Who cares! This guy has released the source code for his brewing program! If his beer is free, as well, I think we've got a great candidate for new Saint IGNUcius.
I never understood this whole damn Gnome/KDE war. To the extent I appreciate reasons development teams may have, funding in particular.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out flame wars between KDE and Gnome users, though.
These two desktops together are arguably the most important enabler for wider Linux acceptance. It's such a cool thing being able to switch between them whenever one wants to. Especially these days, when most of the gtk/qt apps work well in both environments.
I love both and switch between them on regular bases. Both look nice, speed is comparable and I'm never bored with the same look&feel for ages.
If you believe you have skills (technical) and can prove them with at least certificate (if you are looking for a first job), the culprit may be on another side.
Do some research on 'soft' skills. Business is increasingly after them. And you know what - it's not all bullshit, lots of it really makes sense.
Lose your 'sickboy' nick from the email address. Seriously.
Fix your web site if you include its url in a CV.
And last but not least - always turn the spell checker on.
I know what you're saying but trust me, it doesn't work quite that way for a RHCE exam. I am sorry I can't be any more specific but this should probably give you an idea:
Candidate is in front of the screen that tells him what he is supposed to do as an outcome. It's all nice and easy but when you press to continue, machine doesn't even boot. So, to even get to the point where he can do what he'd been asked to, he has to fix couple or more other problems. That's pretty tough cookie to byte into if you've never fixed Linux machine before and all your learning was done reading exam cram book.
BTW, you have to byte into the cookie 4 times in 2 hours and to fix at least 2 problems, to continue with the exam. The hairy bit is that you have to complete other 2 sections with the avg. score of 95%. Answering multi-choice questions - maybe. But completing 95% correct last part - configure fully functional Red Hat server and provide range of services from it... I sincerely doubt it.
I don't think so. When I did it, there were 9 of us doing it. 8 sysadmins with 2-5 years experience and 1 hobbyist. 4 passed, other 5 guys failed on the first, troubleshooting, part. There are so many different details introduced that it would be extremelly hard to create 'good' cram papers and have significant passing rate this way. Of course, you'll always get few random guys who are lucky/able to do this but nowhere near the MCSE numbers.
Well, for your information, you cannot be 'paper' RHCE. Two out of three parts of the exam are fully practical. You need to know where to look and how to fix the problem (1st part) and to be able to perform network install of the Red Hat system according to specs given + to configure most of the common network services on that machine (part 2). You have passed the exam only if your overall score is >80% with none of the 3 parts scored @ less than 50%. School kids who do this will be ready for entry support roles after finishing school.
Much larger benefit of this I see in the fact that Linux/OSS will be introduced to greater school population, beating long time perception about Microsoft and Windows (yes - Apple too) being the only option out there.
I'm not quite sure have I read the article carefully enough but it seems that Microsoft had made operating loss across the board, apart from the Windows offerings (server, client, productivity).
They fail to say though that, apart from alienating good chunk of their larger corporate/govt user base with Software Assurance program, new licensing model was the main revenue generator on a Windows front. I sincerely doubt that they would make a profit here if they haven't basically forced customers to re-purchase what they already had.
I wasn't surprised to see findings from Meta Group. Meta's report on Windows/Linux TCO was commisioned by Microsoft and, according to it, running enterprise on Windows was much cheaper than doing it on Linux, of course. The most intriguing Meta's finding was that the software cost (including CALs) amounts to only 2-3% of the TCO (which is utter crap) thus rendering $0 cost of the Linux software irelevant. This SEC submission, however, tells us that Linux/OSS is making huge dents in Microsoft's profit margins, so they have to cut prices and consequently shareholder's profit.
The whole report looks just like very lame excuse to sharholders, if you ask me. But since nobody asks me, I'll just shut up.
Heh, can you imagine if Microsoft attended the conference, as they did in New York. Then imagine (taht won't be hard, I guess) Microsoft placing a winning bid ($AU 2200). After that, imagine next Debian Microsoft release.
Finally, of course, imagine Beowulf Cluster of those! Scary shit, I tell you!
Seriously though, Debian Bennet or Debian Duncan have much more chance of being announced.
My response took into consideration only the tone of the original post and recent history of few major events, when good chunks of the Internet were literally brought down due to unpatched, long-time known holes in IIS and MS SQL (Code Red, Nimda, Slammer). None of the three was anecdotal (I beleive cost incured is meassured in Giga$) and was covered to great extent not only by IT press but by mainstream media worldwide. All events occured even though patches were available for months. They were supposed to be applied by Windows sysadmins, of course. I cannot recall any recent events of such kind and impact caused by security holes in 'open source' products. I, thus, believe that conclusion I drew in response to (arguably) 'flamebait' AC post was logical - it was Windows sysadmins who did not do what had to be done, although there was plenty of time to do it.
