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In this Internet-connected world it is an essential skill to know how to troubleshoot network problems. High-quality software suites exist to do the job but can easily cost in excess of tens of thousands of dollars. With a handful of absolutely free open source tools you can do it yourself  on any computer anywhere in the world.

Diagnose and manage your network for free with Linux and open source tools

SimplyMEPIS, a very popular desktop Linux, is going to change back to using Debian Linux for its core from Ubuntu. In March of 2006, MEPIS founder Warren Woodford, decided to switch to Ubuntu from Debian for the next version of SimplyMEPIS, version 6.0.

MEPIS to switch from Ubuntu to Debian

f you work at a fairly junior level in the typical corporate IT environment your bosses will probably be treating you as a technician of categorised skills whose opinions and expertise outside of the narrow job box they have you in are neither of interest nor of value. Basically they tell you to do your job and keep out of everybody else’s – and particularly theirs.

In my experience the less technically competent the IT management group is, the more harshly these role boundaries get enforced. Unfortunately, this behaviour is common, wasteful, and dishonest: the company has hired 100% of your applicable skills and directly or indirectly committed to helping you expand them, so restricting what you are allowed to do to the small percentage of your overall skill set that fits the niche they have you in both wastes most of what they’re paying for and breaks their commitment to you.

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