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[How to] get Ansible to load .bash_profile on become_user

Ansible is a very flexible automation tool. It can be used for a wide range of system administration task and also infrastructure administration task. Many a times, for application administrators, there is a requirement to sudo to a different user specific to an application. The application or user may need to pull in information from …

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Cinnamon: Gnome-Shell with a twist

As we continue with the intense debate of Gnome Shell vs Unity, which is more user (un)friendly, a  new fork of Gnome 3 released by Linux Mint lead developer and founder is quietly gaining stability and maturity. The Cinnamon Desktop Cinnamon, that’s the name of the fork, was released with Linux Mint as Mint Gnome …

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LibreOffice 3.5 beta 1 released

The Document Foundation (TDF) has made the first beta of LibreOffice 3.5 available for testing. This release will be followed by a RC1 release in late January . At the moment this office suite is recommended only for testing purposes. The 3.5 release will be a major release with a lot of changed planned to …

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