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Using Hiera with Puppet  by Scott Lackey

Use Hiera to encrypt sensitive data in Puppet.

Managing Services in Linux: Past, Present and Future  by Jonas Gorauskas

Learn about the history of init systems in Linux and understand how these systems evolved over time.

Infinite BusyBox with systemd  by Charles Fisher

Build one Linux system within another, using the latest utilities within the systemd suite of management tools.

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Dave Taylor's Work the Shell   Let's Play Cards with Acey-Deucey, Part II  

Kyle Rankin's Hack and /   Libreboot on an X60, Part I: the Setup  

Shawn Powers' The Open-Source Classroom   The Teeny Tiny $20 Tablet  

Doc Searls' EOF   Resurrecting the Armadillo  

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