Git Magic [well written "git for newbees" article]

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blynn/gitmagic/ Good article that explain basic version control tasks and how to do them with git. Other git how-to articles start with how git differs from other vcs’es and explain about git internals and by doing that they create a huge deal of confusion.

Intel IXP425 | Timesys Embedded Linux [product page]

http://www.timesys.com/products/processors/intel/intel-ixp425 page lists some details about intel ixp4xx combo-cpu’s and there are some useful notes as to what kernel config options should be enabled. Timesys uses 2.6.16.10

Why power failures are bad for your data

http://www.halfgaar.net/why-power-failures-are-bad-for-your-data artilcle tells what happens when u pull the plug … in short nothing good will happen, so use UPS! read article for details

[x86 booting] The Kernel Boot Process

http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/kernel-boot-process 3rd article – explains how linux kernel boots

[x86 booting] How Computers Boot Up

http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/how-computers-boot-up 2nd article, the 1st is at http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/motherboard-chipsets-memory-map

Not a Guessing Game -- Paul Vixie [from ISC/Bind] on recenet DNS hole

http://www.circleid.com/posts/87143_dns_not_a_guessing_game/ do a ‘dig TXT porttest.dns-oarc.net’ . || w.out disclosing details Pau confirms that the hole exists, and that !IMPORTANT! NAT/PAT effectively netrualize UDP port randomization fix

Linux.com :: Benchmarking hardware RAID vs. Linux kernel software RAID

http://www.linux.com/feature/140734 JULY-2008: adaptec SAS 8 port with 6 SATA HDDs vs MD-RAID for 5, 6 and 10

[russian] Как украсть Linux? - Директор ИС | How to Steal Linux - IT Director Magazine

http://www.osp.ru/cio/2008/06/4987902/ russian publication “IT Director” [rus: Директор ИС] has published a detailed article about legal status and a variaty issues that surrounds free/open source usage in Russian Federation

Linux Hater's Blog [rants about various things that sacks in linux and OSS in general]

http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/ muahaaa! but the guy surely knows what he is talking about

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ guide introduces various specific topics like arrays, variable scopes, etc.