[Scottish] www.servercircle.com
Hi, I've not posted for a long time, or attended a meeting, but I thought I'd pop in and share a wee project a pal and I are working on, as I thought it might interest some of you. Server Circle - ask and answer server questions www.servercircle.com Server Circle - Ask experts technical questions about anything Server related and earn reputation points or even financial rewards when you answer questions about Server problems. - Server Circle - ask and answer server questions There's quite a lot of Linux QA going on up there which may be of interest. So, come visit, sign up, ask and answer questions, get invovled! Regards, P -- Peter George ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] LPI Approved Training Partner
Hello, I thought folks might be interested to know that we have finally gained LPI Approved Training Partner status. http://www.netresources.co.uk/lpi-approved-training-partner It's something I've been aiming for for about six years, so I'm really pleased. P -- Peter George Net Resources Academy 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL, UK T: +44 (0)131 477 7127 F: +44 (0)131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] LPI Exam Lab - Tues 19th June
Just a reminder that there will be an exam lab at Debconf in Edinburgh next week. Details here: http://scotlug.org.uk/wiki/Encourage_Linux_Certifications -- Peter George Net Resources Academy 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL, UK T: +44 (0)131 477 7127 F: +44 (0)131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] LPI Exam Lab at Debconf7
Hello, I will be proctoring an LPI exam lab at Debconf7 in Edinburgh on Tuesday 19th June. The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) have offered to host LPI exams at all three LPI levels during DebConf, so there will be exams for the LPIC-1 (101 and 102), LPIC-2 (201 and 202) and the new LPIC-3 (301 and 302) levels. All the exams will be held in English. More information about the contents of the exams is available from the LPI website. http://www.lpi.org/ LPI are offering a special price to all DebConf attendees who registered and reconfirmed before the deadline (2 May). Any two of the above exams can be taken for a combined price of 95 EUR. If, for any reason, an attendee is not able to take both exams during DebConf itself, LPI will issue a voucher, allowing the second exam to be taken at any other PBT exam session within twelve months of issue. http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20070416.210901.4975e4f7.en.html For any attendees who did not reconfirm in time, the price of the LPIC-1, LPIC-2 and the 302 exam will be 60 EUR, and the 301 will be 80 EUR, which is half of the normal price. The exam fees should be paid in cash at the start of the exam session. To attend the LPI exams you must pre-register at the LPI website to get a valid LPI-ID. You can get that by visiting this URL: http://www.lpi.org/en/lpi/english/certification/register_now Exam candidates must bring valid photo identification and their LPI ID number to the exam lab. To pre-register for your LPI exams, please visit: http://lpievent.lpi-german.de Regards, P -- Peter George Net Resources Academy 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL, UK T: +44 (0)131 477 7127 F: +44 (0)131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Re: [edlug] Talk: OpenLDAP by Howard Chu, Friday 27th April 2007
I don't see actual venue details yet on the Wiki at; http://www.scotlug.org.uk/wiki/Edlug-2007-04-27 Does anyone know exactly which building/room the talk will be in? Precise details and a location Googlemap or somesuch on the Wiki would be great! Who's volunteering for putting up temporary signage inside/outside the building on the night? :-) P -- Peter George Net Resources Academy 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL, UK T: +44 (0)131 477 7127 F: +44 (0)131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk On 13/04/07, Dan Shearer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The chief architect of the OpenLDAP project will be in Scotland briefly. Faye Gibbins of Edlug, in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh IT Forum, has arranged: OpenLDAP, Present and Future by Howard Chu Friday 27th April, 2007 Edinburgh University For an outline of the talk and venue details, see http://www.scotlug.org.uk/wiki/Edlug-2007-04-27 Please note the date is one day later than previously suggested, since Howard will only have just arrived (from giving the keynote at http://sambaxp.org -- highly recommended conf btw, there's still cheap seats to FRA available from GLA, ABZ and EDI :-) Yes, we are aware of the clash with the Scotlug Paisley Beer Festival event. Psychologists will be on hand to help those forced to choose. Public transport is standing by for the rest. -- Dan Shearer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- You can find the EdLUG mailing list FAQ list at: http://www.edlug.org.uk/list_faq.html ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Re: [edlug] Talk: OpenLDAP by Howard Chu, Friday 27th April 2007
The venue will be Appleton Tower Lecture Theatre 1. I believe the talk is scheduled for 7.30pm and we have have the room booked from 7-9pm. Appleton Tower is on Crichton Street, near George Square, Edinburgh. Excellent. I've quickly edited the Wiki page with this info. http://www.scotlug.org.uk/wiki/Edlug-2007-04-27 P ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] March Meeting
Guys, Just to say thanks, I really enjoyed the SLUG meeting last night, it was the first time I've been over and it was good to put some faces to names again. Enjoyed the talk and the meeting structure very much. It's something we're considering doing as well over at EdLug at the moment. Cheers, P -- Peter George Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL, UK T: +44 (0)131 477 7127 F: +44 (0)131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Re: Fwd: rpmdb: DB.LOCK