To clarify things further, I must point out that I did not say that majority of Windows sysadmins are stupid, lazy, ignorant or arrogant. Whoever thinks this is full of crap. Trust me, I know much better than this. Few guys (yes, MCSE_s) I happen to work with are clearly amongst the brightest people I know.
Remark was intended only (am I repeating myself?) as a response to pretty shallow post. Shallow because system administrators can't be the culprit here. The root of this whole thing is definitelly in the way of how Microsoft design their products and their totally iresponsible attitude to everything else but $$$.
So true. Repeating the great(est) acomplishment does not make it less admirable, quite contrary. I am glad that the message from first NASA briefing after the disaster was the only right one possible - they will find, understand and fix whatever caused the tragedy and move on even stronger. If nothing else, it is their duty to Columbia, Challenger, Apollo... crews.
OSS doesn't fix arrogance, stupidity, ignorance, or laziness.
Correct.
Recent history, however, tells us that it's pretty hard to find arrogant, stupid, ignorant or lazy sysadmins amongst those who administer Linux/BSD/OSS systems. It appears that great majority of lazy/stupid ones take (or don't) care of Windows computers.
I susspect we're talking football (FIFA) World Cup here. This is the competition in which National Football Associations take part, not countries. Scotish FA is a member of FIFA, thus eligible to participate, as Northern Ireland, England and Wales are.
However, Scotland has as much chanse of winning one of these, as pigs have to fly one day.
If you install KDE at a Red Hat install time, up2date will take care of upgrades.
However, running Ximian Desktop on Red Hat will mess up up2date upgrades of rpm_s common for Ximian Gnome and standard Gnome, included with Red Hat. This was the reason I stopped using Ximian Desktop, although it wasn't bad at all.
and last night had a tingling numbness in my left arm
You, my friend, are either very close to stroke (due to too much time spent on a PC) or a good candidate to ask for help at the nearest institution that deals with alchohol addicts.
That tingling sensation could be a tremor, first sign of a physical dependency on alchohol. That doesn't mean you drink shitloads of booze - you may just be less tollerant.
This is just a friendly advice. Few years ago I got to deal with all that crap, while trying to get my bro out of the alchohol induced hell. Those three months were not quite fun, trust me.
My bet is on newkewlar:o) powered ships being back in NZ harbours before the end of this Labour term. If Helen wins next round of elections, we'll see armed ships as well, by 2007.
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Who cares! This guy has released the source code for his brewing program! If his beer is free, as well, I think we've got a great candidate for new Saint IGNUcius.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out flame wars between KDE and Gnome users, though.
These two desktops together are arguably the most important enabler for wider Linux acceptance. It's such a cool thing being able to switch between them whenever one wants to. Especially these days, when most of the gtk/qt apps work well in both environments.
I love both and switch between them on regular bases. Both look nice, speed is comparable and I'm never bored with the same look&feel for ages.
That war is totally crazy, if you ask me.
All planets are red!!!
Seriously, though, I'm not a tax payer in US, so can't help that way. But I'd go to Mars if that can help.
If you believe you have skills (technical) and can prove them with at least certificate (if you are looking for a first job), the culprit may be on another side.
Do some research on 'soft' skills. Business is increasingly after them. And you know what - it's not all bullshit, lots of it really makes sense.
Lose your 'sickboy' nick from the email address. Seriously.
Fix your web site if you include its url in a CV.
And last but not least - always turn the spell checker on.
And good luck!
Candidate is in front of the screen that tells him what he is supposed to do as an outcome. It's all nice and easy but when you press to continue, machine doesn't even boot. So, to even get to the point where he can do what he'd been asked to, he has to fix couple or more other problems. That's pretty tough cookie to byte into if you've never fixed Linux machine before and all your learning was done reading exam cram book.
BTW, you have to byte into the cookie 4 times in 2 hours and to fix at least 2 problems, to continue with the exam. The hairy bit is that you have to complete other 2 sections with the avg. score of 95%. Answering multi-choice questions - maybe. But completing 95% correct last part - configure fully functional Red Hat server and provide range of services from it... I sincerely doubt it.
I still think paper RHCE is not possible.
I don't think so. When I did it, there were 9 of us doing it. 8 sysadmins with 2-5 years experience and 1 hobbyist. 4 passed, other 5 guys failed on the first, troubleshooting, part. There are so many different details introduced that it would be extremelly hard to create 'good' cram papers and have significant passing rate this way. Of course, you'll always get few random guys who are lucky/able to do this but nowhere near the MCSE numbers.
Well, for your information, you cannot be 'paper' RHCE. Two out of three parts of the exam are fully practical. You need to know where to look and how to fix the problem (1st part) and to be able to perform network install of the Red Hat system according to specs given + to configure most of the common network services on that machine (part 2). You have passed the exam only if your overall score is >80% with none of the 3 parts scored @ less than 50%. School kids who do this will be ready for entry support roles after finishing school.
