Tar a folder or entire system through ssh

We all had the problem of needing to backup a folder or an entire system from a machine before decommissioning or as a postfix backup solution only to find tarring aint gonna work cause you have very little space left. Also there are folders you want to avoid tarring since they contain logs or system…

The Linux Conundrum

A large company, was taking over our smaller company and they were on a trend to replace Linux and Java with MS Windows  ®  and ASP.NET. When the CIO was asked why not go the other way since arguably our smaller company was more advanced put plainly his answer “Linux and Java guys are so hard…