Bizarrely not seeing my own posts hitting either list, or anyone's replies. :-( Anyway, fsck from Kmoppix on /dev/sda1 /dev/sda3 show OK. QTparted shows; /dev/sda /dev/sda1 ext3 101Mb /boot /dev/sda2 linux-swap 508Mb /dev/sda3 ext3 *Mb / I'm going to try another FC6 install, testing the media this time. What other disk testing/formatting tools can I try from Linux rescue disk or Knoppix? P On 08/03/07, Peter George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny, not seeing my own posts to the lists or any responses. Gmail. Thanks for the tips Dan, I got some ideas of things to try off #scotlug. Will post when fixed, citing what helped. On 08/03/07, Dan Shearer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:45:22PM +, Peter George wrote: Are my posts getting through to EdLug and ScotLug? (See below). Yep, saw them both (suggestion: pls Cc in future to help remind each that the other exists.) You're best off dropping in to #scotlug and asking online. Personally I'd start the install and then verify the various steps manually as they happen in another console. Definitely don't believe any errors a GUI shows you -- but that's ok because we get access to quite a bit of the guts anyway. I guess you ran an example rpm command manually, what did it say? You have checked fundamental stuff have you? Like booting with a LiveCD from the same distro and version number to see if there is a fundamental no likee hardware. If any of these suggestions have helped please tell the lists so it gets archived for other people (otherwise my writing is wasted :-) How did you get on with Sarah? Well, in the sense that we don't hate each other, she's sure I can help her in her business including at the earliest stages, and now she has to decide if she's going to proceed and if so how. She's busy writing an unrelated book for the next couple of weeks tho. Thanks for the intro, and I've already mentioned how at one level there could be a tie in between what she'd like to do and what you've told me you'd like to do. Eg giving you RD ready-cooked for running courses. D -- Peter George Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL, UK T: +44 (0)131 477 7127 F: +44 (0)131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk -- Peter George Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL, UK T: +44 (0)131 477 7127 F: +44 (0)131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] FIXED rpmdb: DB.LOCK
Thanks everyone for the advice. Here's what helped; 1. Boot from Linux Rescue/Knoppix check partition table integrity with QTParted then run fsck. Reported no obvious faults. 2. Reinstall, testing FC6 media (no errors). Past the mysterious 3% point on install now, and well into disk 2. Not sure what fixed it, but checking carefully and starting again seemed to help. Other things that were useful to know. - e2fsck option - Fedora Live CD at http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/projects/live/ Thanks again for all your advice. P -- Peter George Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL, UK T: +44 (0)131 477 7127 F: +44 (0)131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] O'Reilly Book Reviews
We were talking about how to get free O'Reilly books in return for publishing reviews on the ScotLug site. I'd said that O'Reilly prefer to receive requests from a nominated person on the Lug, and that reviewers need to publish on the Lug site etc. I dare say there will be data protection concerns with collation of people's addresses, this one thing that's stalled me getting the focus page for book requests and reviews together. Any thoughts on that? Willie Hamilton wrote: Can't say I'm quizzed up on the DPA, but I think so long as there is a nominated Data Controller and that everyone is clear what their data is used for and that it is only used for that purpose we should be in the clear? Colin Horne wrote: Thanks for the reply They easiest solution I can think of is: When users submit books, they insert their address into a write-only database - it gives them a unique ID, which they then paste bellow their request on the wiki. Only the admin can then read the addresses from the db. I'm just thinking how we might move this forward ... 1. Does Scotlug have a nominated data controller? If so who is it etc ... 2. Colin, fancy building a prototype system? ;-) 3. Question for Scotlug site admin: Could we get a sandbox area on the ScotLug site to try and build a book request/book review system? Could be a fun project ... ;-) P -- Logicalware Ltd, tel +44 (0)131 273 5130, Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh EH21 7PQ, UK http://www.logicalware.com/ ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] O'Reilly Book Reviews
I spoke with Josette Garcia from O'Reilly about this at EuroOSCON. They are reallly keen to supply Lug members with books in return for reviews. What needs doing is for a book reviews and book request page to be setup on the SLug site. One SLug member receives the members' book requests and delivery addresses and forwards them to O'Reilly (they do not want a load of individual requests for books). Books are delivered to members and the commitment is to post a review within a few weeks on the Lug site, and for the co-ordinator to inform O'Reilly of the review URL so they can link it and reference it, quote it, put it on Amazon and on their own site, etc. I said I'd get such a system up for EdLug, just haven't got round to it yet. It looks easier to publish on the SLug site what with the Wiki and everything ... I dare say there will be data protection concerns with collation of people's addresses, this one thing that's stalled me getting the focus page for book requests and reviews together. Any thoughts on that? P On 15 Nov 2005, at 21:14, Colin Horne wrote: Hey all Are we participating in the O'Reilly book review offer thingy for UUGs and LUGs? (see: http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html) If so, does anyone actually know how it works, and which books we can review? The page (linked to above) doesn't seem to be very descriptive: O'Reilly provides copies of our books for your members to review in our newsletter, websites, and other book review sites. It doesn't seem to say which books can we review, when we get the books (before or after we review it - if after, how do we review it in the first place?), etc. Any wisdom much appreciated :-) (Incidently, this is the book I want: AI for Games Developers, by David Bourg). Thanks Colin -- Colin Horne GPG 0x3DC37936 (http://colinhorne.co.uk/~colin/public_key.gpg) ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish -- Logicalware Ltd, tel +44 (0)131 273 5130, http://www.logicalware.com/ Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh EH21 7PQ, UK ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Centeris - Interesting Product
http://www.centeris.com/ Enables Administrators more comfortable with a Windows environment manage Linux network resources. P -- Logicalware Ltd, tel +44 (0)131 273 5130, http://www.logicalware.com/ Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh EH21 7PQ, UK ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] [JOBS] Development Support Officer
