAN Tech Many good articles and tips. Also a lot of hardware howtos and tuturials with procedures and pictures. |
NPR interview with Linus Torvalds Can't get enough of the GPL/Linux debate? Have you deified Linus or RMS? Well, then, listen to Torvalds on NPR. Very good interview. Torvalds does clarify many of the issues swirling around these days, particularly Microsoft's recent FUD campaign. |
Technology And The Fast Food Nation Read this article before you buy some prepackaged system that is void of nutrition, interest, and costs too much. |
FAQ about the GNU GPL From the... er.... gnu's mouth |
Why the future doesn't need us Bill Joy article from April 2000 discussing GNR (Genetics, Nanotechnology and Robotics). Required reading. Here is a lighter interview with Bill Joy about vi. |
Lockergnome For a cross-platform newsletter/website with tips, advice, and a sense of humor, check out Lockergnome. |
Network World Fusion Nice Networking Rag. |
LabMice A glorious collection of resources for NT and Windows 2000 administrators. They pride themselves on all info being three clicks away with minimal garbage clogging up the site. Refreshing. |
TechRepublic Spans many areas of IT, from network administration to CIO. |
FreeDOS Tech Support Some good info here if you are stuck in DOS land for some odd reason. We got our start with DOS, and so we have always had a fondness for the FreeDOS project. A tip of the hat to Will Lewis for providing this services. BTW, FreeDOS is used as the default OS in DOSEMU, a DOS emulator that works quite well under Linux. We use this to format floppies with a system easily under Linux. |
SavillTech Home of the NT FAQ. |
nttips Random mix of tips for NT. |
Webopaedia The handy online dictionary of computer/IT terms. |
SCO Unix Support Tips, Articles, Skills Tests Mostly SCO, some Linux. Nice. |
Fresh Meat Here is where you can get the latest Linux software. Tons of new software posted daily. |
Slashdot "News for nerds, stuff that matters." |
Unix Guru Universe The single largest collection of Unix resources on the web. Featuring80 delicious flavors for your enjoyment. Their unix tip-of-the-day email isa great one to subscribe to. |
Cheap Bytes If you want to buy a Linux distribution, Cheap Bytes has the cheapest distributions we have seen. They also sell books. Further, their shipping charges are very straightforward. |
LinuxGuruz Very nice tutorials on security, PHP, and more. |
Infrastructures.org A methodology to create the most efficient, maintainable, recoverablesystems infrastructure imaginable. It is like a beautiful dream, in sharp contrast to my world which consists of dozens of machines drifting from their once pristine (and uniform) configurations into randomness and messy uniqueness. Why must I toil in confusion, frustration, and tedium? Because my infrastructure lacks discipline. Read this site for the mindset and the general methodology even if you don't think the unix-centric implementation applies to you. |
TechTutorials TechTutorials provides computer reference tools including a searchable directory of tutorials, whitepapers, tips & tricks, FAQs, HOWTOs and other sources of free technical information. |