smart & lazy sysadmin tools

Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders. -- Attributed to Erwin Rommel.

How to do a good sysadmin job by cheating

pre-setups

• use binary packages where available, .rpm, .deb,etc
• pre-built systems http://www.google.com/search?q=free%20virtual%20linux%20appliances
• external free/cheap services.
• cloud computing: gift or blessing?
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