I thought this might be of interest: -- Development Support Officer Innovative software company based in Linlithgow (15 mins by train from edinburgh) with casual dress policy and relaxed working environment. Due to expansion of their software development capacity, and a growing customer base, they have a requirement for an experienced technician to support their software engineers. The successful candidate will be providing support for the development of server-side software in a cross-platform environment, helping customers in install and configure the software, and doing general network support. They will be reliable, flexible and keen to acquire new skills. They may also be interested in making a direct contribution to software development. Required Skills and Experience The candidate should be able to demonstrate all of the following · At least two years experience of supporting Java programming teams · Experience of a managing a CVS or Subversion code repository · Knowledge of a range of server operating systems, including Linux, Sparc Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. · Experience configuring and maintaining Java application servers, especially Apache Tomcat, and relational database engines, such as MySQL and Oracle. . Knowledge of integration, load and performance testing · General network and server management skills Salary circa £25,000 pa plus share options. Please contact Rhona Hutchon at Hudson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 0131 555 9852 -- Logicalware Ltd, tel +44 (0)131 273 5130, http://www.logicalware.com/ Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh EH21 7PQ, UK ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Open Source Business
I'm curious as to wether any other members are working with open source software companies in Scotland. I'm talking with ScotlandIS about organizing a Scottish open source event for early next year, which might be an opportunity to showcase your software. That aside, it would be interesting to hear who's doing what anyway. P -- Logicalware Ltd, tel +44 (0)131 273 5130, http://www.logicalware.com/ Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh EH21 7PQ, UK ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Website changes
Would have voted but the site appears broken for new user registrations. http://www.scotlug.org.uk/user/register You don't have permission to access /user/register on this server. etc P On 1 Nov 2005, at 12:29, Kyle Gordon wrote: A vote has been raised on the scotlug website, and imho it hould get at least 30 seconds attention from people. http://www.scotlug.org.uk/node/view/121 is the address that matters. Kyle -- Kyle Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lodge.glasgownet.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish -- Logicalware Ltd, tel +44 (0)131 273 5130, http://www.logicalware.com/ Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, Musselburgh EH21 7PQ, UK ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] Linux Install Day
http://arkaig.netresources.co.uk/~edlug/install/ Is it worth pooling resources? Well I can't imagine anyone objecting to SLUG using the install day documents up there. We got the originals from http://www.lugod.org/ FWIW I think a joint EdLug / SLuG fest would be a great idea. :-) P ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Chateau Contact
Hullo, I met the ScotLug list member who runs the venue called the Chateau in Glasgow at the FOSS event at the CCA last week, but promptly lost the card I'd scribbled down contact details on. We were going to talk about doing a Linux install day at the Chateau and other things. So, I'm very sorry I've mislaid your name and details, but if you are out there, do get in touch! :-) P -- Peter George CIW CI Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] [JOBS] Linux Network Manager
My colleague Richard Keay at Hudson (nee Melville Craig) posted me this opportunity to forward to the list in case any suitably qualified candidates are interested. See below. If you are interested, please forward your CV to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck! P -- Peter George CIW CI Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk Linux Network Engineer. Edinburgh Up to £30K Established E-commerce company are seeking a Network Engineer to join their infrastructure team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the design and day to day operations of the network infrastructure. You will also be involved with projects and overall operations management in terms of security, disaster recorvery and capacity planning. You will have a solid Degree coupled with at least 5 years experience of network infrastructures. Ideally you will have sound Cisco experience and good Linux/Unix based operating systems experience. Must have strong TCP/IP, LAN and WANS also possess knowledge of network security. Internet technologies is essential and any RDMBS exposure advantageous. Secure and challenging role with the responsibility and the scope to make an impact on the business. Richard Keay IT Specialist Consultant Contract/Perm Hudson Harbourside House Ocean Square 110 Commercial Street Edinburgh EH6 6NF Tel:0131 555 4321 (Reception) Tel:0131 555 9847 (Direct) Fax: 0131 555 9888 Hudson is the new name for Melville Craig. While our name has changed, our staff and their high level of commitment and service to our clients and candidates remain the same. Hudson is part of the publicly listed Hudson Highland Group Inc. one of the world's leading recruitment and human resource consultancies. With offices located across four continents we specialise in providing recruitment and human resource consulting across all major industry sectors and disciplines. For more information, please visit www.hudson.com At Hudson, we value diversity. This email is confidential. It may be read, copied and used only by the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately by return email or by telephoning +44 (0)131 555 4321 . Please then delete the email and do not disclose its contents to any person. We believe, but do not warrant, that this email and any attachments are virus free. You should take full responsibility for virus checking. Hudson reserves the right to monitor all email communications through our internal and external networks. Your feedback is important to us. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding our services and solutions, please share them with us by emailing mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Equally, if you wish to opt out of receiving direct marketing material from us, either as a current customer or as a result of an opt-in arrangement, please use this email address or telephone us on Freephone 0800 781 0717. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] Fwd: Your Machines
