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Submission + - DIY Linux Live CD -- the Really Easy Way!

Submitted by __aajbyc7391
__aajbyc7391 writes: A new release candidate of Custom NimbleX 2 became available this week. This lesser known Slackware-derived project offers a Web-based tool that lets users concoct, and then download, their own customized live CD Linux images — in minutes! NimbleX is a small-footprint distribution based on Slackware Linux, with the addition of "linux-live" scripts. It can boot from business-card CDs, USB thumb drives, MP3 players, or from over a network, and it appears to run entirely from RAM. One especially interesting feature of the NimbleX live CD is that it allows access to the hard drive on the system on which it boots — making it a useful system troubleshooting tool, but also potentially dangerous.
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Submission + - Contest gets SysAdmins to sing their own praises (networkworld.com)

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bednarz
bednarz writes: "To the musically inclined, here's a contest for you. It's part of the annual SysAdmin of the Year award and asks entrants to put the daily duties of systems administrators to music. Here's a sample, credited to Eric "Maverick" Garner: "I download all the patches and fixes/ and countless system updates/ I push 'em out to all the servers/ So nobody escalates." The chorus goes even further to sing the praises of the system administrator: "SysAdmin Rockstar, I'm your IT go-to guy/ SysAdmin Rockstar, I'll make it work do or die." First prize gets a $500 Amazon.com gift certificate. Network World has the story. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/083007-sysad mins-singing-contest.html"

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