Whether you opt for bare metal servers or virtual machines, you'll need a rock-solid distro. These are my four go-to favorites.
XDA Developers on MSN
I started using a shell that treats my terminal like a spreadsheet, and it's been a game-changer
Turning terminal noise into usable, readable data.
How-To Geek on MSN
The 6 test patterns that real-world Bash scripts actually use
Check if a file is really a file, whether a string contains anything, and whether you can run a program with these vital patterns.
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