Nice one. Pile through eh. P -- Peter George CIW CI Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Willie Fleming Sent: Fri 10/15/2004 23:38 To: SLUG-list Subject: [Scottish] Fwd: Your Machines Forwarded from Peter - -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Your Machines Date: Friday 15 October 2004 21:29 From: Peter George [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You've probably seen me banging on about these FLOSS events at the CCA Sauchiehall St this weekend and other dates. Just to say, pile over if yr in Glasgow over the weekend. I believe there are still spaces in some workshops, although the advanced 3 day artistic stuff with PureData etc is maxxed to the hilt. I think drop-in etc will be welcomed. I'll be attempting to tempt newish users with Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, Achievo, Wiki and Blogger as I co-workshop with Simon Yuill and others. Look out for familiar faces fromm BackNet and OpenMute there too. Anyway, if yr passing through the Weage at the weekend, pile into the CCA in Sauchiehall St for some creative open source action. :-) It's all free. P -- Peter George CIW CI Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk --- ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] xbox linux (again)
Count me in. P -- Peter George CIW CI Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Georgia Thomson Sent: Thu 10/14/2004 20:04 To: SLUG-list Subject: [Scottish] xbox linux (again) ok, its getting to the time of year people start thinkign about christmas pressies. for those of you getting xboxes for christmas, or just because, i am still interested in running an xbox linux workshop early in the new year. primarily it will be talking people through the actual modification (hardware / software) of their individual xbox, and the installation of a basix linux system onto it. I may also take it a little further and offtopic for those interested in things such as xbox media player / center, though people will have to supply their own software for those modifications. (i can point you in the right direction, but nothing more) replies to the list please, if interested or want mroe information. all welcome, the more the merrier, especially since i think a minimum of 8 xboxes would be required to make it worthwhile for all in attendance. regards Georgia ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Your Machines - FOSS Event
*** START *** _YOUR MACHINES_ Oct - Dec 2004, CCA: Glasgow YOUR MACHINES is a series of hands-on workshops and discussion events co-ordinated by CCA and organised by Simon Yuill aimed at introducing Free Open Source Software to creative practitioners, cultural workers, and cultural and community organisations. Free Open Source Software (FOSS) is both an approach to making software and an attitude about the role of software in society. FOSS emphasises the social, collaborative processes involved in the production and use of software. It promotes the principle that information is a common good and that more can achieved through social sharing than through commercial privatisation. FOSS is about ensuring the information revolution genuinely benefits us all. As such it has been adopted by people as diverse as the Brazilian and Mexican governments, Pixar films, political activist groups, scientific research projects, education projects, local community groups and artists. FOSS tools are available free of cost, but that doesn't mean they are just demos, or hobby projects. The majority of the Internet runs on FOSS technology, the free Firefox browser is regarded as the fastest, most reliable and virus proof available today, the OpenOffice management tools support more international languages than any commercial rival, and many artists are finding FOSS tools, such as PureData, provide a degree of creative and experimental potential unmatched by any commercial tool. YOUR MACHINES workshops are intended to let you explore these tools, give you introductory tuition from experienced tutors, learn about and discuss some of the wider issues related to FOSS, and take free copies of the software away for your own use. All events are FREE but ticketed as spaces are limited. To book a ticket contact CCA boxoffice: 0141 352 4900. More information available from: http://www.yourmachines.org. Programme: FRAMEWORK #1: FOSS, open networks and collaborative practice Thursday 14th October, CCA: 4 7pm (2 hours): FREE BUT TICKETED A talk by Simon Worthington, from MUTE magazine and the OpenMute project, discussing the use of FOSS amongst artists and activists and its relation to artist-led initiatives, grass roots research initiatives and self-institutions. WORKSHOP #1: FOSS tools for small organisations Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th October, CCA: Clubroom, 1pm - 5pm daily: FREE BUT TICKETED A 2 day workshop on the benefits of FOSS for small organisations such as community and cultural groups and will focus on management and communications tools, and the use of networks for developing links with fellow organisations. Introduced by Simon Yuill, with contributions from Steve Marlow from the North Edinburgh community network, Martin Ling from backNet, Edinburgh, and Simon Worthington from OpenMute, London. Tuition provided by Peter George from netresources, Edinburgh, and Simon Worthington. WORKSHOP #2: Audio Visual production with FOSS tools Saturday 30th October, CCA: Clubroom, 11am - 5pm Audio Sunday 31st October, CCA: Clubroom, 11am - 5pm Video: FREE BUT TICKETED 2 workshops, 1 day each, introducing tools and practices of audio and video production and distribution using FOSS tools and web casting. Day 1- Audio: presented by Paul Munday, online radio producer and Indymedia activist, Bristol. Day 2- Video: presented by Ana Kronschnabl from plugincinema, Bristol. WORKSHOP #3: FOSS tools for individuals Saturday 13th November 2004, CCA: 6, 11am - 4pm: FREE BUT TICKETED A 1 day workshop for individuals introducing various FOSS tools suitable for personal management, communication and creativity ranging from OpenOffice to audio, video and 3D animation tools. Presented by Simon Yuill and Peter George. FRAMEWORK #2: FOSS tools for artists Tuesday 30th November, CCA: 4, 7pm (2 hours): FREE BUT TICKETED A talk by Derek Holzer, sound artist, media activist and director for the Impulse festival, Utrecht. Derek will provide an overview of FOSS tools available for artists, the kinds of creative possibilities they open up, how the social values of FOSS relate to artists' practice, and how FOSS is shaping the future of digital arts and new media internationally. WORKSHOP #4: PureData workshop Thursday 2nd, Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th December, CCA: 6, 11am - 6pm daily: FREE BUT TICKETED A 3 day comprehensive introduction to PureData, aka Pd. PureData is one of the most flexible and extensive systems available for creating experimental audio, video and interactive work. PureData enables you to work with sound, video and 3D graphics. It is used by musicians and sound artists for both live performance and studio work, by artists for interactive installation works, and is fast becoming the tool of choice amongst more experimental VJs. Presented by Derek Holzer and Aymeric Mansoux, the Netherlands. *** END
RE: [Scottish] wat courses should i take? {Scanned}
Well, the easiest way would be to just sit the LPI exams at a local exam lab. With 12
years experience you should be in the pass zone, and they a pretty cheap to take.
