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 **A curated list of amazingly awesome Free and Open-Source sysadmin resources.** Please read the [Pull Request template](./.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md) if you wish to add software and consider [donating](https://github.com/n1trux/awesome-donations) to the FLOSS projects you use regularly.
 
+**The project is in minimal maintenance mode** until clear criteria for _awesomeness_ are defined. Please see [this discussion](https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin/pull/357) and provide constructive feedback if your time allows.
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 ## Table of contents