Current Issue: April 2011 (#185)

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• Linux based SMB NAS System Performance Optimization
• Activae: towards a free and community-based platform for digital asset management
• Away Mission for April 2011
• HAL: Part 3 Functions
• synCRONicity: A riff on perceived limitations of cron
• Applying Yum Package Updates to Multiple Servers Using Fabric
• Ubuntu, the cloud OS
• Back in the Day: Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 - 4.2, 1996-1997
• Taking the Pain Out of Authentication
• HelpDex
• XKCD
• Doomed to Obscurity

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