We'll be running another lab with LPI shortly (just building a better exam booking
system for it right now), exams will cost £50 per paper.
Background information and objectives here: http://www.lpi.org/en/lpic.html
We'll be offering LPIC1 courses later this year, but to be honest, if you haven't been
working as a Junior Sysadmin for several years, a course will not enable you to pass
the exams, there's too much material at too deep a level, nothing counts more than
experience when it comes to these papers, and that's why they are increasingly valued
by employers.
HTH
Regards,
P
--
Peter George CIW CI
Training Manager
Net Resources Ltd
26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL
T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126
http://www.netresources.co.uk
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary
Sent: 25 August 2004 21:26
To: SLUG-list
Subject: Re: [Scottish] wat courses should i take? {Scanned}
Ok, now I am a tad worried ;)
I have been involved in Unix for about 12 years now in various shapes
and forms.
I have never been on any course for any of the stuff, knowing that I
will possibly
a) not learn anything drastically new
b) be in a class where i will be totally more experienced than the other
course takers
c) bored to death and lose interest.
I am not all that keen on Linux, being a FreeBSD, Solaris fan
How does one like me, attain some of these qualifications 'that is
desireable' which the pimp will promote to get me a better position?
-Gary
PS: I am asking this out of curiousity, not that I am unhappy or needing
another job..
Peter George wrote:
The courses look OK if you are looking for distro/vendor lock in.
The high stakes vendor neutral must have cert these days is LPIC.
You are more likely to see Junior System Administration jobs specifying at least
LPIC1 these days than RedHat or SuSE certification IMHO. Unfortunately, there are no
reputable (LATP) UK based courses, yet ;-)
HTH
P
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RE: [Scottish] wat courses should i take? {Scanned}
The courses look OK if you are looking for distro/vendor lock in.
The high stakes vendor neutral must have cert these days is LPIC.
You are more likely to see Junior System Administration jobs specifying at least LPIC1
these days than RedHat or SuSE certification IMHO. Unfortunately, there are no
reputable (LATP) UK based courses, yet ;-)
HTH
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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Ben Thorp
Sent: Tue 8/24/2004 08:48
To: SLUG-list
Subject: Re: [Scottish] wat courses should i take? {Scanned}
Is the Linux+ course the CompTIA(?) one?
Generally, I personally would choose a vendor-neutral certification program
over a vendor-specific, thus go for the Linux+. Having said that, the
RedHat one is very well known, and widely recognised, so neither choice is
a bad one.
How/where are these courses being offered, or is it internal to your job?
Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/08/2004 19:36:24:
Hi,
I've got the opertunity to take a couple of linux based coarses (and
a couple of others) over the next few months, and thought id ask you
lot what the better corses would be :-
The courses are as follows :-
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13618D - Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Curriculum
The Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Curriculum provides
users with a methodology for planning and installing a Red Hat
system. It identifies issues to resolve during the planning stage.
It also provides an overview of the installation process and teaches
the learner how to install a basic Red Hat system. This curriculum
builds up a deeper understanding of some installation and startup
options. It covers some installation troubleshooting and initial
configuration. It also covers how to set up users and manage
software after a Red Hat Linux installation. Students will also
learn some advanced user administration and X Windows topics. It
examines disk quotas and shell configuration, cover Kernel concepts,
installation, and configuration, and learn how to set up X Windows
servers and clients. This will also cover Network Management and
Services. It examines a number of networking technologies such as
DNS, NFS and DHCP before explaining PPP configuration, and provide
information about installing and configuring network services such
as HTTP, FTP, Samba and Printing. Lastly, this curriculum covers
security issues and some operational administration topics, system
logging, internetworking and services security which are designed to
help administrators ensure that their systems are secure. This
curriculum consists of five courses: Course 13618 Linux Red Hat
Advanced System Administration Part 1: Planning and Basic
Installation Course 13619 Linux Red Hat Advanced System
Administration Part 2: Advanced Installation and Basic Configuration
Course 13620 Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Part 3:
User Administration and X Windows Course 13621 Linux Red Hat
Advanced System Administration Part 4: Network Management and
Services Course 13622 Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration
Part 5: Security and Operational Administration
Learn To
See individual course descriptions for specific course objectives and
scope.
Audience
The audience for this curriculum will be relatively wide. Learners
will generally come from three backgrounds: The first group are
existing Linux System Administrators whose focus is to learn
specifically about Red Hat Linux. The second group is specifically
preparing to take the RHCE exam and is using our course to support
this certification. The third group is Linux expert/power users who
want to learn the nuts and bolts of Red Hat Linux system
administration. In general, you can consider the learners who take
this curriculum will have a strong understanding of the content in
our Linux Essentials curriculum.
