Linux for sys admins
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SysLinuxOS puts an end to searching for the right tools for admin tasks.
For many admins, Linux is the operating system of choice when it comes to tools for system management, monitoring, data recovery, and rebuilding complete systems. But conventional distributions have limits in this respect, because they typically only come with a few of the required tools. For admins, this means laboriously compiling a toolkit yourself. SysLinuxOS [1], based on Debian 12 "Bookworm," steps into the breach providing a sys admin toolkit.
Strategy
SysLinuxOS v12.3, released in early 2024, comes as a hybrid Live system that can be set to boot from various removable media. The project currently offers two ISO images on its homepage: A 5.1GB version uses the lean MATE desktop, while a second 3.6GB version uses Gnome as its desktop environment. Both versions only run on 64-bit computers.
In addition to numerous standard applications such as LibreOffice, Gimp, and Firefox, the system comes with a variety of smaller, desktop-specific applications and an impressive collection of system administration tools, including both graphical and command-line tools. Instead of targeting a specific application scenario, SysLinuxOS's developers bundle a wide variety of tools for virtually any admin task you can imagine.
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