One thing to remember though is if someone follows a link to a good article, they're likely to come back to the site that was linked, and do so using the main page.
One of the main things smit has going for it is that everything it does is simply standard commands or shell scripts that you can run yourself (F6 will show you). It makes for a great way to learn the ins and outs of AIX specific features such as the logical volume management and the odm.
It's also fairly easy to get to grips with, far more straight forward than some other unixes I've had to work with.
While it no longer runs on x86, second hand RS/6000's are easy to come buy - just remember that for aix 5l you'll need a bit more ram that those old ones usually have fitted. Fit the sam and it'll run fine.
With the exception of the old rs/6000 laptops the older hardware almost always continues to get supported, so buying an old system does not prevent you from learning the latest and greatest version.
The package management on AIX is also done very well, list a package that owns a file, list the version a package is at, etc...
Not to mention the JFS, increase file system size on the fly, no recomiling kernels.
One other thing that is often overlooked when it comes to RS/6000's is excellent documentation, there is very little in the way of books available as for the most part there is very little need - check it out, redbooks.ibm.com
When I was at uni (5 years ago I think) we were being taught ansi c/c++ and modula-2. The idea was to teach us to program, not to condition us for a life under redmond rule.
Some of this programming was done on old monochrome sun terminals, the rest on 386s (when high end pentiums were the norm) running DOS or Linux.
If they're suddenly going to switch to the MS way, then thats a lot of equipment that needs replacing, and a lof of money keeping the hardware up to date in order to run the latest O.S. in order to run the latest.NET - without talking about software and admin costs
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Not until Netcraft confirms it
fuck
I need TP for my bunghole
I just use a plastic chopping board - it's light, the laptop sits flat, and the fans on the bottom aren't blocked.
Works a treat, cost - $1 or so
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Mod this up!
If you want a really good laugh unhook that ribbon altogether - now watch them heads fly!!
Is the donation of time / resources to this considered tax deductable? That might sway a few PHBs.
> including the idea of storing kernel panic info in NVRAM and writing it to a logfile on reboot
AIX has done this for years. Another example of what you can do when you control hardware and software.
yet the promotion runs until August, and doesn't stop at macworld
SCO is EVIL
One thing to remember though is if someone follows a link to a good article, they're likely to come back to the site that was linked, and do so using the main page.
Well, if you can't think of two good reasons ...
One of the main things smit has going for it is that everything it does is simply standard commands or shell scripts that you can run yourself (F6 will show you). It makes for a great way to learn the ins and outs of AIX specific features such as the logical volume management and the odm.
It's also fairly easy to get to grips with, far more straight forward than some other unixes I've had to work with.
While it no longer runs on x86, second hand RS/6000's are easy to come buy - just remember that for aix 5l you'll need a bit more ram that those old ones usually have fitted. Fit the sam and it'll run fine.
With the exception of the old rs/6000 laptops the older hardware almost always continues to get supported, so buying an old system does not prevent you from learning the latest and greatest version.
The package management on AIX is also done very well, list a package that owns a file, list the version a package is at, etc...
Not to mention the JFS, increase file system size on the fly, no recomiling kernels.
One other thing that is often overlooked when it comes to RS/6000's is excellent documentation, there is very little in the way of books available as for the most part there is very little need - check it out, redbooks.ibm.com
So remembering how you solved a similar problem in the past would obviously be cheating.
"Would all students please leave their brains in the jars provided"
When I was at uni (5 years ago I think) we were being taught ansi c/c++ and modula-2. The idea was to teach us to program, not to condition us for a life under redmond rule.
.NET - without talking about software and admin costs
Some of this programming was done on old monochrome sun terminals, the rest on 386s (when high end pentiums were the norm) running DOS or Linux.
If they're suddenly going to switch to the MS way, then thats a lot of equipment that needs replacing, and a lof of money keeping the hardware up to date in order to run the latest O.S. in order to run the latest
Hell, they got Mr Perfect back :)
IBM are in the process of writing a redbook (manual) on this, check out http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/residencies/LS-J003.ht ml