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14321D - Complete Linux+ Certification Curriculum
The Complete Linux+ Certification Curriculum includes the courses
required to teach learners how to plan, implement and install Linux.
Students will learn how to manage the X Window System and the Linux
Shell, and will also learn about user administration and networking.
Students will also learn about administering services and processes,
system maintenance, hardware and troubleshooting. This curriculum
consists of five Skillbuilder courses: 14321 Linux+ Part 1: Planning
and Installing 14322 Linux+ Part 2: Managing Software 14323 Linux+
Part 3: User Administration and Networking 14324 Linux+ Part 4:
Administration and Maintenance 14325 Linux+ Part 5: Hardware and
Troubleshooting
Learn To
See individual course descriptions for specific course objectives and
scope.
Audience
The audience includes Linux Professionals and System Administrators
with 6 months
[Scottish] Novell Linux Roadshow in Edinburgh 24th June
Title: Message https://register.novell.com/login/index.cfm?action=""> P --Peter GeorgeTraining ManagerNet Resources Ltd26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5ALT: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] 2H 2004
I'm very interested in this, been wanting to mod my xbox for a while. P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Georgia Thomson Sent: 06 May 2004 16:58 To: SLUG-list Subject: Re: [Scottish] 2H 2004 well, i'll put i to the list, since i think i've mentioned it a fair few times on IRC. If there is enough interest (roughly 8 - 12 people) i am willing to do an xbox linux workshop basically right through from cracking the case open, to the final installation of the linux distro. replies to the list, if anyone is interested. i know for a fact at least one person on the list has just gotten their hands on an xbox they are gonna put linux on regards Georgia On 6 May 2004, at 16:43, Ben Thorp wrote: We are rapidly approaching the middle of the year - I hope that so far you have enjoyed the content of the meetings. In a very deja-vu-ish way, we could do with people to volunteer to take charge of a meeting over the 2nd half of the year. What this does _not_ mean is that: - You have to 'do' a 'talk'/presentation - You have to be an expert in a Linux-/OSS-related subject - You have to do any 'up-front' work What we could do with are people who are willing to arrange some sort of Linux-related activity for one of the meetings. It's nice to have some informative talks if you are able, but equally simply taking some time to badger people into bring their favourite Linux book, or something similar, is just as useful. If you are interested, and know which months you are likely to be around, then drop me a mail or pm me (mrben_) on IRC. Oh, and I think that those of us who were able to attend the meetings so far this year should take the time to thank those who have been involved in running meetings ;) Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] 2H 2004
Come do that talk at EdLug over in Edinburgh too, would you? P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AndyP Sent: 06 May 2004 20:36 To: SLUG-list Subject: Re: [Scottish] 2H 2004 Sounds interesting to me, might make me get one. On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 16:58, Georgia Thomson wrote: well, i'll put i to the list, since i think i've mentioned it a fair few times on IRC. If there is enough interest (roughly 8 - 12 people) i am willing to do an xbox linux workshop basically right through from cracking the case open, to the final installation of the linux distro. replies to the list, if anyone is interested. i know for a fact at least one person on the list has just gotten their hands on an xbox they are gonna put linux on regards Georgia On 6 May 2004, at 16:43, Ben Thorp wrote: We are rapidly approaching the middle of the year - I hope that so far you have enjoyed the content of the meetings. In a very deja-vu-ish way, we could do with people to volunteer to take charge of a meeting over the 2nd half of the year. What this does _not_ mean is that: - You have to 'do' a 'talk'/presentation - You have to be an expert in a Linux-/OSS-related subject - You have to do any 'up-front' work What we could do with are people who are willing to arrange some sort of Linux-related activity for one of the meetings. It's nice to have some informative talks if you are able, but equally simply taking some time to badger people into bring their favourite Linux book, or something similar, is just as useful. If you are interested, and know which months you are likely to be around, then drop me a mail or pm me (mrben_) on IRC. Oh, and I think that those of us who were able to attend the meetings so far this year should take the time to thank those who have been involved in running meetings ;) Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] LPI Exam Lab Spaces Left
I thought list members might be interested to know that there are a few exam slots left next Friday. LPI101, 102, 201 and SuSE Certified Linux Professional exams available at 15.00 each. LPI have just press released today (see below) so they may begin to fill up. Exam registration details: http://www.netresources.co.uk/training_courses/lpi_register.html P -Original Message- Subject:LPI Press Release *NEWS RELEASE* *LINUX PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE OFFERS EXAMS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND * *TORONTO, April 15, 2004 *The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (_www.lpi.org_ http://www.lpi.org/), the premier professional certification program for the Linux community worldwide, announced that it will be offering its Linux certification exams at the LinuxUser Developer Expo 2004 in London, England and in Edinburgh, Scotland. We are pleased to be amongst those special events at the UK's biggest and best open source conventionthe LinuxUser and Developer Expo and to be offering our exams for the first time at an event in Scotland. This is yet another example of the growth of the open source community globally and, as well, the growing interest in our certification program, said Evan Leibovitch, President of Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The LPI Exam Lab will be offered April 20 and April 21, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. and 14:00 p.m. of the