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          <rev user="Madsushi" timestamp="2012-12-30T05:20:03Z" comment="" contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">'''Tassadar's Gantrithor'''

[[Ryan Popke]] - Ye Olde Official Index of Nicknames for the Popkinator

[[WoW Scavenger Hunt]] - If only they granted achievement points...

I will be filling this wiki with information about Linux for current Windows admins.

[[init.d]] = services.msc

[[ifconfig]] - The equivalent to ipconfig

[[NetApp Volume]] - Starting my NetApp series

[[Vacation]] - Trip planning for our vacation</rev>
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