My sysadmin toolbox (Linux.com)

My sysadmin toolbox (Linux.com)

>> A lot of people like the same tools which makes the list a little less useful.

>Not really, at least to me. I think you're exaggerating.

Not exaggerating. OpenSSH covered yet again in the last two issues: http://lwn.net/Articles/179944/ and http://lwn.net/Articles/180951/

Not only that but one of them covering obvious basic usage like remote running of commands. One article even had a two sentence paragraph about ping. He mentioned two alternatives saying they were "better versions with more options" but didn't say anything else about them.

I would really like to see more discussion of one or two tools rather than listing one tool. In the latest article the person talks about tripwire. I'd like to see a my sysadmin toolbox article where they talk more about that tool.

> Curious, were you upset that LWN continues to link to these 'Toolbox'
> articles, or more upset with the content itself (which would be something
> to take up over at Linux.com) ?

Somewhat both. I see these articles as being "me too" articles. Like on usenet when someone says "post your power bash prompt" and 80% of the people have the same prompt that does the same thing. I see that happening to a smaller degree in these articles. By extension I was getting annoyed that LWN was still linking to them.