LinuxUser and Developer Expo at the conference theatre of the .Org Village in the lower level , LPI Exam Stand LG26 on Hammersmith Road, Olympia, in London. Candidates will be able to take exams for LPI-101 (Level 1), LPI-201 (Level 2) certification and the SUSE Linux SL-103 exam. Examinations are 15 each and candidates must obtain an LPI ID number at www.lpi.org/en/register.html http://www.lpi.org/en/register.html prior to the scheduled exams. Candidates are requested to bring two pieces of valid identification to the exam sessions. LPI is proud to announce its first Scottish Exam Lab to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland which is hosted by the training company Net Resources throughout the day on Friday April 23^rd at the European in Scotland Building, 39 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh. Candidates will be able to take the LPI101, 102, and 201 exams as well as the SUSE Linux SL-103 exam. Exams cost 15.00 each and in addition to obtaining a LPI ID number (as noted above) prospective candidates are requested to register at http://www.netresources.co.uk/training_courses/lpi_register.html Again, two pieces of valid identification are required to sit for the exams. LPIs certification program is delivered worldwide in multiple languages with the support of employers, vendors and trainers. It has delivered over 50,000 Level One and Level Two certification exams globally since the programs inception. LPI supports affiliate networks on all five continents worldwide including Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, and United States with an additional affiliate now being developed in South Africa. -30- *About Linux Professional Institute * The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) develops professional certification for the Linux operating system independent of software vendors or training providers. Established as an international non-profit organization in 1999 by the Linux community, LPI develops accessible, internationally-recognized certification programs which have earned the respect of vendors, employers and administrators. LPI's activities involve hundreds of volunteers and professionals throughout the world in many different capacities, and the group encourages active public involvement through mailing lists and its website at _www.lpi.org_. LPI's multi-level program of exams is administered globally through Pearson VUE and Prometric testing centers. LPI's major financial sponsors are Platinum Sponsors IBM (NYSE:IBM), Linuxcare, Maxspeed, SGI (NYSE:SGI), SuSE Linux AG and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors Linux Magazine, Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP) and Wave Technologies. *Contact Information:* *Linux Professional Institute:* Scott Lamberton Director of Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-905-377-8247 or +1-905-874-4822 ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] [JOBS] Senior UNIX Administrator, Dundee
It's not Glasgow, but I thought potential commuters might be interested anyway. CV's via me in the first instance once again; -- Job description Essential technical skills: 1. Very strong Unix skills in Linux and one of Solaris or AIX. 2. Strong Cisco IOS and IP networking skills. 3. Strong programming skills in at least C, Perl and shell script. 4. Experience with: SAN mangement and deployment NIS, NFS, CIFS and network authentication systems Network security design, testing, firewalls and NAT. Enterprise mail and web infrastructure Essential personal skills: The candidate must be able to manage projects, work with large teams, advocate solutions and best practices, and be a quick learner. The candidate will be working closely with research labs to design high performance computing infrastruture and track the latest developments in computing. Self motivation and self management are essential skills for work in this informal but often demanding environment Salary : 28000-33000 Regards, P -- Peter George Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] Free LPI Exams
Jolly good. I have told LPI (Canada) how so many of you are up for it. I will let you know how and when to register for your exam. P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Annette Schledz Sent: Sat 20/03/2004 21:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject:Re: [Scottish] Free LPI Exams Hi, I'm up for this as well. thanks, Annette Subject: Re: [Scottish] Free LPI Exams From: Kyle Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:33:15 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm up for this. Ta Kyle On Thursday 18 March 2004 14:38, Peter George wrote: Hello Glasgow, LPI are over in the UK for the Linuxuser conference next month, and have offered to come up to Edinburgh and setup an LPI exam center at Net Resources, so that we can offer free LPI101 examinations. I'd like to assess interest and feedback to LPI on potential candidate numbers. Please let me know if you would like to try for Linux Professional Institute certification. I'm also polling ScotLug and EdLug. Regards, P -- Peter George Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWk3bl4cZwpbv7iIRAj0uAJ4gE0r1rS9QU5Betq3sPAVtX2ARMACfYioi dYyPiwCAQC478Z/8M6MVbBY= =BhGN -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish winmail.dat___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] Free LPI Exams
https://www.lpi.org/en/lpic.html P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andrew Berry Sent: Thu 18/03/2004 18:44 To: 'SLUG-list' Cc: Subject:RE: [Scottish] Free LPI Exams Any more information on what it actually is and contains? Andrew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter George Sent: 18 March 2004 14:39 To: SLUG-list Subject: [Scottish] Free LPI Exams Hello Glasgow, LPI are over in the UK for the Linuxuser conference next month, and have offered to come up to Edinburgh and setup an LPI exam center at Net Resources, so that we can offer free LPI101 examinations. I'd like to assess interest and feedback to LPI on potential candidate numbers. Please let me know if you would like to try for Linux Professional Institute certification. I'm also polling ScotLug and EdLug. Regards, P -- Peter George Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish winmail.dat___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
RE: [Scottish] Is Open Source a Viable Business Alternative?
