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  * [kerberos (mit)](http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/) (authentication)
  * [ircd-hybrid](http://www.ircd-hybrid.org/) (chat)
  * [stunnel](http://stunnel.mirt.net/) (SSL tunnel)
- * [mercurial-server](http://www.lshift.net/mercurial-server.html)
- * [xfce](http://www.xfce.org/)
- * [slim](http://slim.berlios.de/)
+ * [mercurial-server](http://www.lshift.net/mercurial-server.html) (version control)
+ * [xfce](http://www.xfce.org/) (lightweight desktop environment)
+ * [slim](http://slim.berlios.de/) (graphical login manager for X11)
 
 with cdist on a total of **5** production machines of the
 [Systems Group](http://www.systems.ethz.ch) at the