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• Charming Python: Easy Web data collection with mechanize and Beautiful Soup

  Collecting and organizing data from interactive Web pages can be a straightforward process, thanks to these two capable, open source Python tools.

• Git for Subversion users, Part 2: Taking control

  Linux developers contributing to the kernel or looking for an alternative to Subversion should familiarize themselves with this distributed version control system.

• Linux introspection and SystemTap

  SystemTap provides a way to dynamically analyze a running Linux kernel and diagnose any problems it might be having.

• Next-generation Linux file systems: NiLFS(2) and exofs

  Linux is fertile ground for the introduction and development of new file systems. Learn about log-structured and object-based file systems -- NiLFS(2) and exofs, in particular -- and the advantages they offer.

• Virtual appliances and the Open Virtualization Format

  Virtual appliances are combined application/operating system images that allow for quick and easy appliance deployment, and the OVF Toolkit ensures that they can interoperate on any hypervisor.

• Learn Linux, 101: Streams, pipes, and redirects

  Wrangling textual input and output is a basic skill every Linux admin and developer needs to possess. Learn how to redirect and pipe text to stdout, to files, and to the input of other commands.

• Linux virtualization and PCI passthrough

  Device sharing solves most platform virtualization problems, but when sharing is impossible or inefficient, PCI passthrough steps up to provide exclusive, better-performing device usage.