OK, I understand. Is that such a problem though? You could have a 'return' match on the East coast. I'm sure some EdLuggers would love to meet you guys, Bob et al. :-) P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Anderson Sent: 11 March 2004 14:24 To: SLUG-list Subject: Re: [Scottish] Is Open Source a Viable Business Alternative? Peter George wrote: I thought list members would be interested in this forthcoming free debate, and I quote; ScotlandIS with generous support from Melville Craig, presents software's liveliest debate 'Is Open Source a Viable Business Alternative?' Thursday, 25th March 2003, 5.30PM-8.00PM Clashes with the March meeting. -- _ __/| William Anderson | Brodie: The Force is strong with this one \`O_o' neuro at well dot com |Jay: Dude, don't encourage him =(_ _)= http://neuro.me.uk/ | -- Mallrats, (1995) U - Thhbt! GPG 0xFA5F1100 | ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Is Open Source a Viable Business Alternative?
I thought list members would be interested in this forthcoming free debate, and I quote; ScotlandIS with generous support from Melville Craig, presents software's liveliest debate 'Is Open Source a Viable Business Alternative?' Thursday, 25th March 2003, 5.30PM-8.00PM The Merchants' Hall, 22 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2EP with Brad Tipp, UK National Systems Engineer, Microsoft and Mike Robinson, Linux and Grid Regional EBO Leader, IBM 'Microsoft takes on the challenge from Open Source' Bringing the debate to industry, this ScotlandIS event offers you an exciting opportunity to listen to both sides, and take advbantage of some serious networking opportunities in the grand surroundings of the Merchants' Hall, Edinburgh. Schedule 5.30 - registration, refreshments 6.00 - intro - Euan Robertson, Deputy Chair, ScotlandIS 6.05 - debate - Microsoft and IBM 6.50 - QA 7.15 - refreshments/networking 8.00 - close To reserve your place, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone her on 01506 472 200 Should be a cracking event, hope to see a lot of us there. Serious job/networking opportunities for all. Regards, P -- Peter George Training Manager Net Resources Ltd 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: 0131 477 7127 F: 0131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Certification Centres
Ben, Net Resources Ltd in Edinburgh are currently piloting LPIC 1 exam preparation training. We deliver LPI101 over 4 days at £895 + VAT (exam fees additional £71 + VAT), LPI102 similarly. These fees are substantially less than our competitors in England. Experienced candidates can normally get through the required exam preparation in an intensive 2 day session at 50% cost. If you require exam only, I would recommend calling Prometric to book the paper on 0800 592 873 and sitiing it at either; Informatics Group UK Edinburgh +44 1312203037 3rd Floor 132 Rose Street Edinburgh EH2 3JD Informatics Group UK Glasgow +44 1412252752 163 West George Street 2nd Floor Glasgow G2 2JJ If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, P -- Peter George Training Manager Net Resources Ltd, 26 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AL T: +44 131 477 7127 F: +44 131 477 7126 http://www.netresources.co.uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 February 2003 12:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Scottish digest, Vol 1 #121 - 5 msgs Send Scottish mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Scottish digest... Today's Topics: 1. ISDN adaptors (Ian Robertson) 2. Re: ISDN adaptors (ray) 3. RE: ISDN adaptors (Michael Cameron) 4. Certification Centres (Ben Thorp) 5. RE: Certification Centres (Huard, Elise - D CW Consultant) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ian Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 05 Feb 2003 20:52:54 + Subject: [Scottish] ISDN adaptors Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello I am about to take the plunge into ISDN - ADSL not available for the forseeable future. Can anyone recommend an Adaptor Running R H 8. have seen an external box two line capable. Am installing home highway which normally runs at 64K. Regards -- Ian Robertson Tel +44 (0)1224 624811 Tel/Fax +44 (0)1224 781326 --__--__-- Message: 2 From: ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Scottish] ISDN adaptors Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 01:56:44 + Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You should not need an adaptor. The Highway box has an integral USB TA. I have SuSE 8.1 and can connect via a USB cable; although my default route is via ethernet and a switch/router box. The USB TA uses: /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_st5481.o I also look after other machines that is use AVM FRitz pci cards supplied by BT. They were autodetected by (I think it was) SuSE 7.0 and work fine. -- ray --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Michael Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Scottish] ISDN adaptors Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:56:34 - Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You should not need an adaptor. The Highway box has an integral USB TA. I have SuSE 8.1 and can connect via a USB cable; although my default route is via ethernet and a switch/router box. The USB TA uses: /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_st5481.o I also look after other machines that is use AVM FRitz pci cards supplied by BT. They were autodetected by (I think it was) SuSE 7.0 and work fine. I picked up a Netopia R3100-SP ISDN router on ebay for £25. There are bargains to be had from ISDN customers now covered by DSL/cable. If you are interested in more speed then you probably want something that will give the full 128K rather than just using the single 64K channel and that means finding a reasonable 128K ISP which is no mean feat if you have anything more than minimal usage. Unmetered 128K has only been available since the middle of last year and the main players are all struggling a little between contention (and remember this is contention for a port not for bandwidth so there are times when you will be unable to connect), maximum usage (200 hrs/month is about the max) and cutoffs (2 to 4 hrs). Prices vary by package from as low as £5 (the wee small hours only) to over £50 for anytime with a reasonable package. Personally I just gave up and got an uncontended line from Demon (it is being activated tomorrow). Not cheap though. Finally, if you are a gamer then you probably want to avoid the USB socket, I believe it can easily add in excess of 10ms to pings (which incidentally are probably worse on 128K than 64K). Michael --__--__-- Message: 4 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ben Thorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:38:21 + Subject: [Scottish] Certification Centres Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, without getting into a big discussion on the merits