Much larger benefit of this I see in the fact that Linux/OSS will be introduced to greater school population, beating long time perception about Microsoft and Windows (yes - Apple too) being the only option out there.
They fail to say though that, apart from alienating good chunk of their larger corporate/govt user base with Software Assurance program, new licensing model was the main revenue generator on a Windows front. I sincerely doubt that they would make a profit here if they haven't basically forced customers to re-purchase what they already had.
I wasn't surprised to see findings from Meta Group. Meta's report on Windows/Linux TCO was commisioned by Microsoft and, according to it, running enterprise on Windows was much cheaper than doing it on Linux, of course. The most intriguing Meta's finding was that the software cost (including CALs) amounts to only 2-3% of the TCO (which is utter crap) thus rendering $0 cost of the Linux software irelevant. This SEC submission, however, tells us that Linux/OSS is making huge dents in Microsoft's profit margins, so they have to cut prices and consequently shareholder's profit.
The whole report looks just like very lame excuse to sharholders, if you ask me. But since nobody asks me, I'll just shut up.
A fatal exception OE has occured at 0028:C001539A. The current application will be terminated.
* Press any key to terminate the current application
* Press CTRL+ALT+DEL again to restart your computer. You will lose any unsaved information in all applications
Finally, of course, imagine Beowulf Cluster of those! Scary shit, I tell you!
Seriously though, Debian Bennet or Debian Duncan have much more chance of being announced.
This works well for me.
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My response took into consideration only the tone of the original post and recent history of few major events, when good chunks of the Internet were literally brought down due to unpatched, long-time known holes in IIS and MS SQL (Code Red, Nimda, Slammer). None of the three was anecdotal (I beleive cost incured is meassured in Giga$) and was covered to great extent not only by IT press but by mainstream media worldwide. All events occured even though patches were available for months. They were supposed to be applied by Windows sysadmins, of course. I cannot recall any recent events of such kind and impact caused by security holes in 'open source' products. I, thus, believe that conclusion I drew in response to (arguably) 'flamebait' AC post was logical - it was Windows sysadmins who did not do what had to be done, although there was plenty of time to do it.
To clarify things further, I must point out that I did not say that majority of Windows sysadmins are stupid, lazy, ignorant or arrogant. Whoever thinks this is full of crap. Trust me, I know much better than this. Few guys (yes, MCSE_s) I happen to work with are clearly amongst the brightest people I know.
Remark was intended only (am I repeating myself?) as a response to pretty shallow post. Shallow because system administrators can't be the culprit here. The root of this whole thing is definitelly in the way of how Microsoft design their products and their totally iresponsible attitude to everything else but $$$.
Did you get those hits from production servers six months after exploit fix/patch was posted? Just wondering...
According to NASA, Columbia was designed for at least 100 flights. This was her 28th.
So true. Repeating the great(est) acomplishment does not make it less admirable, quite contrary. I am glad that the message from first NASA briefing after the disaster was the only right one possible - they will find, understand and fix whatever caused the tragedy and move on even stronger. If nothing else, it is their duty to Columbia, Challenger, Apollo... crews.
Correct.
Recent history, however, tells us that it's pretty hard to find arrogant, stupid, ignorant or lazy sysadmins amongst those who administer Linux/BSD/OSS systems. It appears that great majority of lazy/stupid ones take (or don't) care of Windows computers.
What's your moderation like when you click the right one?
I susspect we're talking football (FIFA) World Cup here. This is the competition in which National Football Associations take part, not countries. Scotish FA is a member of FIFA, thus eligible to participate, as Northern Ireland, England and Wales are.
However, Scotland has as much chanse of winning one of these, as pigs have to fly one day.
Why don't you try to go somewhere inside - perhaps it would be a bit warmer.
However, running Ximian Desktop on Red Hat will mess up up2date upgrades of rpm_s common for Ximian Gnome and standard Gnome, included with Red Hat. This was the reason I stopped using Ximian Desktop, although it wasn't bad at all.
You, my friend, are either very close to stroke (due to too much time spent on a PC) or a good candidate to ask for help at the nearest institution that deals with alchohol addicts.
That tingling sensation could be a tremor, first sign of a physical dependency on alchohol. That doesn't mean you drink shitloads of booze - you may just be less tollerant.
This is just a friendly advice. Few years ago I got to deal with all that crap, while trying to get my bro out of the alchohol induced hell. Those three months were not quite fun, trust me.
My bet is on newkewlar :o) powered ships being back in NZ harbours before the end of this Labour term. If Helen wins next round of elections, we'll see armed ships as well, by 2007.
NZ is too small and too dependent on Australia's and US economies that it will have to obey probable requests of this kind.
It's sad but that's how it is. Let me know if you find a place - we can go together.